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During w/ time period did hero cults start to become prevalent in Greece? |
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How did Palaephatus explain the origin of myths? |
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they resulted from linguistic misunderstanding |
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W/ god helped Hector kill Patroklos? |
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W/ are the 2 basic ways of defining a hero in ancient Greece? |
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hero of cult
hero of myth (ex. Homeric epics) |
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In Iliad Book 22 which god helps Achilles to defeat Hector? |
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In Iliad Book 22 w/ do Hector's words to Achilles "I will become the anger of the gods" mean? |
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Achilles disrespect of Hector's body will lead to Achilles' death |
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In Iliad Book 24, why does Zeus agree that the body of Hector should be ransomed? |
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Hector always performed proper sacrifices to the gods |
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mythological explanation of the cause of the state of affairs (ex. ritual,historical fact) |
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Who invented the theory of allegory? |
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Which politician reorganized the Athenian state in 508/7 BC? |
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To w/ time period did Moses Finley date the social history of the Homeric Epics? |
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Which god represents an ephebe? |
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Which god has a particular connection to the island of Lemnos? |
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Why does Artemis leave Hippolytus at the end of Euripides' Hippolytus? |
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a god should not witness/be tained by death |
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Which god attempts to reconcile Hera and Zeus in Iliad Book 1? |
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Formulaic/thematic paralell btwn the beginning and end of a literary work |
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In the Epic Cycle name 1 crime committed by the Greeks during the sack of Troy? |
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murder of Priam at an altar
rape of Cassandra
murder of Astyanax |
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Which god rescues Paris in the duel in Iliad Book 3? |
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W/ is dactylic hexameter? |
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Give an example of an epithet-noun combo in the Iliad |
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Give an example of a scene in Book 1 that is paralleled in Book 24 |
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meeting of Thetis and Zeus
divine assembly |
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W/ ethical bond did the grandfathers of Glaukos and Diomedes share, a bond which they choose to continue in Iliad Book 6? |
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Name one way in which the democracy in Athens was more democratic than what we now understand by the term |
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Citizens could vote directly in matters of politics and ethics
Government offices were chosen randomly
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In the events of the Epic Cycle who is awarded the armor of Achilles after his death? |
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In w/ time period did the Greeks adopt the Phoenician alphabet? |
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Name on way in which democracy in Athens was less democratic than w/ we now understand by the term |
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Limited Franchise: women and slaves had no say in political matters |
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At which festival were tragedies typically performed in Athens |
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What ethical principle does Thetis make use of when she calls on Zeus' aid in Book 1 |
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In Iliad Book 6 w/ reason does Helen suggest for why Zeus started the war in Troy? |
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to give glory to the people fighting |
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In Iliad Book 9, w/ detail does Odysseus leave out when passing along Agamemnon's offer to Achilles? |
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That Achilles should respect Agamemnon as the greater king |
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Who usurped the rightful throne of Iolcus from Jason? |
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Name a hero who joined Jason on his quest for the golden fleece |
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Heracles
Castor
Polydeuces
Orpheus |
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By the end of Iliad Book 9 when does Achilles say he will return to battle? |
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When the battle has reached the ships |
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W/ is the dominant dialect of the Homeric poems? |
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In the Epic Cycle who comes up w/ the idea for the wooden horse? |
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Odysseus inspired by Athena |
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In w/ time period did the Greeks lose the technology of writing? |
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Who excavated the site of Troy? |
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Who reviews the troops from the top of the walls of Troy in Iliad Book 3? |
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Who helps Priam enter the Greek camp in Book 24? |
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Who came up with the charter theory? |
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| W/ do Glaukos and Diomedes trade in Iliad Book 6 as a sign of their bond of xenia? |
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| According to psychoanalysis name one of the ways by which dreams distort reality |
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condensation
displacement |
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| -a myth is a trad tale that has collective importance for the society that employs it |
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| Who postulated the existence of a "collective unconscious"? |
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| Who physically prevents Achilles from killing Agamemnon in Iliad Book 1? |
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| What was the Delian League? |
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| -collection of Greek city-states including Athens that defeated the Persians in the Persian war |
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| one who "stitches together poetry" is a .... |
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| W/ item of Achilles' gear does Patroklos not use? |
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| in Iliad Book 18, why does Hephaistos agree to make new armor for Achilles? |
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| Thetis tended to him when he was thrown out of mount olympus and was made lame |
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| In Book 22, what physical gesture does Hekabe make to Hector to try to get him to come inside the walls of the city? |
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| -formal religious act of abasing oneself before another in order to gain aid |
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| Name one of the female figures who attempt to keep Hector from battle in Iliad Book 6 |
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| In Iliad Book 6 Hector's _______ frightens his baby son Astyanax, an action that symbolizes the child's future death due to that war |
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| In Iliad Book 9, which member of the embassy is a father-figure to Achilles? |
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| In Iliad Book 9 what is Achilles doing when the embassy arrives at his tent? |
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| -singing the famous deeds of men |
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| In Iliad Book 9, which member of the embassy to Achilles convinces him not to leave immediately? |
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| Sarpedon is the son of which god? |
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| In Book 18 of the Iliad, who creates a set of armor for Achilles? |
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| What does the term ecphrasis mean? |
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| detailed literary description of an object |
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| The scene of the trial on Achilles' shield in Book 18 recalls whose words in Book 9? |
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| In Iliad Book 22, when Zeus contemplates saving Hector from his fate, how does Athena's response convince him not to? |
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| Athena says that Zeus should think what the other gods would think/do if he saves Hector |
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