Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Classics 2200 > THINGS I AM ABSOLUTELY GOING TO FORGET > Flashcards

THINGS I AM ABSOLUTELY GOING TO FORGET Flashcards

1
Q

Peripeteia

A

Reversal, overturning, experience of downfall (OEDIPUS and BACCHAE)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Anagnorisis

A

Recognition of truth (OEDIPUS and BACCHAE)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Oracle of Themis

A

Visited by Deucalion and Pyrrha

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Hera’s persecution of Dionysus

A

o Athamas, delusional, hunted his elder son Learchus who he thought was a deer and killed him

o Ino cast herself into the sea, together with her son Melicertes

Ino is Dionysus’ blood relative Aunt, Athamus is his uncle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Tantalus

A

SON OF ZEUS

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Festival Consualia

A

Rape of the Sabine women

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Cadmus and Europa

A

siblings (Europa has Cretan kings, Cadmus makes Thebes)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Janus

A

The numen of bridges, gates, entrances

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Penates

A

Numen of the items in the household

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Lares

A

Numen of the people in the household

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Erichthoneous

A

Son of Hephaestus - rape attempt on Athena

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Echion

A

father of Pentheus (Agave is mother)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Bacchants

A

Female followers of Dionysus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Maenads

A

Female followers of Dionysus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Satyrs

A

Male followers of Dionysus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Thiasos

A

Collective name for Dionysus’ followers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Alcibiades

A

violates Eleusinian mysteries in 415

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Socrates, Pentheus, Alcibiades

A

All question the gods and are punished for it.
Socrates: gods
Pentheus: Dionysus
Alcibiades: Eleusinian mysteries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Bacchus

A

Another name for Dionysus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Does Dionysus appeal to democratic or aristocratic people?

A

Democratic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Lycaon

A

Wolfy guy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Oedipus

A

Swollen foot

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Ilias/Ilia/Ilium

A

Iulus: Ascanias
Ilia: Rhea silvia
Ilium: Troy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

In the Oresteia, who commands Aeolus to prevent the ships from sailing from Aulis? In Aeneid, who commands Aelous to shipwreck them?

A

Oresteia: Artemis
Aelous: Juno (doesn’t want them to make it to Carthage)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Infeliz

A

Used to describe Dido, unlucky

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

What does Dios mean?

A

Sky father

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

What is Zeus the divine champion of?

A
  1. Xenia
  2. Suppliants
  3. Justice
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Who is Poseidon married to?

A

Amphitrite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Who is Hera the mother of?

A

Ares (+Zeus), and Hephaestus (asexually)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Where was Ganymedes from?

A

Troy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Marriages are ____ and ____

A

Exogamous: female leaves her father’s house
Virilocal: female enters the house of her husband

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

What lie does Aphrodite tell Anchises?

A

That her family is from a nearby town, and that she has already heard all about him. She says that Hermes abducted her from her family.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Keleos

A

King of Eleusis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Metaneira

A

Queen of Eleusis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Dione

A

A Titan—the mother of Aphrodite in Homer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

A flower, wondrous and bright

A

Persephone picks it from a field (it is Hades) in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

In what 2 stories was Hephaestus born disabled? In what story was he injured by Hera/Zeus?

A

Born disabled in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo and in Theogony.

Became disabled in the Iliad, explains the story when he was acting as a peacemaker

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Bribed by a necklace

A

Eleithyia - goddess of childbirth who Hera tried to ban

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Parents of typhoios?

A

Theogony: Gaia and Tartaros

Homeric Hymn to Apollo: Hera asexually

40
Q

Who has to serve the mortal Admetus?

A

Apollo, for killing some of the cyclopes that produce Zeus’ lightning bolts. Admetus is married to ALCESTIS

41
Q

Arcas

A

Son of Callisto and Zeus, Zeus raped Callisto when she was a Vestal virgin, Artemis turned them into bears and they were hunted. Catasterization.

42
Q

In which stories are Hephaestus born lame?

A

Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Theogony

43
Q

Who is Maia the daughter of?

A

Atlas, who is the son of Iaepetos and Clymene (Titans)

44
Q

Where does Hermes get the golden whip?

A

From Apollo to herd his cattle

45
Q

Who in Dionysus’ family raised him and was persecuted by Hera?

A

Ino and Athamus (raised him as a girl)

Athamus was driven mad to hunt his soon Learchus as a deer.

Ino was driven mad to cast her and her other son Melicertes into the sea

46
Q

Mt. Nysa

A

Where Dionysus was raised by nymphs, who turned him into a goat

47
Q

According to Orphic tradition, how was Dionysus born?

A

Born to Zeus and Persephone. Titans eat him (omphagia)

48
Q

Rights of Cybele

A

Dionysus

49
Q

Biggest opposing force of Dionysus

A

Apollo - they share Delphi

50
Q

Out of Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tityus, which was a son of Zeus?

A

Tantalus

51
Q

According to Orphic tradition, where did humans come from?

A

From the ashes of the Titans

52
Q

Lycurgus

A

Took satyrs and maenads hostage and attacked Dionysus. Dionysus sought refuge in the sea with Thetis. Dionysus drove Lycurgus mad. He thought he was cutting a branch of ivy with an axe, but he was really killing his own son and cutting off his extremities.

53
Q

Athenaeus

A

Wrote the song of the Phallace bearers

54
Q

3 cults offer hope of an afterlife

A
  1. Orphic cult
  2. Eleusinian mysteries
  3. Rites of Cybele
55
Q

Out of Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tityus, which was a son of Aoleus?

A

Sisyphus

56
Q

Linus

A

Teaches Herakles the lyre

57
Q

Tiryns and Mycenae

A

Perseus becomes the king

58
Q

Who becomes king: Aeson or Pelias? Atreus or Thyestes?

A

Pelias and Atreus

59
Q

Polyxena

A

Bride of death. Daughter of Hecuba and Priam. She was sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles after the fall of Troy.

60
Q

Aidos

A

Modesty and shame

61
Q

Oikos

A

Greater commitment to the family/household than the community

62
Q

______ for an early death in war, ______ in the form of war spoils.

A

Kleos (glory), timé (honour)

63
Q

Aristeia

A

Diomedes and Patroklus’ excellence

64
Q

Glaucus

A

Meets Diomedes on the battlefield - they realize their grandfather’s knew each other and stop fighting

65
Q

Memnon

A

Of Ethiopia, a Trojan ally killed by Achilles, son of the Dawn Goddess

66
Q

Who drives Ajax crazy?

A

Athena - he is planning on killing Agamemnon and Odysseus, but Athena makes him kill their cattle instead. He is so embarrassed he commits suicide.

Athena favours Odysseus.

67
Q

Atimos

A

Shame–Ajax experiences it after losing Thetis’ contest for Achilles’ armour and Athena driving him to kill the sheep

68
Q

Palladium

A

statue of Athena, must be captured before Troy’s fall, located in Troy. Diomedes and Odysseus obtain it from Troy.

69
Q

Penthesilea

A

Amazon queen killed by Achilles - trojan ally

70
Q

Who does Helen expose her breast to?

A

Menelaus

71
Q

What takes Hecuba as captive? (time)

A

Odysseus

72
Q

3 conditions for Troy to fall?

A
  1. Neoptelemus must fight for the Greeks
  2. Bow of Herakles must be retrieved from Philoktetes on Lemnos
  3. Palladium (statue of Pallas Athena) must be retrieved from Troy
73
Q

Who tries to rape Cassandra?

A

Lesser Ajax - she is Agamemnon’s timé

74
Q

Who took Andromache as time?

A

Neoptelemus

75
Q

Who kills Achilles? Who is present?

A

Paris - Apollo is present

76
Q

Polyphemus’ parent

A

Poseidon

77
Q

Who came to Nausicaa in a dream?

A

Athena

78
Q

Ciconian women

A

Attack and kill Orpheus with stones

79
Q

A crime against time

A

Incest with mother

80
Q

Obliteration of origin

A

Parricide

81
Q

How did Aeneas get access to the underworld?

A

He uses the golden bough to convince Chiron to ferry him across the River Styx

82
Q

Deiphobus

A

Helen tore his household apart‚ he was a son of Priam (brother of Hector)

83
Q

Who guided Aeneas in the underworld?

A

Sybil

84
Q

Elysium

A

The opposite of Tartarus: where Anchises was, where the Age of Heroes went.

85
Q

Amata name meaning?

A

Beloved

86
Q

Who is Hector in the Aeneid?

A

Turnus

87
Q

Who is Patroklus in the Aeneid?

A

Pallas, son of Evander of Arcadia

88
Q

Who is Penthisilea in the Aeneid?

A

Camilla, Amazon-like queen allied with Turnus, killed by Aeneas

89
Q

Is Latinus of Latium unwilling to submit to fate?

A

No

90
Q

Who tried to set the Trojan ships on fire?

A

Turnus, same as Hector but to the Greeks

91
Q

What is in the centre of the shield of Aeneas?

A

A “STRIPE OF ACTIUM”, which depicts the Battle of Actium, where Cleopatra and Marc Anthony were defeated by Octavian/Augustus Caesar

92
Q

How many times is Hector chased around the city of Troy by Achilles? How many times is Turnus chased around Latium by Aeneas?

A

3 and 5

93
Q

What Egyptian can Dido be compared to?

A

Cleopatra

94
Q

Whose side is Hera on in the Iliad? Aeneid?

A

Iliad: Achilles/Greek
Aeneid: Turnus’/Dido’s/NOT the Trojans

95
Q

Why did the name “Troy” fall, and become replaced with “Latin”?

A

It was Juno’s one request, when Jupiter asked her to allow Aeneid to defeat Turnus at Latium

96
Q

What finally causes Aeneas to plunge his sword into Turnus, even after Turnus begs for a proper burial?

A

Aeneas spots the golden belt of Pallas

97
Q

Euripidean difference in the Agamemnon?

A

Agamemnon plays a trick on Clytemnestra, has her dress up Iphigeneia, saying she will be married to Achilles, instead she is a bride of death

Classics 2200 (30 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions