IV Birth of Tragedy, Wagner & Burnham

Question 1

Aufebung

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Aufebung (auf-fee-uh-bun): eliminating something while still preserving it as part of a synthesis

Question 2

Ancilla

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Ancilla (an-sell-uh): handmaid

Question 3

Eidetic

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Eidetic (I-de-tik): vivid recall of images

Question 4

Epopt

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Epopt (eh-pop-th): an initiate, often into the Eleusinian mysteries.

Question 5

Metempsychosis

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Metempsychosis (meh·tem·psy·cho·sis): transmigration of the soul into another body upon death

Question 6

Moira

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Moira (moy-rah): any of three Greek goddesses of fate and destiny

Question 7

Palladium

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Palladium: wooden statue of the goddess Pallas that protected Troy

Question 8

Palimpsest

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Palimpsest (puh-limp-sest): a manuscript, often parchment, that has been erased and written over

Question 9

Schein

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Schein (shine): appearance, illusion

Question 10

Sein

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Sein (zen): being, existence

Question 11

Syllogism

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Syllogism (si-lə-ˌji-zəm): deductive reasoning, using two given premises, to arrive at a conclusion

Question 12

Bildung

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Bildung: character (soul) training

Question 13

Chromatic

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Chromatic: notes outside the major/minor scale

Question 14

Maieutic

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Maieutic (may-you-dick): Socratic inquiry to bring a person’s ideas into clear consciousness.

Question 14

Mimesis

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Mimesis (muh-me-suhs): imitation of nature in art and literature.

Question 15

Hortatory

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Hortatory (hor·ta·to·ry): urging some course of action, exhorting

Question 16

Leitmotif

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Leitmotif (leit·mo·tif): a recurrent theme in a musical or literary piece

Question 17

Ontogenetic

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Ontogenetic (ˌän-tə-jə-ˈne-tik): the growth of an individual organism

Question 18

Phylogenetic

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Phylogenetic (phy·lo·ge·net·ic): the evolutionary history of an organism

Question 19

Thyrsus

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Thyrsus (thur·sus): Staff carried by Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbol of prosperity and fertility.

Question 20

Recrudescence

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Recrudescence (rē-krü-ˈdes-cence): the recurrence of an undesirable condition

Question 21

Paradigm

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Paradignm (ˈperəˌdīm): a typical example of something; a model

Question 22

Oresteia

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Oresteia (aw REH stee uh): trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus (EH skuh luhs)

Question 23

Lapidary

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Lapidary: polished

Question 24

Adumbrate

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Adumbrate (ˈadəmˌbrait): to foreshadow or symbolize

Question 25

Hieratic

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Hieratic (higher-attic): of or concerning priests

Question 26

Demolatry

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Demolatry: worshiping people rather than gods. Nietzsche refers to ‘the masses’

Question 27

Moloch

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Moloch: a Canaanite deity that required child sacrifice; anything requiring costly sacrifice