Gilgamesh Flashcards
Aeneid/author
virgil
Aeneid/date
19BC
Aeneid/language
latin
Aeneid is an….
epic, modeled on Homer’s Odyssey
Virgil wrote The Aeneid in
dactylic hexameter
basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry
foot
a specific type of foot made of three syllables (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)
Dactyl
how many feet (jumping in /hastily)
two dactyls
each line of a poem written in hexameter contains six (hex) feet, so a poem in dactylic hexameter contains six dactyls.
hexameter.
Minerva
Athena
Jupiter
Zeus
Juno
Hera
Neptune
Poseidon
Venus
Aphrodite
Cupid
Eros
Queen of Carthage, lover of Aeneas
Dido
parents of Aneas
Anchises/Venus
Aeneas married
creusa
Aeneas’s son
Ascanius
Elderly king of Troy
Priam
Son of Pram and hero of Troy
Hector
Son of Priam, stole Helen of Troy who was married to Menelaus, King of Sparta (in Greece).
Paris
Odysseus
Ulysses
Greek who baits the Trojans into taking the horse into Troy.
Sinon
Priest of Neptune
Laocoon
Son of Achilles (Neoptolemus)
Pyrrhus
Wife of Zeus, matron of marriage. She loves Carthage, and wants to prevent the founding of Rome because Rome will be a great rival to Carthage
Juno
Goddess of love, mother of Aeneas. She wants Aeneas to survive his stay in Carthage in order to found the Roman civilization later.
Venus/Aphrodite
Hermes
Mercury
Sister of Dido
Anna
the reason for the Punic Wars (the wars between Rome and Carthage).
the curse of Dido
Aeneas visits the ______ just as Odysseus did.
land of the dead
Anchises is to aeneas as
Teiresias is to Odysseus
Teiresias is to Odysseus
Anchises is to aeneas as
is a prophetess of Apollo and Aeneas’ guide through the land of the dead.
the Sybil named Deiphoebe
Ferryman of the dead
Charon
The Odyssey/author
homer
Odyssey/language
greek
odyssey/date
800BC
a long narrative poem about the deeds of a cultural hero
epic
Asking a muse for help.
invocation of the muse
“into the middle of things” Beginning a story in the middle of its plot
In Medias Res
Father God
Zeus
Zeus’s brother, God of the Sea
Poseidon
Goddess of War and Wisdom, protector of Odysseus
Athena
Messenger of the Gods
Hermes
Nymph who holds Odysseus captive for seven years
Kalypso
King of Ithaca
Odysseus
Odysseus’s wife
Penelope
Son of Odysseus and Penelope
Telemakhos
Leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War
Agamemnon
Agamemnon’s wife
Klytaimnestra
Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra
Orestes
Agamemnon’s wife
Klytaimnestra
Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra
Orestes
Commits adultery with Klytaimnestra, murders Agamemnon, is killed by Orestes
Aigisthos
Friend of Odysseus (Athena pretends to be him)
Mentes
Chief suitor
Antinoos
King of Sparta, married to Helen of Troy
Menelaus
Odysseus’ wife
Penelope
Odysseus’s son
Telemakhos
Trojan War lasted how long
10 yrs
first event, after the Trojan war
raid on Kikones
Second event, after the Trojan war
Isle of Lotus Eaters
Third event, after the Trojan War
Isle of the Kyklopes (Cyclops)
The cyclops whom Odysseus blinds. He is the son of Poseidon
Polyphemos
overbearing pride
Hubris
Fourth event, after the Trojan war
Aiolos, Guardian of the winds
Fifth event after the trojan war
Isle of Laistrygones
6th Event after the Trojan War
Circe, (is a witch who turns some of Odysseus’s men into pigs)
seventh event after the Trojan War
The Trip to See Teiresias,(prophet whom Odysseus summons from the dead)
Eighth event after the Trojan War
Back to Circe’s to Bury Elpanor
Ninth event after the Trojan War
The Seirenes
Tenth Event after the Trojan War
Skylla and Kharybdis
Eleventh Event, after the Trojan War
Helios’s Cattle
Odysseus is with ____ for the last 7 years of his ___ years
Kalypso, 10
The Jataka, author
unknown
The Jataka, date
4th century BC
The Jataka, Language
Pali, (a dialect of Sanskrit from northern India)
When was Prince Siddhartha (Budda) Gautama born?
6th century BC
What age does Prince Siddhartha forsake his kingdom and become an ascetic
29
Budda was born into what religion
Hindu
The totality of an individual’s actions (good and evil) in life.
Karma
An individual’s karma determines
type of life he will be reborn into
“snuffed out,” as with a fire
Nirvana
The goal of Buddhism is
to escape suffering, which means to escape the cycle of rebirth and enter into Nirvana
Is a collection of tales from the primary scriptures of Buddhism
The Jataka
Jataka contains (___) incarnations that the Buddha lived through before being born as Siddhartha Gautama
550
Gilgamesh/author
sin-leqi-unninni (Babylonian priest)
Gilgamest/language
Babylonian
Gilgamesh/ Date
1200 BC
Father god (Gilgamesh
Anu
Warrior, Counselor, he calls for the flood and gives Untapishtim eternal life.
Enlil
Goddess of creation, she formed Enkidu and Gilgamesh
Aruru
The sun, husband and brother of Ishtar
Shamash
Goddess of Love and War (Gilgamesh)
Ishtar
Mother of Gilgagmesh
Nisun
Queen of Darkness (the dead)
Irkalla
Friend of Utnapshtim
Ea
King of Uruk
Gilgamesh
Best friend of Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Father of Gilgamesh
Lugulbanda
Humbaba
Guardian of the Cedar Forest
Noah figure
Utnapishtim
Ferryman of Utnapishtim
Urshanabi
monotheism
one god, god has eternal life, all powerful, absolute standard for good and evil
polytheism
many god, gods have eternal life, power is limited, usually to specific locations or aspects of life, no single god is the standard for good and evil
The origins of greet drama
6th century BC
drama began as group song and dance competitions designed to praise_____
Dionysus
Aeschylus
wrote tragedy, added a 2nd actor, his plays are the oldest extant, examples of western drama
sophocles
wrote tragedy
aristophanes
wrote comedy
euripides
wrote tragedy
Medea/author
euripides
Medea/date
431BC
Medea/language
Greek
wife of Jason, a barbarian (non-Greek) and a witch
Medea
husband of Medea
Jason
King of Corinth
Kreon
King of Athens
Aigeus
Helios
a god (The Son) and grandfather of Medea
his swineherd
Eumaios
his cowherd
Philoitios
Odysseus defeated how many suitors
120
