Travel and Conquest Flashcards
Without Internet or television, the primary means of understanding cultural differences came through ___________
stories
What is the approximate date for the Tale of the Shipwrecked sailor?
1900 BCE
The snake in a Ship Wrecked Sailor is the _______ ______ ____
Egyptian Creator God
Is the Tale of the of the Ship Wrecked Sailor supposed to be a geographic or spiritual journey?
Both, a combination of the two
Besides being the father of history, Herodotus can also be considered to be the world’s earliest ________
anthropologist
What is the range of meaning for the greek word nomos?
Culture, Law or custom
Does Persians have a real historical setting?
Yes
What fast does Horace seem to cover up in this Ode?
A civil war
According to Seneca, why should a slaveholder treat slaves “humanely”?
IN order to maintain their own psychological stability
The comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin Literature that _________
survives
How many of Plautus’ 130 comedies survive in complete form?
20
What does the name Plautus mean?
“Titus the Flatfooted Mr. Punch” because Maccus is the type of clown and Plautus means flat footed
What does the term familias mean?
“Father of the household”
Roman comic writers based each of their plays on a Greek New ______
Comedy
Roman comedy was preformed at ________
festivals
Why would people, after viewing the comedies that poked fun at “hierarchies and rules,” go back to business as usual?
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.
What play of Shakespeare is based on a Plautine comedy?
The comedy of Errors
What Broadway hit and 1996 film is based on Plautus’s Pseudolos?
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
What does the name pseudolos mean?
Liar
Is Pseudolos a clever slave?
Yes he is a clever slave but he is dependent upon another even more skilled “clever slave” Simia.
Translate Odi et amo
I hate and love
How old was Catullus when he died?
30
Who was Claudia Matella?
An aristocratic and educated women who Circero described as a sexual predator, a husband killer and a drunk.
How many of Catullus’s poems have survived?
116
What is an epyllion?
A mini epic
