Exam 1 Flashcards by Jessica Kieran

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3 Characteristics of Greek myths

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Anthropomorphic
Humanist
Paradoxical

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3 characteristics of a Myth

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Story
Communal in origin
Answers important questions

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Aetiological

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Explains something

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Nature myth

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Explains something in nature

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Charter myth

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A foundational explanation

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Psychological/internal

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Explains a psychological thing

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Historico-social

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Explains an event

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Autonomy

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Each myth is Independent from other myths

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Procrustean bed

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Trying to make something fit

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Gaia

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Mother Earth

Marries Ouranos

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Ouranos

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Father sky

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Gaia + Ouranos =

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Cyclopes and 100-hands

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Etymology

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The “true” meaning of a word or name

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Why are they called “Olympians”

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They live on Mount Olympus

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Ring Composition

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Story of Prometheus then Pandora then back to Prometheus

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Moral of the story?

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Can’t get around the mind of Zeus

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Theogony

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Origin of the gods

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Cosmogony

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Origin of the universe

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Cosmology

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Reason/ plan of the universe

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Kalliope

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Most important Muse

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Visual progression of Theogony?

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Progressively more beautiful and more humanoid