Exam

Question 1

Aeschylus

Answer 1

Tragedy

• Agamemnon
• The Libation Bearers
• The Furies

Question 2

Apollonius

Answer 2

Hellenistic

- The Argonautica

Question 3

Catullus

Answer 3

Latin Lyric Poetry

• Poem 51
• Poem 64

Question 4

Euripides

Answer 4

Tragedy

- The Bacchae

Question 5

Homer

Answer 5

Epic

• Iliad
• Odyssey

Question 6

Horace

Answer 6

Satire

• Highly educated but poor
• Satire 5

Question 7

Mimnermus

Answer 7

Lyric Poetry

- Poem 2

Question 8

Ovid

Answer 8

• Art of Love

Question 9

Solon

Answer 9

Lyric Poetry

• Politician
• Poem 3

Question 10

Sappho

Answer 10

Lyric Poetry

• Female poet
• Poem 1
• Poem 31

Question 11

Sophocles

Answer 11

Tragedy

- Oedipus the King

Question 12

Tyrtaeus

Answer 12

Lyric Poetry

• Spartan poet
• Poem 9

Question 13

Virgil

Answer 13

Satire

- The Aeneid

Question 14

Invocation to the Muses

Answer 14

Asking for inspiration from the muses (in charge of arts) for inspiration to tell the play

Conveys themes in the plays (ex, Achilles’ rage in the Iliad)

Question 15

Ekphrasis

Answer 15

A description of a work of art within a work of art (Ex, the description of Achilles’ shield)

Question 16

Xena

Answer 16

Hospitality / Guest-friendship

Question 17

Plato

Answer 17

• significance
• poems have no reason
• a mimesis twice removed
• should control ones’ emotions

Question 18

Aristotle

Answer 18

poems are important, a skill you can learn, emotional catharsis is good

Question 19

Symposia

Answer 19

• Intimate party for friends to show off poems

- More intimate, close values

Question 20

Nostos

Answer 20

A journey home (the Odyssey)

Question 21

Epithets

Answer 21

• Further description of characters (ex, swift footed Achilles)
• Applied to people as well as things
• Can create personification

Question 22

Kleos

Answer 22

Greek for glory