Women of legend Flashcards
1
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Pandora context(3):
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- Greece
- Written by Hesiod
- First woman
2
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Pandora’s gifts(4):
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- Aphrodite: charm
- Hephaestus: made her look like a goddess
- Athena: handy craft
- Hermes: made her cunning
3
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What is the only thing left in the pithos after Pandora let all the evils escape?
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Hope
4
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Who was Pandora taken in by?
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Epimetheus
5
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Helen in the Iliad(5):
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- Greek
- Written by Homer
- She is admired by her beauty “like an immortal goddess”
- She is unwanted in troy because her beauty is problematic
- She regrets leaving her family
6
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Who is Helen’s actual husband?
[2]:
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- Menalaus
- He was a Prince of Mycenae and king of Sparta
7
Q
Helen left her husband for….
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Paris
8
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Who is Priam?
A
Helen’s father-in-law
9
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Helen in the play(5):
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- Written by Euripedes
- She is presented as someone who had no control over her whole life
- She blames herself for the trojan war
- She fled to Egypt
- She is struggling to protect her virginity from the king of Egypt, Proteus
10
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The Sabine women(4):
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- Rome
- Written by Livy
- Romulus ordered the Sabine women to be kidnapped
- They were fickle and soon fell for their new husbands
11
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How did the Sabine women stop the battle between the Romans and the Sabines?
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- They moved the arguing men so much by risking there lives to tell them to stop fighting
12
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Tarpeia context(3):
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- Written by Livy
- Rome
- 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 their jewelry but instead they crushed her to death with their shields
14
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Alternate Tarpeia :
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She asked for the shields instead of their jewelry
15
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Lucretia context(3):
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- Rome
- Written by Livy
- Upper-class woman
