Quiz #5 Flashcards
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Apollo
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- Hera tried to prevent his birth
- Was born on Mt. Cythus because everywhere else feared Leto giving birth to Apollo – He was too powerful
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Leto
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- Gave birth to apollo
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Europa
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- Zeus fell in love with her and carried her to Crete in the form of a bull
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Poseidon
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- Caused Minos’ wife Pasiphae to fall in love with the bull (Europa)
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Minos
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- Said poseidon elected him as king of crete
- asked or a bull from the sea
- caused his wife to fall in love with the bull
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Pasiphe
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- Fell in love with the bull
- Gives birth to a part bull/part human child
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Minotaur
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- Half bull half child
- Son of Pasiphae
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Daedelus
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- Constructed a labyrinth to hold the minotaur
- Banned from Athena for overthrowing his cousin
- Made a hollow wood cow for Pasiphae
- Invented the statue
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Cadmus
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- Son of agenor
- Settled in Thebes
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Io
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- Girl’s tragedy
- Zeus chases her and engulfs her in a mist. Then she gets turned into a white heifer
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Tyro
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- Impregnated by Poseidon. Must give up her children otherwise she gets tormented by her stepmother; gave birth to a son who grew up not knowing her
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Sidero
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- Stepmother/Guardian of Tyro
- Tormented her
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Enipeus
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- River
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Cretheus
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- husband of Sidero
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Hera
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- Drives Io crazy while she is a bull
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Hermes
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- tells perseus not to worry so he helps guide perseus to the Graeae
- Provided a sickle/sword to perseus
- goes with perseus to the ocean
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Zeus
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- Chases Io and then rapes her as a mist
- Turns Io into a heifer
- Rapes Danae as a golden shower from the roof
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Epaphos
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- son/daughter of Io
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Inachos
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- A river or king
- Io
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Acrisius
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- Father of Perseus
- King of Argos
- Locks Perseus and Danae away in a chest
- Killed by Perseus
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Danae
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- locked by acrisius, zeus impregnates her, gives birth to Perseus, gets sent away in a chest
- Must be rescued by Perseus from Polydectes
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Dictys
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- rescues perseus and danae from the sea
- also must be rescued by perseus
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Polydectes
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- wants to marry danae, but cant
- ## threatened to take danae if perseus did not complete the task
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Graeae
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- sisters of the gorgons
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Nymphs
- had magical items for perseus
- give perseus a cap of invisibility, winged sandals, a kibisis
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Gorgon
- turns humans to stone
- two of three were immortal
- fearsome demon with piercing eyes
- lived beyond the ocean at the edge of the world
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Medusa
- the only mortal gorgon
- gets her head cut off by perseus
- gave birth to pegasus
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Perseus
- hero's quest
- needed to cut off medusa's head to save his mom
.........
if u dont know perseus...ur cooked
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Cepheus
- Daughter is Andromeda and Cassiopea
- Gets asked by perseus if he can marry andromeda
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Cassiopea
Mother to andromeda
married to cepheus
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Andromeda
- gets married to perseus
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Phineus
- betrothed to andromeda, his niece
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Ceto
- was sent by poseidon to ravage the kingdom
- killed by perseus
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Pegasus
- half horse half unicorn
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Social Charter
- justifies why things are the way they are in society
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Delia
- involves ionians
- boxing, dancing, choral songs
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Girl's Tragedy
- story pattern described and theorized by walter burket
- corresponds to the series of events that occurs in a girl's life
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Programs of Action
- correspond to basic biological and cultural realities
- structures of myth are founded on these biological and cultural programs
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Folktale
- stories of adventure
- common/ordinary people or creatures
- do not concern human past
- primary source is to entertain
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Hero Quest
Vladimir Prop
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Motifemes
- units of plot in which characters perform
- not all need to be present, but they can be repeated
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Lack
- first noticed when we realize our separation from the world
- lack/insufficiency/desire that needs to be liquidated/fulfilled
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Branding
- highly symbolical
- marks the hero as now different, standing apart from others, marks a new position
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Kibisis
- bag in which you put clothes and food
- given to perseus from the nymphs
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Hero
- the main character around whom the story is told
- victim or a seeker
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Helper
- supports the hero on.a quest
- often at crucial moments s a companion
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Villian
- character who struggles directly against the hero
- may seek to prevent the hero from achieving the goal
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Dispatcher
Person who sends the hero on a mission
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Donor
- gives the hero something special
- typically advice or a magical item
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Princess
sought by the hero or the reward
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False Hero
seems like the main character and acts heroically but is exposed as false
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Princess' Father
- contraints the princess or dispatches the hero on their quest
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Bronislav Malinowski
- the founder of functionalism
- Saw myth as a social charter
- Observed close connections between myth and social institutions
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Walter Burkert
described girl's tragedy
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Vladimir Propp
hero's quest
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Delos
- where apollo was born
- according to Hera, Delos was a floating island
- Social charter explains it as a cult centre
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Crete
- zeus carried europa to crete in the form of a bull
- Minos was the king of Crete
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Argos
- Acriusis is the king of argos
- Perseus and Andromeda go to Argos
- Where acriusis dies
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Thebes
- where cadmus settles: he found the city
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Seriphos
- where Danae and Perseus were rescued
- Polydectes was the king
- Perseus' home
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