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Literature Final Flashcards

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known for its culture and democracy

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Athens

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city that held the most famous oracle

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Delphi

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set up the first Academy

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Plato

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the war between Athens and Sparta was called this war

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Peloponnesian

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was known for its discipline and fighting ability

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Sparta

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was known as the father of history

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Herodotus

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added the deus ex machine to drama

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Sophocles

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was known as the father of drama

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Thespis

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went around asking people questions; his process is the basis for the scientific method

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Socrates

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Why did Creon say that Zeus helped the city of Thebes to defeat Polynices?

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Zeus hates boasting and Argos boasted

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List the three people the chorus compared to Antigone when she was being sent to be buried alive.

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  1. Lycurgus
  2. Danaë
  3. Cleopatra
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Who was the founder of Thebes?

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Cadmus

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What examples did Haemon use when talking to his father about what happens to people when they are stubborn and do not give in?

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  1. A tree will snap and break if it doesn’t give in to the wind.
  2. A ship will capsize if the sails are too tight.
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How did Tiresias know that the gods were mad?

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The sacrifice was not on fire.
The fat was sizzling and the bladder exploded.
There were birds screeching, trying to kill each other.

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“Remember we are women, / we’re not born to content with men. / Then too, / we’re underlings, ruled by much stronger hands, / so we must submit in this, and things still worse.”

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Ismene

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“I have longer / to please the dead than please the living here: / in the kingdom down below I’ll lie forever.”

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Antigone

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“The ship of state is safe… Only while she voyages true on course / can we establish friendships… / Such are my standards.”

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Creon

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“No one wants the man who brings bad news.”

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Sentry

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“These laws- I was not about to break them, / not out of fear of some man’s wounded pride, / and face the retribution of the gods.”

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Antigone

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“Even too much silence has its dangers.”

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Messenger

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“While I’m alive, / no woman is going to lord it over me.”

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Creon

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“It’s best to keep the established laws / to the very day we die.”

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Creon

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“You chose to live, I chose to die.”

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Antigone

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“But all too often / the mere hope of money has ruined many men.”

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Creon

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25
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a purification of emotions

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Catharsis

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great pride

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Hybris

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altar to Dionysus; and acting stage

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Thymele

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a scene or section of the play

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Episode

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character flaw or judgement error

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Hamartia

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a lengthy speech by one character expressing his thoughts while no other character is on the stage

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Soliloquy

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changing or dressing room

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Skene

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place where the chorus sang and danced

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Orchestra

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entrance to the orchestra for the chorus

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Parodos

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mother of Haemon

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Eurydice

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brought the news to Creon that the body had been burried

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Sentry

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2 people who killed themselves by stabbing

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Eurydice & Haemon

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originally buried the body of Polynices

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Antigone

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was killed by hanging

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Antigone

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2 people who fought over ruling the city of Thebes

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Eteocles & Polyneices

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refused to help bury the body of Polyneices

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Ismene

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agreed with both Haemon and Creon’s speeches

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Chorus

42
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the blind prophet

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Tiresias

43
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Who wrote the Aeneid?

What was his full name?

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro

44
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When and where was Virgil born?

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October 15, 70BC

Mantua, Italy

45
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What language was the Aeneid written in?

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Latin

46
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When, how, and by who was Julius Caesar assassinated?

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Ides of March 44BC
stabbed
senate members

47
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Why did Virgil write the Aeneid?

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remind Romans who they were,

solidify Caesar Augustus’s reign as emperor

48
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What was the Aeneid? Why?

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propaganda

for peace

49
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When did Virgil die?

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September 21, 19BC

50
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Juno

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Hera (marriage)

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Venus

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Aphrodite (beauty/ Aeneas mom)

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Minerva

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Athena (wisdom, war)

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Jupiter

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Zeus (chief, sky, air)

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Mars

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Ares (war)

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Mercury

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Hermes (messenger)

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Neptune

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Poseidon (sea, horses, earthquakes)

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Ulysses

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Odysseus

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Pallas

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Pallas Athena/ Minerva

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Who was the Greek that told the story of the horse?

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Sinon

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Greeks

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Danaans

61
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prophet that was asked to decide who to sacrifice

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Calcus

62
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Who hit the horse?

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Laocoön

63
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Priam’s daughter who prophesies against horse

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Cassandra

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Trojans

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Dardanians

65
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Greek that gets in palace walls with axe

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Pyrrhus

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Priam’s wife, the queen

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Hequeba

67
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Which gods and goddesses want Troy to fall?

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Juno, Neptune, Minerva (Jupiter allows it)

68
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Aeneas’s father

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Anchises

69
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Aeneas’s wife

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Cruesa

70
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Aeneas’s son

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Ascanius

71
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What signs to leave did Jupiter give Aeneas?

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  1. tongue of fire on Iulus’s head

2. shooting star w/ thunder sound

72
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Who sent Cruesa’s ghost to tell Aeneas to leave?

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Venus

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