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Lecture 8 (Unit 4)
Lyrical Poetry
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Undergraduate 1
11/02/2015

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Poetry sung was accompanied by...
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A lyre
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What were the two types of poetry?
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Solo (monody) and choral
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Archaic means...
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Not old fashioned, but means when things were happening for the first time
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Who were the poets of Archaic Lesbos?
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Alkaios and Sappho
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When did lyrical poetry start to become prominent?
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At the beginning of the Archaic Age
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Many of Sappho's poems sung in honour of...
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Aphrodite
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In general, Greek writers focus on topics that are...
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Eternal, such as warfare
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What kind of family was Sappho of Lesbo born into?
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Aristocratic
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What were Monodies?
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Personal poems
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What topics did Monodies touch on?
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Love, hate, ambition, spirituality, grief, etc.
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Literature poetry had a variety of...
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Metres
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All epic poetry was written in the...
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Dactylic hexameter
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Greek writers were usually...
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Very personal and emotional
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The general theme of Sappho's poetry was...
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Reflection on the past
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Lesbia means...
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"The girl from Lesbos"
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus) was a...
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Roman lyric/poet
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Who did Catullus have an affair with?
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Clodia, the wife of Metellus Celer
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Osculum means...
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Kiss
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Basium meant
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Smooch/make-out
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Why was the poetry of Catullus sometimes never translated in its entirety?
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Because of the extreme level of crudeness
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus) was born in...
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Verona
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Sappho stood out from other women because...
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She was intelligent, cultured, and educated which were not traits that women generally held back then
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Sappho of Lesbos lived from...
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620-570 BC
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus) lived from...
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84-54 BC
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Who wrote a whole lamentation on a sparrow given to someone as a gift?
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus)
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus) was on the staff of...
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C. Memmius in Asia Minor
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In general, Catullus' Poetry was...
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Highly personal and very direct
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Gaius Valerius (Catullus) was acquainted with prominent Romans such as...
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Cicero, Caesar, and Pompey
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Thiasos believed to be a...
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Religious group
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Sappho's family faced...
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Exile during aristocratic strife
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