Homer and Aesop Flashcards

1
Q

What is a Mycenaean Syllabary?

A

It is like an alphabet, however symbols correspond to syllables instead of individual sounds.

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2
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When did the Mycenaean civilization come to an end?

A

1200 B.C.E.

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3
Q

The world of Homer is neither _______ nor purely _________

A

Historical in a modern sense, fictional

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4
Q

Oral poets in ancient Greece used a traditional form, fitting their own riffs into the rhythm, with musical accompaniment. What was that traditional form?

A

Hexameter

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5
Q

A complete performance of these poems (Illiad and Odyssey) would have lasted at least __ hours

A

20

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6
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Illias is another name for ____

A

Troy

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7
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Who awarded Paris Helen of Troy as his wife? Why?

A

Aphrodite, because Paris awarded her a golden apple.

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8
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How long did the Trojan War last?

A

Ten Years

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9
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The Iliad begins in which year of the Trojan War?

A

10th

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10
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What is the first word and main theme of the Iliad?

A

Rage (Sing o Goddess in Greek)

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11
Q

The Iliad is about war, ______, and aggression.

A

honor

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12
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The plot (of the Iliad) deals with an exchange of bodies both living and dead. Explain:

A

“ownership of people”, exchanges of one life for another, or a dead hero for a live woman

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13
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Although human beings cannot avoid death, they can choose ____ they will die.

A

how

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14
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What does Achilles know that the other warriors in the story do not?

A

Fighting in Troy will mean his death

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15
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What reason is given for Hector as the most likeable character in the story?

A

He fights not for honor or vengeance, but to protect his wife and child. AKA Family Values

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16
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The major contrast drawn in the Iliad is not between the Greeks and the Trojans but between humans and the ________

A

immortal gods

17
Q

In the Iliad human action and divine action work _______

A

together

18
Q

On Mount Olympus all quarrels end in laughter and drinking not ______

A

death

19
Q

The most important fact about all the warriors in the Iliad is that they ____

A

die

20
Q

The Iliad provides a bleak but inspiring account of human suffering as a kind of power, which the gods themselves _______ achieve

A

cannot

21
Q

In the Greek, the first word of the Odyssey- our first clue to the poem’s subject is ________

A

“andra or man

22
Q

Who is “a man of many turns” and what is conveyed by this phrase?

A

Odysseus, the phrase conveys that he is able to deal with any outcome no matter how challenging or unexpected

23
Q

The many cultures of the poem (the odyssey) include both the exotic and the ________

A

Ordinary

24
Q

What is the Greek word for hospitality?

A

xenia

25
Q

The poem (the Odyssey) deals with the fundamental desire we feel for our own people and our own place, not because they are better than any other, but simply because they are

A

ours

26
Q

Odysseus defeats the cyclops Polyphemus. What does his name mean and why is this ironic in the telling of the story?

A

Polyphemus means “much named” and this is ironic because Odysseus defeats him by calling himself “No man”

27
Q

The act of homecoming seems to require several ____, beyond merely reaching a geographical _________.

A

stages, location

28
Q

What is on of the most important ways in which Odysseus is a man of many turns?

A

The way in which he controls and multiplies his stories, able to see the multiplicity of the world and redefining his place in it.

29
Q

Pick your favorite test that Odysseus has to pass

A

The knowledge of people in his household

30
Q

List at least three elements in the Odyssey we associate with other types of literature:

A

Travelers Tales, Heroism, Family Drama, Romance, Folklore

31
Q

Fables are an enjoyable ___________ of funny anecdote, proverbs, animal stories and morality tales.

A

hodgepodge

32
Q

Aesop’s Fables were not produced by a single author at a single point in time. True or False?

A

True

33
Q

Fables are aimed at _______ people, not aristocrats and often suggest the danger and folly of trying to ______ one’s status in life, create revolution, or usurp the position of one’s betters

A

ordinary, change

34
Q

The fable is usually a conservative genre that reinforces the __________

A

status quo

35
Q

Fables give easy access to pure narrative _______. They can _____ to anybody, of any age, from any era.

A

pleasure, appeal