odysseus and stuff Flashcards
home of odysseus and son?
ithaca and telemachus
King of Pisa and father of Hippodamia
oenomaus
how does pelops win chariot race? both variants
- seccret weapon golden chariot with winged steedss gift from poseidon
- bribes myrtilus who removes linchpin but wants to have sex with hippodamia so pelops kills and myrtilus cursess him
Who was pelops? what was his shrine called?
hero of PELOPONNESUS
Pelopion was shrine
what does pelops create and who are his kids?
Creates olympic games
Kids are: atreus and thyestes
What do atreus and thyestes fight over? and who were they?
kids of pelops who fight over the kingdom of mycenae. Atreus claims right as elder brother and oracle tells him to use golden fleecced ram as proof, then thyestess sleeps with Aerope, wife of atreus so atreus gets cheesed and feeds thyestes his kids.
Who does thyestess bed and who is their kid?
Thyestes beds pelopia HIS SISSTER WTF LOL and they have aegisthus
who were the kids of Atreus? how were they significant?
Agamemnon and Menalaus kings of Mycenae and Sparta respectivley
Who was wife and kids of agamemnon?
wife was clytemnestra and kids were orestes electra iphigenia and chrysothemis
Why was iphigenia sacrificed?
to launch greek armada and gain favourable winds and appease artemis
in variant was rescued by athena and taken to tauris
What ploy did clytemnestra use against agamemnon?
takes aegisthus as lover while agamemnon iss away at war and they kill him together
what was the aeschylus trilogy and what did it persist of?
1st play was AGAMEMNON:
clytemnesstra and aegisthus murder agamemnon and cassandra forsees his doom and her own
2nd play was called ORESTEIA:
involved agamemnon, libation beareres, Euminides. Orestes was exiled as child and appointed to avenge fathers murder. Electra was confined at home and encourages orestes in his duty. orestes murder fam and goes crazy by erinyes.
3rd play was called EUMINIDES: last of the oresteia trilogy and erinyes pursue orestes to delphi where he seeks purification and absolution. first is granted by apollo and must go to athens for second. Orestes pleads before the areopagus (athenian homecide court) and is prosecuted, erinyes are appeased and become euminides the happy ones.
What are the Euminides?
Happy ones from erinyes
Who was leda and the swan and what happened to her and who were her kids
wife of tyndareus king f sparta, zeus showed up as swan and they have 2 eggs 4 kids
polydeuces and helen
castor and clytemnestre
who were the dioscouri
“sons of zeus”
polydeuces: immortal boxer
castor: mortal son of tyndareus and tamer of horses
Who is helen and how does odysseus solve the issue w her rejected suitors?
most beautiful woman ever and most heroes want to marry her and tyndareus is worried abt rejected suitors so odysseus puts 2 conditions so fix after he negotiates marriate to penelope.
- all suitors must listen to tyndareus decision
- if helen captured all suitors must go to rescue her
Who does tundareus choose as husband of helen?
Menalaus
What did eriss do at peleus and thetis marriage ? what is paris judgement?
tosses golden apple among guest inscirbed to most famous, judgement of paris was choice of paris to inscribe to fairest and he was offered 3 things
Hera: world dom
athena: military victory
aphrodite: helen
chooses helen
what is the maddness of odysseus? who finds him out?
heroes asssemble at aulis , odysseus feigns madness, ruse found out by palamedess
what was prophecy of calachas? who is he?
seer who accompanies armada adn says TROY CANNOT BE TAKEN WITHOUT ACHILLES!
Who was achilles?
son of peleus and thetis, thetis tries to make him immortal by burning away mortal parts and anointed him w ambrosia before prevented by peleus?
version 2 dipped into river styx for immortality but heel is left out
who was chiron?
wise centaur who tutors achilles and his best friend patroclus on MOUNT PELION!
what was achilles fate and why was he cross dressing?
Either long inglorious life or short and gloriouss one
achilles was hidden on sccyros by thetis but was caught by odysseus. hid among deidamia and they had a son neoptolomus
what was wrath of achilles? who wrote it?
In homer illiad, quarrel between achilles and agamemnon to burial of hector
who was chryses what he do?
priest of apollo wanted to ransom daughter chryseis (concubine of agamemnon) but agamemnon says no to safe face
Arete = exellence Time = honor or face Kleos = glory
wwhat was the prophechy of calchas and what does it lead to?
chryseis to be returned without ransom and agamemnon relents but wants achilles concubine briseis. achilles gets cheesed and witdraws from fighting.
Who was hector and who did he marry?
hector was greatest of trojan heros and brother of paris. Wife was andromache and son was astyanax.
what does andromache plead hector to do?
fight achilles which leads to his death ultimately
what does hector do that pisses off achilles? and how does achilles respond?
kills his best friend patrocluss (tries to cheese him by burning ships but doesnt work) achilles ends quarrel with agamemnon and returns to battle to avcenge patroclus death which seals own fate
how does achilles kill hector?
hecctor pussies out and is chased around troy 3 TIMES by achilles. achilles refuses to show merccy and slaughters hector and drags his corpse behind chariot.
who was the queen of amazons that achilles loved?
penthesilea, acchilles fallss in love w her right after killing her
how does achilles die and who recovers his corpse and keeps his armor?
fatally wounded in heel by arrow of paris, corpse recovered by ajax the greater. has duel with odysseus over who can keep it ( not physical fight) odysseus cheats with help of athena, slaughters flock of sheep and kill himself.
What piecce of work was the story of ajax in?
sophocles tragedy
what were the conditions for the fall of troy?
neoptelemus (sslaughters priam)
palladium (statue of athena)
bow of heracles (philoctetes from lemnos)
what was the trojan horse?
wooden horse comissioned by odysseus to epius. greeks sail away leaving sinon to pretend he escaped as a human sacrtifice. explains horse as offering to athena
who was laocoon
priest of apollo who decalres sinon a liar and the horse a ruse. is killed by 2 sea serpent along with his sons
who was Aeneas
son of aphrodite and achises and founder of the roman people
who raped cassandra
ajax the lesser at the temple of athena and ajax is killed by athena on the way home
how astyanax die?
odysseus hurls astyanax to his death from walls of Troy
Epithets of odysseus?
Polytropos meaning of many twists and turns
what does nostos mean and WHAT IS HOMELAND OF ODYSSEUS?
nostos means homecoming and ithaca is HOME ISLAND.
who is calpyso and where is they keep prisoner?
sea nymph calpyso prisoned odysseus on ogygia for 7 years and zeus sens hermes to get calypso to release ogygia
who was circe?
daughter of helius and was a sorcer and lives on island of Aeaea
who are sirens?
lure sailors with songs into rocks, human heads avian bodies.
