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Latin Test 4/6/16 Flashcards

1
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How did Naevius contribute to the adaptation of the Greek epic into Latin literature?

A

He applied the epic form to a Roman theme

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

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The epic form with the meter

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3
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What was the occasion for Greek drama?

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Distinguished religious occasions

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4
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What was the function of Greek drama?

A

Cultural showcases

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5
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What is the structure of Greek drama?

A

Permanent theaters

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6
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What is the occasion of Roman drama?

A

Part of ludi (games)

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7
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What is the function of Roman drama?

A

Entertainment

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8
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What is the structure of Roman drama?

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Temporary theaters

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9
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Describe the physical layout of a Roman stage

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Long and narrow, fronts of two houses with an alley between them

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10
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Where did stage left lead to?

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Town

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11
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Where did stage right lead to?

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Harbor or town

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12
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Where did strangers enter?

A

Actors right

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13
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Translate: 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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14
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What does Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio mean?

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

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15
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Which noun is the adjective ferum describing?

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Victorem

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16
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What does capta describe?

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Graecia

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17
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What does agresti describe?

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Latio

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18
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What are fabulae togatae?

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Comedies in Roman dress

19
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What are fabulae palliatae?

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Comedies in Greek dress

20
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More of a caricature than a distinct character. The soldier is boastful both of his military exploits and his ability to charm the ladies. Often he comes to town w the expectation of acquiring the maiden, but it never works out.

A

Miles gloriosus

21
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Often the love interest of the young man. Almost invariably she has been sold into this business illegally, has remained chaste, and is finally freed w the help of the young man and his slave

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Virgo/meretrix

22
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The wealthy father who wants his son to marry someone other than a prostitute

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Senex

23
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What Greek epic did Livius Andronicus translate into Latin?

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Odyssey

24
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His love interest motivates the action of the play. During he course of the play he enlists the help of various characters in attaining his goal of winning his beloved

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Adulescens

25
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Often cynical and clever, he served as a contrast to his lovesick master

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Servus

26
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His main goal is dinner. He is lazy, but clever, and his intrepid activities help his master win the maiden.

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Parasitus

27
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Characterized in comedies by greed, impiety, perjury, faithlessness, and inhumanity

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Leno

28
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Pro-Greek literary group

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Scipionic Circle

29
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What are Plautus’ plays like?

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  • dramatic
  • tavern life
  • caricature
  • boisterous, farsical speech
  • 21 surviving plays
  • c. 200 BC
  • main purpose: entertainment
30
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What are Terence’s plays like?

A
  • artistic
  • home life
  • portraiture
  • natural conversation
  • 6 surviving plays
  • “Menander” was his muse
31
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Who is the oldest surviving writer of old comedy?

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Aristophanes

32
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Old comedy are plays that are

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Social and political in nature

33
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Old comedy plays are

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Filled with personal attacks against all kinds of public figures

34
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Which author doesn’t represent new comedy?

A

Aristophanes

35
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What kind of Greek and Roman plays focused on domestic and individualistic themes?

A

New comedy

36
Q

Who was the Roman playwright who only wrote 6 plays?

A

Terence

37
Q

What God does the Ludi Meganenses go with?

A

Magna Mater

38
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What God did the Ludi Apollinares go with?

A

Apollo

39
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What God does the Ludi Romani go with?

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Jupiter Optimus Maximus

40
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What God does the Ludi Plebeii go with?

A

Jupiter

41
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Main objective of plautus’ plays?

A

Entertain

42
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Time period of plautus’ play?

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C. 200 BC

43
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How do Romans feel about the Greeks?

A

Ambivalent

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