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Gilgamesh Flashcards

1
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Aeneid/author

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virgil

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Aeneid/date

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19BC

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Aeneid/language

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latin

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Aeneid is an….

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epic, modeled on Homer’s Odyssey

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Virgil wrote The Aeneid in

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dactylic hexameter

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basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry

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foot

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a specific type of foot made of three syllables (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)

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Dactyl

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how many feet (jumping in /hastily)

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two dactyls

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each line of a poem written in hexameter contains six (hex) feet, so a poem in dactylic hexameter contains six dactyls.

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hexameter.

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Minerva

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Athena

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Jupiter

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Zeus

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Juno

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Hera

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Neptune

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Poseidon

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Venus

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Aphrodite

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Cupid

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Eros

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Queen of Carthage, lover of Aeneas

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Dido

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parents of Aneas

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Anchises/Venus

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Aeneas married

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creusa

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Aeneas’s son

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Ascanius

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20
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Elderly king of Troy

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Priam

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Son of Pram and hero of Troy

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Hector

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Son of Priam, stole Helen of Troy who was married to Menelaus, King of Sparta (in Greece).

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Paris

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Odysseus

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Ulysses

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Greek who baits the Trojans into taking the horse into Troy.

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Sinon

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Priest of Neptune

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Laocoon

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Son of Achilles (Neoptolemus)

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Pyrrhus

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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

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Juno

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Goddess of love, mother of Aeneas. She wants Aeneas to survive his stay in Carthage in order to found the Roman civilization later.

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Venus/Aphrodite

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Hermes

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Mercury

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30
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Sister of Dido

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Anna

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31
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the reason for the Punic Wars (the wars between Rome and Carthage).

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the curse of Dido

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32
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Aeneas visits the ______ just as Odysseus did.

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land of the dead

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33
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Anchises is to aeneas as

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Teiresias is to Odysseus

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Teiresias is to Odysseus

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Anchises is to aeneas as

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35
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is a prophetess of Apollo and Aeneas’ guide through the land of the dead.

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the Sybil named Deiphoebe

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Ferryman of the dead

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Charon

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37
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The Odyssey/author

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homer

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38
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Odyssey/language

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greek

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39
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odyssey/date

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800BC

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40
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a long narrative poem about the deeds of a cultural hero

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epic

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41
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Asking a muse for help.

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invocation of the muse

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42
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“into the middle of things” Beginning a story in the middle of its plot

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In Medias Res

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Father God

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Zeus

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44
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Zeus’s brother, God of the Sea

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Poseidon

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Goddess of War and Wisdom, protector of Odysseus

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Athena

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46
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Messenger of the Gods

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Hermes

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47
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Nymph who holds Odysseus captive for seven years

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Kalypso

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48
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King of Ithaca

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Odysseus

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49
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Odysseus’s wife

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Penelope

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Son of Odysseus and Penelope

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Telemakhos

51
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Leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War

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Agamemnon

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Agamemnon’s wife

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Klytaimnestra

53
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Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra

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Orestes

54
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Agamemnon’s wife

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Klytaimnestra

55
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Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra

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Orestes

56
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Commits adultery with Klytaimnestra, murders Agamemnon, is killed by Orestes

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Aigisthos

57
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Friend of Odysseus (Athena pretends to be him)

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Mentes

58
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Chief suitor

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Antinoos

59
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King of Sparta, married to Helen of Troy

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Menelaus

60
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Odysseus’ wife

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Penelope

61
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Odysseus’s son

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Telemakhos

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Trojan War lasted how long

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10 yrs

63
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first event, after the Trojan war

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raid on Kikones

64
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Second event, after the Trojan war

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Isle of Lotus Eaters

65
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Third event, after the Trojan War

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Isle of the Kyklopes (Cyclops)

66
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The cyclops whom Odysseus blinds. He is the son of Poseidon

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Polyphemos

67
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overbearing pride

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Hubris

68
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Fourth event, after the Trojan war

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Aiolos, Guardian of the winds

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Fifth event after the trojan war

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Isle of Laistrygones

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6th Event after the Trojan War

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Circe, (is a witch who turns some of Odysseus’s men into pigs)

71
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seventh event after the Trojan War

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The Trip to See Teiresias,(prophet whom Odysseus summons from the dead)

72
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Eighth event after the Trojan War

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Back to Circe’s to Bury Elpanor

73
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Ninth event after the Trojan War

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The Seirenes

74
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Tenth Event after the Trojan War

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Skylla and Kharybdis

75
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Eleventh Event, after the Trojan War

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Helios’s Cattle

76
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Odysseus is with ____ for the last 7 years of his ___ years

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Kalypso, 10

77
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The Jataka, author

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unknown

78
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The Jataka, date

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4th century BC

79
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The Jataka, Language

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Pali, (a dialect of Sanskrit from northern India)

80
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When was Prince Siddhartha (Budda) Gautama born?

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6th century BC

81
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What age does Prince Siddhartha forsake his kingdom and become an ascetic

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29

82
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Budda was born into what religion

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Hindu

83
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The totality of an individual’s actions (good and evil) in life.

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Karma

84
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An individual’s karma determines

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type of life he will be reborn into

85
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“snuffed out,” as with a fire

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Nirvana

86
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The goal of Buddhism is

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to escape suffering, which means to escape the cycle of rebirth and enter into Nirvana

87
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Is a collection of tales from the primary scriptures of Buddhism

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The Jataka

88
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Jataka contains (___) incarnations that the Buddha lived through before being born as Siddhartha Gautama

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550

89
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Gilgamesh/author

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sin-leqi-unninni (Babylonian priest)

90
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Gilgamest/language

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Babylonian

91
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Gilgamesh/ Date

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1200 BC

92
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Father god (Gilgamesh

A

Anu

93
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Warrior, Counselor, he calls for the flood and gives Untapishtim eternal life.

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Enlil

94
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Goddess of creation, she formed Enkidu and Gilgamesh

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Aruru

95
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The sun, husband and brother of Ishtar

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Shamash

96
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Goddess of Love and War (Gilgamesh)

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Ishtar

97
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Mother of Gilgagmesh

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Nisun

98
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Queen of Darkness (the dead)

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Irkalla

99
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Friend of Utnapshtim

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Ea

100
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King of Uruk

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Gilgamesh

101
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Best friend of Gilgamesh

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Enkidu

102
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Father of Gilgamesh

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Lugulbanda

103
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Humbaba

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Guardian of the Cedar Forest

104
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Noah figure

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Utnapishtim

105
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Ferryman of Utnapishtim

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Urshanabi

106
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monotheism

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one god, god has eternal life, all powerful, absolute standard for good and evil

107
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polytheism

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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

108
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The origins of greet drama

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6th century BC

109
Q

drama began as group song and dance competitions designed to praise_____

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Dionysus

110
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Aeschylus

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wrote tragedy, added a 2nd actor, his plays are the oldest extant, examples of western drama

111
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sophocles

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wrote tragedy

112
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aristophanes

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wrote comedy

113
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euripides

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wrote tragedy

114
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Medea/author

A

euripides

115
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Medea/date

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431BC

116
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Medea/language

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Greek

117
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wife of Jason, a barbarian (non-Greek) and a witch

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Medea

118
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husband of Medea

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Jason

119
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King of Corinth

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Kreon

120
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King of Athens

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Aigeus

121
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Helios

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a god (The Son) and grandfather of Medea

122
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his swineherd

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Eumaios

123
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his cowherd

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Philoitios

124
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Odysseus defeated how many suitors

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120

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