Literature & Authors 8th-5th Cen BC Flashcards
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when was Homer born
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8th bc
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where was Homer born
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either smyrna, colophon, athens, chios, ithica, argos, rhodes
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what were Homers works
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illliad & odyssey
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what was the Illiad
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tells of Greek siege of troy, “ the wrath of Achilles”
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what was the Odyssey
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tells of the wanderings of odysseus
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when was Hesiod born
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8th century bc
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where was Hesiod born
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Ascra in Boeotia.
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what happened between Hesiod and his brother
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was cheated out of his inheritance by his bro Perses, migrated to Naupactus afterwards
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where was Hesiod assassinated
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Locris
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where was Hesiod buried
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in boeotia
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what was Hesiod known for
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father of greek didactic poetry
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what was Hesiod the first to do
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write a systematic account of greek mythology
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what was some of Hesiod’s works
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work and days, theogony
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what was “work and days”
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sets forth the rules for success in agriculture and leading a happy life. explains the Greek superstitions, correct way to worship gods. autobiographical, contains first known Greek fable
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what was the first known greek fable
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the hawk and the nightingale
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what was theogony
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a systematic account of the gods of Greece and their genealogy from the time of chaos down to the creation of a permanent divine hierarchy
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what present day writer imitated theogony
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John Milton in Paradise Lost
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when was Acaelus born
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about 620 BCE
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where was Aclealus born
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in the city of mytilene on the island of lesbos
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who and what did Acaelus fight
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fought with Pittacus to overthrow the tyrant melanchrus
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what cowardly act did Acaelus do in a fight
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threw down his shield and fled from the fight
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who was Acaelus friends with
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Sappho
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what kind of things did Acaelus write about
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personal and political themes
wine, love, his sufferings, hatreds
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what type of writings did Acaelus write
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lyrical poetry and hymns
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what literary form did Acaelus invent or adopt
the Acaelus stanza
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what other Greek writer uses the Acaelus stanza
Homer
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what were Acaelus's works
the storm
| let us drink
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are there any complete copies of Acaelus work
no. all in fragments
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when was Sappho approximately born
the 7th century
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what kind of writer was Sappho
a greek lyrical poetess
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where was Sappho born
eresus
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where did Sappho live her first few years
lesbos
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who were Sappho's parents
father- Scamandronymus
| mother- Cleis
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when and where was Sappho exiled to
Sicily between 604-595 BC
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where did Sappho's spend most of her life
in Mytilene, the chief city of Lesbos
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who was Sappho's friends with
Acaelus
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who did Sappho's marry
Cercolas
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what was Sappho's daughter named
Cleis
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what does tradition say about the death of Sappho
that she jumped to her death out of love for Phaon from the promontory of Leucas
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what kind of things did Sappho write about
weddings- songs
| individual songs to the lyre
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epithalmaia
wedding songs that Sappho wrote
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for her individual songs, what did Sappho sing about
descriptions of her heart
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what kind of group was Sappho the leader
a group of literary women whom she taught and addressed in her poems
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what two people rivaled Sappho's group
Archenassa and Gorgo
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which poem was the only one of Sappho's works to survive intact
Ode to Aphrodite
| 28 line prayer to the goddess
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how many books did Sappho write
9 books
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what topics did Sappho's write about in her books
the muses- odes, epithalmai, elegies, hymns
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what was Sappho's main subject matter
love
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what dialect did Sappho write in
Aeolic
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what meter is associated with Sappho
the Sapphic meter
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what writings uses the Sapphic meter
Catullus #51 and Horace
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when was Aesop born
in the early 6th century bc
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where was Aesop born
in Thrace
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what happened when Aesop was taken to Samos
became a slave
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how was Aesop freed from his slavery
freed because of his wit
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who did Aesop meet
Solon
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what did Aesop convince the Athenians
to not replace Pisistratus
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how did Aesop die
was thrown off a precipice for ridiculing priests of Apollo at Delphi
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what was Aesop known for
his fables. told` orally so no written texts
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when was the oldest collection of Aesop's fabes made
in the 4th Century by Demetrius of Phaleron
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who wrote Aesop's fables in latin verse
Phaedrus, freedman of Augustus, who wrote five books
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what other two people made versions of the Aesop's fables
Balorius- 3rd century ad
| Maximus Planudes- 14th century ad
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when was Thales born
624 BC
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what was Thales the founder of
the first greek school of philosophy
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what was Thales considered to be
one of the seven sages
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where was Thales born
Miletus
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where did Thales like to travel to
Egypt
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what did Thales predict
a solar eclipse
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what was Thales explanation of the universe
all things are modifications of a single eternal and imperishable substance- water
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did Thales have any written works
no
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when was Anacreon born
570 bc
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where was Anacreon born
teos in Ionia
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where did Anacreon migrate to in his early years
Teian colony at Abdera
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what places did Anacreon go to throughout his life
the court of Polycrates of Samos and later at Athens under Hipparchus
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what did Anacreon write about
love and wine
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what form of writing did Anacreon use
Anacreontic poetry
| short lyrics
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what three poem types did Anacreon use
lyrics, elegies, iambics
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what did Anacreon's lyrics include
hymns to Dionysus, Eros and Artemis,love songs to beautiful boys and women
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what did Anacreon's elegies include
commemorative poems, dedications, and epitaphs
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what did Anacreon's iambics include
a venomous attack on nouveau riche
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when was Heraclitus born
500 BC
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where was Heraclitus born
Ephesus in Ionia
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how were Heraclitus's stories recorded
the fragments we have today are a result of someone gathering his oral pronunciations into a treatise deposited at the temple of Artemis at Ephesus
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what is the traditional title of Heraclitus's work
On the Nature of the World
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what was Heraclitus the earliest of
one of the earliest writers in Greek prose
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what was Heraclitus's philosphy
all things are in a state of flux; matter is constantly changing
origin of all things was attributed to fire
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when was Aeschylus born
525 BC
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where was Aeschylus born
Eleusis, near Athens
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where did Aeschylus die
Gela in Sicily in 456 BC
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what class was Aeschylus born into
a noble family, high class
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what was the anecdote of Aeschylus death
that an eagle dropped a tortoise on his bald head and killed him
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who did Aeschylus fight against
the Persians
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what four battles did Aeschylus fight in
Marathon, Salamis, Artemisium, Plataea
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what society was Aeschylus initiated into
the Eleusinina Mysteries
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what did Aeschylus believe about his acquittal of the Eleusinina Mysteries
that he was prosecuted for violating their secrecy
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when did Aeschylus visit the court of King Hiero I
between 478 and 472 BC
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whose court did Aeschylus visit
King Hiero I of Sicily
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who was Aeschylus son
Euphorion
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what kind of poet was Aeschylus
a tragic Poet
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what kind of poet was Euphorion
a tragic poet
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how many of Aeschylus works survived
seven
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what two things did Aeschylus introduce into drama
the second actor
| stage dresses
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what does the 2nd actor enable
true dialogue and dramatic action possible
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how many prizes did Aeschylus win for his works
thirteen
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when was Aeschylus first prize earned
484 BC
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when and for what piece did Aeschylus earn his last prize
458 BC for Oresteia
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which five authors where the rivals of Aeschylus
Pratinas, Phrynichus, Choerilus of Athens, and Sophocles
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when were Aeschylus plays produced
post mortem at the festival of Dionysus
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what were Aeschylus works
The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliant Women, Oreseia, Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides, Prometheus Bound
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Aeschylus: The Persians
472
| based on historical events of the Persian War
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Aeschylus: Seven Against Thebes
467
tells the story of the Thebian Polyneices and six champions from Argos he has enlisted against his brother Eteocles, with whom he is disputing the throne of Thebes, left vacant by the abdication and exile of their father Oedipus
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Aeschylus: Suppliant Women
463
| about the fifty daughters of Danaus, whom the fifty sons of Aegyptus have tried to compel to become their wives
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Aeschylus: Oreseia
458
the only complete trilogy extant
Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides,
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Aeschylus: Oreseia: Agamemnon
1st part
| murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra
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Aeschylus: Oreseia: Choephoroi
2nd part
The Liberation Bearers
return of Orestes who kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus to avenge his fathers death, pursued by the Furies, he seeks purification at Delphi
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Aeschylus: Oreseia: Eumenides
3rd part
The Kindly Ones
Orestes trial; deciding vote cast in his favor by Athena; Furies become the Kindly Ones
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Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
concerned with Prometheus effort to oppose Zeus and the outcome of that effort
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when was Pindar born
518 BC
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where was Pindar born
in Cynoscephalae, a village near Thebes in Boeotia
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what family did Pindar supposedly belong to
to the noble Spartan family of the Aegeidae
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what does legend say about Pindars poetry instruction
received poetic composition from the Boeotian poetess Corinna
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who were Pindar's two rivals
Corinna and Bacchylides
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where and under whom did Pindar study
in Athens under Apollodorus and Agathocles
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when did Pindar die
in Argos in 438 BC at the age of eighty
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what was one of the stories of how Pindar died
died in the arms of his male lover Theoxenus
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how many books of Pindars works were made in ancient times
17 books
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how many of Pindars books survived
four of the Epinician Odes
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what were the Epinician Odes
poems by Pindar that were choral songs composed in honor of athletic and musical victories in the major contests
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what were the four major olympic contests in the Epinician Odes by Pindar
Olympian
Pythian
Nemean
Isthmian
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how many Olympian Odes by Pindar survived
14
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how many Pythian Odes by Pindar survived
12
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how many Nemean Odes by Pindar survived
11
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how many Isthmian Odes by Pindar survived
8
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who used Pindar as a model for his odes
used by Horace as a model of his patriotic odes
