Test 1 Flashcards
What is an Epithet/Homeric Epithet?
Ex) the hero achilles is often referred to as “swift-footed Achilles”
is a descriptive phrase (usually repeated) used to characterize people or things. They add a rhythmic quality to the narriative.
What is a simile?
A comparison using the words “like”, “as”, or “than”
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What do the Apostrophes mean in Homer’s works?
This is when characters in the poems often address and speak to inainmate objects, abstract concepts, or absent people.
What is Cataloging?
Catalogs are extensive lists and catalongs of warriors, and other items, which contribute to the epic’s grand scale.
What is Repetition?
when certian phrases, lines, or even entire scenes are repeated for emphasis, creating a rythmic and memorable quality to the poem.
What is the invocation of the muse?
At the beginning of the epic, Home invokes the muse to inspire and guide him in telling the story.
What is divine intervention?
Teh direct involvement of gods and goddesses in human affairs is a recurring element. The intereference of deities shapes the course of events in the epic.
What is symbolism?
Various symbols and symbolic actions are present in the narrative, dding layers of meaning to the story.
Medea
Women kills her kids + her husband’s mistress as an act of revenge.
Bhagavad Gita
Epic poem formate, Arjun going into battle and confronting the god krishna about the war because his family is on the other side. Drama < Discipline
The Analects
Live righteously and live well. In coverstational form
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh- a man who is 2/3 god and 1/3 human and would be cruel then comes in enkadu who is 2/3 beast and 1/3 human. Enkadu dies and gilgamesh wants to bring him back to life.
Dao de Ching
How you live in the state of flow.
The Iliad
Trojan War- mostly foucsing on the Achilles, War, and anger.
The Odyssesy
Odessyus’ voyage home after the Trojan war and the adventures and struggles he faces.
The Book of Job
Job is god’s greatest deciaple. God and Satan make a bet to see if Job will cruse god’s name.
Genesis
The creation of the world + flood
The Psalms
Preaching poems.
Written in song and has refrences back to the bible
Exodus
Story of the jewish people, being promised a home and being exiled from said home.
