Archaic and Classical Greek Flashcards
1
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The Muses
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Calliope Terpsichore Euterpe Erato Polyhymnia Melpomene Thalia Clio Urania
2
Q
Calliope
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Epic or heroic poetry and playing on stringed instruments
3
Q
Terpsichore
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Dancing; choral singing, which included dance; often shown with the stringed lyre
4
Q
Euterpe
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Music and lyric poetry; supposedly invented all wind instruments; often shown with a wind instrument called the aulos
5
Q
Ritual Invocation
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Invoking the muses before singing
6
Q
Epic Hexameter
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Poetic form made up of lines of six feet (last foot goes long-long)
7
Q
Stringed instruments
A
Kithara
Lyre
8
Q
Wind instruments
A
Aulos
9
Q
Kithara
A
Aristocratic, similar to the modern guitar
10
Q
Lyre
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Made from tortoise shells, used in poem singing
11
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Aulos
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Folk wind instrument that accompanies choral danced poetry, non aristocratic.
