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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

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  • had magical items for perseus
  • give perseus a cap of invisibility, winged sandals, a kibisis
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Gorgon

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  • 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

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  • the only mortal gorgon
  • gets her head cut off by perseus
  • gave birth to pegasus
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Perseus

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  • 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

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  • Daughter is Andromeda and Cassiopea
  • Gets asked by perseus if he can marry andromeda
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Cassiopea

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Mother to andromeda
married to cepheus

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Andromeda

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  • gets married to perseus
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Phineus

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  • betrothed to andromeda, his niece
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Ceto

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  • was sent by poseidon to ravage the kingdom
  • ## killed by perseus
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Pegasus

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  • half horse half unicorn
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Social Charter

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  • justifies why things are the way they are in society
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Delia

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  • involves ionians
  • boxing, dancing, choral songs
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Girl’s Tragedy

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  • 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

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  • correspond to basic biological and cultural realities
  • structures of myth are founded on these biological and cultural programs
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Folktale

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  • stories of adventure
  • common/ordinary people or creatures
  • do not concern human past
  • primary source is to entertain
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Hero Quest

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Vladimir Prop

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Motifemes

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  • units of plot in which characters perform
  • not all need to be present, but they can be repeated
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Lack

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  • first noticed when we realize our separation from the world
  • lack/insufficiency/desire that needs to be liquidated/fulfilled
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Branding

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  • highly symbolical
  • marks the hero as now different, standing apart from others, marks a new position
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Kibisis

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  • bag in which you put clothes and food
  • given to perseus from the nymphs
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Hero

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  • the main character around whom the story is told
  • victim or a seeker
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Helper

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  • supports the hero on.a quest
  • often at crucial moments s a companion
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Villian

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  • character who struggles directly against the hero
  • may seek to prevent the hero from achieving the goal
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Dispatcher

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Person who sends the hero on a mission

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Donor

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  • gives the hero something special
  • typically advice or a magical item
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Princess

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sought by the hero or the reward

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False Hero

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seems like the main character and acts heroically but is exposed as false

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Princess’ Father

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  • contraints the princess or dispatches the hero on their quest
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Bronislav Malinowski

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  • the founder of functionalism
  • Saw myth as a social charter
  • Observed close connections between myth and social institutions
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Walter Burkert

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described girl’s tragedy

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Vladimir Propp

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hero’s quest

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Delos

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  • 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

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  • zeus carried europa to crete in the form of a bull
  • Minos was the king of Crete
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Argos

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  • Acriusis is the king of argos
  • Perseus and Andromeda go to Argos
  • Where acriusis dies
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Thebes

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  • where cadmus settles: he found the city
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Seriphos

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  • where Danae and Perseus were rescued
  • Polydectes was the king
  • Perseus’ home
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Classics 102 (6 decks)

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