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Travel and Conquest Flashcards

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1
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Without Internet or television, the primary means of understanding cultural differences came through ___________

A

stories

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2
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What is the approximate date for the Tale of the Shipwrecked sailor?

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1900 BCE

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3
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The snake in a Ship Wrecked Sailor is the _______ ______ ____

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Egyptian Creator God

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4
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Is the Tale of the of the Ship Wrecked Sailor supposed to be a geographic or spiritual journey?

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Both, a combination of the two

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5
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Besides being the father of history, Herodotus can also be considered to be the world’s earliest ________

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anthropologist

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What is the range of meaning for the greek word nomos?

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Culture, Law or custom

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7
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Does Persians have a real historical setting?

A

Yes

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8
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What fast does Horace seem to cover up in this Ode?

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A civil war

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9
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According to Seneca, why should a slaveholder treat slaves “humanely”?

A

IN order to maintain their own psychological stability

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10
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The comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin Literature that _________

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survives

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11
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How many of Plautus’ 130 comedies survive in complete form?

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20

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What does the name Plautus mean?

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“Titus the Flatfooted Mr. Punch” because Maccus is the type of clown and Plautus means flat footed

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What does the term familias mean?

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“Father of the household”

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14
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Roman comic writers based each of their plays on a Greek New ______

A

Comedy

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15
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Roman comedy was preformed at ________

A

festivals

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16
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Why would people, after viewing the comedies that poked fun at “hierarchies and rules,” go back to business as usual?

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One possible reason why people went back to business as usual after the plays was because the temporary relaxation of such hierarchal rules inadvertently strengthened them. People feared what would happen if those rules were not in place.

17
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What play of Shakespeare is based on a Plautine comedy?

A

The comedy of Errors

18
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What Broadway hit and 1996 film is based on Plautus’s Pseudolos?

A

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

19
Q

What does the name pseudolos mean?

A

Liar

20
Q

Is Pseudolos a clever slave?

A

Yes he is a clever slave but he is dependent upon another even more skilled “clever slave” Simia.

21
Q

Translate Odi et amo

A

I hate and love

22
Q

How old was Catullus when he died?

A

30

23
Q

Who was Claudia Matella?

A

An aristocratic and educated women who Circero described as a sexual predator, a husband killer and a drunk.

24
Q

How many of Catullus’s poems have survived?

A

116

25
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What is an epyllion?

A

A mini epic

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