Final Review Flashcards
When 2 religious traditions combine over time
syncretism
in the middle of things
in medias res
a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discovery, and tasks
culture hero
a ceremony; a legal transfer of something into the ownership of the numen
sacrificium
ritual impurity: religiously tainted because of a dishonorable murder
miasma
known for civilizing early Greek world, but is not praised for violence, excessiveness
Hero of Contrasts
honor
time
magic and/or medicine powered by herbs or drugs; pharmacy
pharmakia
a poem called “the Returns” takes place before the Odyssey but after the Iliad.
Nostoi
story of a hero returning home, often by sea
nostos
double headed axe
labrys
a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discover, and tasks.
Hero Culture
The story of the Apple of Eris. How Paris chose to give the Apple to Aphrodite because she promised Helen over Athena and Hera.
Judgement of Paris
*where Laius orders a servant to place the baby Oedipus
*where Antiope gives birth
Mt. Cithaeron
place where Helle fell off the lamb with golden fleece
Hellespont
Hospitality, ritual/protocol of proper guest/ host relationship
Xenia
known all over Greece
Panhellenic Hero
Odysseus thinks up this plan
Trojan Horse
War with the Amazons
Invade Attica
Athenians eventually are able to defeat them
Amazonomachy
when you have an argument; take an example and try to force it into an argument; stretch it or shorten it to fit what you want it to fit
Procrustean bed
sprung from the earth
Erichtonius - Hephaestus seed and the ground
Autochthonus
journey to the underworld and back
Katabasis
anger/rage
menin
piety
pietas (duty)
Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tulius, Tarquin the Proud
Kings of Rome
roman gods; spirits
Numen/Numina
republic- “the thing of the pople”
Res Publica
a victory parade throughout the streets of Rome
Triumph
Manliness
Prowess in military victory
Virtus
○ Host needs to offer
■ Food & drink
■ Bed & bath
■ Protection. and THEN ask questions
● Who are you? (name)
● Where are you coming from? (story/journey)
● Where do you come from and who are you people?
○ Guest must offer:
■ story/entertainment
■ Follow rules
■ Do not harm anyone
○ Both exchange guest-gifts
Xenia
metamorphoses
Ovid
Oedipus Rex, Antigone
Sophocles
Medea, Hippolytus
Euripedes
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
Iliad and Odyssey
Homer
7 Against Thebes, Oresteia
Aeschylus
Aeneid
Vergil
○ Enkidu
○ Humbaba
○ Ishtar
Gilgamesh
○ Danae
○ Andromeda
○ Medusa
○ The Graeae
○ Gorgon
○ Chrysaor
○ Pegasus
○ Bellerophon
○ Chimera
Perseus
○ King Eurystheus
○ Queen Omphale
○ Deianeira
○ Megara
○ Atlas
○ Cerberus
○ 12 labors
Heracles
Cecrops
Minotaur
King Aegeus
Ariadne
Daedalus
Icarus
Pasiphae
Europa
Minos
Phaedra
Hippolytus
Procustes
Theseus
○ Cadmus
○ Oedipus
○ Jocasta
○ Tiresias
○ Creon
○ Laius
○ Sphinx
○ Eteocles
○ Polynices
○ Antigone
○ Ismene
○ Haemon
Theban Cycle
Orpheus
Hylas
King Aeetes
Argo
Clashing Rocks
Medea
Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux)
Atalanta
Meleager
Lemnian Women
Golden Fleece
Jason and the Argonauts
Peleus Thetis
Eris Menelaus
Leda/Swan Iphigenia
Achilles Agamemnon
Hector Priam
Aphrodite Helen
Patroclus Penthesilia
Laocoon Cassandra Clytemnestra Orestes
Furies
Trojan War/Iliad
Odysseus Penelope
Telemachus Circe
Calypso Eurykleia
Polyphemus
Nausicaa Athena
Poseidon Hermes
The adventures of Odysseus (Skylla, lotus eaters, etc.)
Odyssey
Lulus/Ascanius
Pallas
Evander
Dido
Venus
Juno
Mars
Turnus
Aeneas
Romulus & Remus
Rhea Silva
Numitor
Quirinus
Sabines
Lucretia
Tarquin and the proud. Cincinnatus
Coriolanus
Brutus
Augustus
Julius Caesar
Legends of Rome
Unusual Birth
Danae’s imprisonment and Zeus impregnation of her when he turned into a shower of gold
Perseus
Defeats a Beast
Battles Medusa after Polydectes asks for her head as a wedding gift. He succeeds and does decapitate Medusa.
Perseus
Marries a Princess
On his way home he sees Andromeda chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. He goes to King Cepheus and says he will kill the sea monster for Andromeda’s hand. He kills the sea monster and marries Andromeda
Perseus
Unusual Birth
Alcemene is seduced by Zeus in the shape and form of her husband, Amphitryon. The next night she is seduced by Amphitryon. They have two sons. One born from Zeus and one from Amphitryon.
Hercules
Early Attempt on his life
Hera is jealous of Zeus affair with Alcemene, so she sends two snakes to kill Zeus’ child. However, her plan fails because he strangles the snakes saving himself and his brother.
Hercules
Defeats a Beast
He defeats many beasts. He defeats the nemean lion by choking it to death. He is able to defeat the Stymphalian birds by rattling castanets which startles them, and then he shoots them.
Hercules
