Women of legend Flashcards
1
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Pandora context:
A
- Greek
- written by Hesiod
- first woman
2
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Pandora’s gifts:
A
Aphrodite: charm
Hephaestus: made her look like a Goddess
Athena: handy craft
Hermes: made her cunning
3
Q
What is the only thing left in the pithos after Pandora let all the evils escape?
A
hope
4
Q
Who was Pandora taken in by?
A
Epimetheus
5
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Helen in the Iliad:
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- Greek
- written by Homer
- is admired for her beauty ‘like an immortal Goddess’
- unwanted in Troy
- she regrets leaving her family
6
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Whos is Helen’s husband:
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Menelaus
- Prince of Mycenae and King of Sparta
7
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Helen left her husband for?
A
Paris
8
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Who is Priam?
A
Helen’s father in law
9
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Helen in the play:
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- written by Euripides
- presented as someone who has no control over her life
- blames herself for the Trojan war
-was taken to Egypt, after Hera made a phantom of Helen for Paris to take back to Troy - struggling to protect herself from the local ruler, Theoclymenus, who wants to marry her
10
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The Sabine women:
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-written by Livy
- Romulus ordered the Sabine women to be abducted
- they soon fell for their new husbands
11
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How did the Sabine women stop the battle between the Romans and Sabines?
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- they moved the men by risking their lives to tell them to stop fighting
12
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Tarpeia context:
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- Roman
- written by Livy
- daughter of General Spurius Tarpeius
13
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Tarpeia story:
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- Tarpeia said she would let the Sabines into Rome if they gave her jewellery, but instead they crushed her with their shields
14
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Alternate Tarpeia:
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she asked for their shields instead of jewellery
15
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Lucretia context:
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- Rome
- written by Livy
- upper-class woman
