Lecture 20: Ghosts 2 Flashcards
explain the story of prepertius and the ghost of cynthis
cynthia is his dead ex gf but he cheaped out on her burial, it was like the worst funeral ever because she was creamated and she was mad because she felt as if she deserved more
why is cynthia mad if she got creamted
because she deserved better, she did not even get a coffin and no one was even sad over her death
she needs perpertius to fix it and then she will go away
she wants proper recognition
what does cynthia say about the nature of the underworld
she said there are 2 places that you can go when you die
either the bad place for adulterous wives, or the good place for blameless wives
compare homer odessy with cynthias view of the underworld
in the oddessy every single person goes to the underworld and what you do in your life doesnt affect that
compare virgirls anneid with cynthias view of the underworld
very similar, talks about a heiarchy in the underworld
which part of the underworld would cynthia be
bad part cuz she cheated on her husband for perpertius
who is nonnus of panopolis
he is a greek poet who has greek, egyptian and roman influence and he lives in panopolis which is greek under roman control
writes imperial poetry
what things did nonnus of panopolis write
- dionysiaca - lifetime of dionysus
- paraphrase gospel of st john (retell story of christ)
- we get 3 ghost stories from him
explain the story of actaeon, his ghosts and his dog
acteon watched artemis bathe and she turned him into a deer and let his dogs eat him. since he is in a deer shape when he dies, his dad cant find him and bury him.
he then goes to his dad as a dream and asks him to give him a real funeral by finding and burying
what does acteaons ghost ask for
asks for burial, recognition, so he wont be eaten by other animals, a statue and to just not blame the dogs
where did nonnus write about the ghost of icarius
in the dionysiaca
what is the story of the ghost of icarius
icarius meets up with dionysus (god of theatre and wine) and she teaches him how to make wine
because of this he has lots of fame and money and throws a party where people killed him because theyre jealous and then just fake bury his body
he then goes to his daughter erigone and asks her as a ghost for a proper funeral
how is wine portayed in the dionysisaca
it is bad, stay away from it, horrible
what was the fate of erigone
she commits suicide where she finds her dead father, turns into a constellation
explain the story of ariande in the dionysiaca
ariande who is the wife of dionysus passes away in battle while fighting alongside dionysus
ariande also kinda has an affair with theseus and kills the minotaur with the the help of him
dionysus says that theseus has now forgotten about ariande now that shes dead and has gone back to aura
