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Greek And Roman Lit Flashcards

1
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What does capta describe?

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Graecia

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What does ferum describe?

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Victorem

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3
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What does agresti describe?

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Latio

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4
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Translate the following qoute from Horace: Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio.

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Captive Greece captured her rough conquerors and brought the arts to rustic Latium.

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5
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What Greek epic did Livius Andronicus translate into Latin?

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The Odyssey

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How did Naevius contribute to the adaptation of the Greek epic in Latin literature?

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applys a Roman theme to a Greek epic form

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What did Ennius synthesize together to complete the assimilation of the Greek epic into Latin literature?

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He synthesized the epic form and Greek meter into Latin

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Greek drama
A.) occasion?
B.) function?
C.) structure?

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A.) occasion: distinguished religious/ civic occasions

B.) function: cultural showcases

C.) structure: permanent theaters

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Roman drama
A.) occasion?
B.) function?
C.) structure?

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A.) occasion: performed as part of the ludi ( games)

B.) function: popular entertainment

C.) structure: temporary stages

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Describe the physical layout of a Roman stage and how the audience knew where the characters were coming from and going as they entered and exited the stage.

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Long ( as much as 60 yards) and narrow stage; 2 house fronts with alley between them; stage left always led to the forum; stage right led to the harbor or country; strangers always entered from the actor’s right

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What are characteristics of Plautus plays?

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  • dramatic
  • tavern life
  • caricature
  • boisterous, farcical speech
  • non dimensional characters
  • around 200 bc ( Romans were fighting in Punic wars during this time)
  • only goal is to entertain
  • 21 plays
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What are characteristics of Terence plays?

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  • dimensional characters
  • artistic
  • home life
  • portraiture
  • natural conversation
  • about 40 years later then Plautus
  • ” Menander”
  • 6 plays
  • from North Africa
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13
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What was the Scipionic Circle?

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Pro-Greek literary group

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14
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What is fabulae palliatae?

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Comedies in Greek dress

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What is fabulae togatae?

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Comedies in Roman dress

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16
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What was Roman attitude towards Greek culture?

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Ambivalent

17
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Briefly explain what Horace quote means.

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Even though the Romans conquered the Greeks military, the Greeks conquered the Romans culturally

18
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April- ludi meganenses- 194 bc

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Magna mater

19
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July- ludi apollinares - 213 bc

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Apollo

20
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Sept- ludi Romani - 364 bc

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Jupiter Optimus Maximus

21
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Nov- ludi plebeii- c. 220 bc

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Jupiter

22
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Ludi fenebres

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Funeral games for important public figures

23
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More of a caricature than a distinct, realistic character. The solider is boastful both of his military exploits and his ability to charm the ladies. Often he comes to town with the expectation of acquiring the maiden, but it never works out.

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Miles gloriosus

24
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Often the love interests of the young man. Almost invariably she has been sold into this business illegally, has remained chaste, and is finally freed with the help of a young man and his slave.

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Virgo/ meretrix

25
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The wealthy father who wants his son to marry someone other than a prostitute

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Senex

26
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His love interest motivates the action of the play. During the course of the play he enlists the help of various characters in attaining his goal of winning his beloved.

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Adulescens

27
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Often cynical and clever, he serves as a contrast to his lovesick master. He is talkative, impudent, inquisitive, indiscrete, gossipy, and has a high opinions of himself. He is quite fond of eating and drinking and shows little respect for his elders and betters. Yet in the end he remains faithful to his master. He has two main functions: to provide humor and to supervise or assist in trickery or impersonation.

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Servus

28
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His main goal is dinner. He is lazy but also clever, and his intrepid activities help his master win the maiden he has no interest in love itself, except for the meals or money it can yield him.

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Parasitus

29
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Characterized in comedies by greed, impiety, perjury, faithfulness, and inhumanity. His boastful self-assurance is regularly undermined by his stupidity and credulity.

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Leno

30
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Who is the writer associated with old comedy?

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Aristophanes

31
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5 th century Athenian comedy represented by the 11 surviving plays of Aristophanes

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Old comedy

32
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Characteristics of old comedy

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Social and political

33
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What writer is associated with new comedy?

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Menander

34
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Characteristics of new comedy.

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  • arose in the 4th century

- domestic and individualistic

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