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Final Review Flashcards

1
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When 2 religious traditions combine over time

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syncretism

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2
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in the middle of things

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in medias res

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3
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a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discovery, and tasks

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culture hero

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4
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a ceremony; a legal transfer of something into the ownership of the numen

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sacrificium

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5
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ritual impurity: religiously tainted because of a dishonorable murder

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miasma

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6
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known for civilizing early Greek world, but is not praised for violence, excessiveness

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Hero of Contrasts

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7
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honor

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time

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8
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magic and/or medicine powered by herbs or drugs; pharmacy

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pharmakia

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9
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a poem called “the Returns” takes place before the Odyssey but after the Iliad.

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Nostoi

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10
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story of a hero returning home, often by sea

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nostos

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11
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double headed axe

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labrys

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12
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a mythological hero specific to a group, changes the world through invention, discover, and tasks.

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Hero Culture

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13
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The story of the Apple of Eris. How Paris chose to give the Apple to Aphrodite because she promised Helen over Athena and Hera.

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Judgement of Paris

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14
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*where Laius orders a servant to place the baby Oedipus
*where Antiope gives birth

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Mt. Cithaeron

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15
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place where Helle fell off the lamb with golden fleece

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Hellespont

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16
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Hospitality, ritual/protocol of proper guest/ host relationship

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Xenia

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17
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known all over Greece

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Panhellenic Hero

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18
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Odysseus thinks up this plan

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Trojan Horse

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19
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War with the Amazons
Invade Attica
Athenians eventually are able to defeat them

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Amazonomachy

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20
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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

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Procrustean bed

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21
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sprung from the earth
Erichtonius - Hephaestus seed and the ground

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Autochthonus

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21
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journey to the underworld and back

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Katabasis

22
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anger/rage

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menin

23
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piety

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pietas (duty)

24
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Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tulius, Tarquin the Proud

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Kings of Rome

25
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roman gods; spirits

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Numen/Numina

26
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republic- “the thing of the pople”

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Res Publica

27
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a victory parade throughout the streets of Rome

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Triumph

28
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Manliness
Prowess in military victory

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Virtus

29
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○ 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

A

Xenia

30
Q

metamorphoses

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Ovid

31
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Oedipus Rex, Antigone

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Sophocles

32
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Medea, Hippolytus

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Euripedes

33
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Argonautica

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Apollonius of Rhodes

34
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Iliad and Odyssey

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Homer

35
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7 Against Thebes, Oresteia

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Aeschylus

36
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Aeneid

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Vergil

37
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○ Enkidu
○ Humbaba
○ Ishtar

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Gilgamesh

38
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○ Danae
○ Andromeda
○ Medusa
○ The Graeae
○ Gorgon
○ Chrysaor
○ Pegasus
○ Bellerophon
○ Chimera

A

Perseus

39
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○ King Eurystheus
○ Queen Omphale
○ Deianeira
○ Megara
○ Atlas
○ Cerberus
○ 12 labors

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Heracles

40
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Cecrops
Minotaur
King Aegeus
Ariadne
Daedalus
Icarus
Pasiphae
Europa
Minos
Phaedra
Hippolytus
Procustes

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Theseus

41
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○ Cadmus
○ Oedipus
○ Jocasta
○ Tiresias
○ Creon
○ Laius
○ Sphinx
○ Eteocles
○ Polynices
○ Antigone
○ Ismene
○ Haemon

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Theban Cycle

42
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Orpheus
Hylas
King Aeetes
Argo
Clashing Rocks
Medea
Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux)
Atalanta
Meleager
Lemnian Women
Golden Fleece

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Jason and the Argonauts

43
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Peleus Thetis
Eris Menelaus
Leda/Swan Iphigenia
Achilles Agamemnon
Hector Priam
Aphrodite Helen
Patroclus Penthesilia
Laocoon Cassandra Clytemnestra Orestes
Furies

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Trojan War/Iliad

44
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Odysseus Penelope
Telemachus Circe
Calypso Eurykleia
Polyphemus
Nausicaa Athena
Poseidon Hermes
The adventures of Odysseus (Skylla, lotus eaters, etc.)

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Odyssey

45
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Lulus/Ascanius
Pallas
Evander
Dido
Venus
Juno
Mars
Turnus

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Aeneas

46
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Romulus & Remus
Rhea Silva
Numitor
Quirinus
Sabines
Lucretia
Tarquin and the proud. Cincinnatus
Coriolanus
Brutus
Augustus
Julius Caesar

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Legends of Rome

47
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Unusual Birth
Danae’s imprisonment and Zeus impregnation of her when he turned into a shower of gold

A

Perseus

48
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Defeats a Beast
Battles Medusa after Polydectes asks for her head as a wedding gift. He succeeds and does decapitate Medusa.

A

Perseus

49
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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

A

Perseus

50
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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.

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Hercules

51
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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.

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Hercules

52
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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.

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Hercules

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