Mythology Flashcards
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Judgement of Paris
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- Each goddess goes to Paris, the prince of Troy
- They bribe him
- Hera promises power
- Athena provides skill
- Aphrodite provides a woman of his choice
- Paris selects Aphrodite
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Helen of Troy
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-Helen is the most beautiful woman
-Every man asks her in marriage
-In order to ask, you must promise to defend her and her future husband whoever that may be
-Paris kidnaps her and Aphrodite helps him
Every Greek attacks Troy
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Greek Heros
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- Agammemnon, Greek commander
- King Menalus, Helens wife
- Ajax the lesser and greater
- Achilles, the greatest warrior
- Odysseus, smartest mind
- Patroclus, Achilles closest friend/gay sex freind
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the war
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- Achilles was fated to die so he didn’t want to go
- Odysseus needed him so he came anyway
- Greek navy sends 1000 ships
- War lasts 10 years
- Breseis, a slave girl, becomes Achilles girl
- She cheats on him with Agemmemnon
- Eventually, Achilles gives up
- His friend Patroculus takes over and defeats the Trojans
- He is killed by Hector and his body mutilated
- Achilles is angered and returns to beat Hector for good
- Athena disguises herself as Deiohobus and gets Hector to fight Achilles in a 2v1
- Athena disappears and Hector gets rekt
- He chases him around the walls of the city kills him and mutilated his body
- Priam eventually gets them to give the body back
- Paris kills Achilles with a arrow guided at his heel by Apollo
- Trojan horse devised by Odysseus
- Destroys the city and kills nearly everyone
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Gilgamesh Characters
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- Gilgamesh: 2/3 man 1/3 God and kind
- Enkidu: Wild man created to take down Gilgamesh
- They are foil, Gilgamesh represents urban, cultured life while Enkidu -represents the wilderness
- Humbaba: Giant beast who protected a cedar forest for the Gods
6
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Gilgamesh terms
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- Epic simile: Extended simile along multiple lines
- Stock epithet: Title such as “face that launched 1000 ships”
7
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Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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- All gods but Eris invited
- Angered, she made an apple called for he fairest
- Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera compete for it
