Test 2 Significance Flashcards
1
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miasma
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- “pollution”
- created when Orestes killed his mother
- -purification needed, pour blood over head to purify
- considered contagious
2
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hamartia
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- a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
- character trait needed for a tragedy according to Aristotle
3
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the chorus in Greek drama
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- originally all men that would sing and dance in the play
- the addition actors with speaking parts reduced the number of ppl in the chorus
- expresses the emotions of the average citizens
4
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the Oracle at Delphi
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- priestess of Apollo
- through her that she told Orestes to kill his mother or die
5
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Socratic dialectic
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- goal is to avoid self-contratdiction
- develop a set of moral beliefs that is consistent
- seen in The Euthyphro when Socrates questions Euthyphro about “the pious is prosecuting the wrongdoer”
6
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Socrates and the polis
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7
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the problem of the dialogues
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8
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Athenian judicial system
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- was originally the Areopagus which was an oligarchy (made up of aristocrats)
- was reformed and recreated into the council of 500
- make up of citizens
- Areopagus becomes an advisory board
9
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‘No man is wiser than Socrates’
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- launched Socrates into his philosophical journey
- talked to everyone he thought was wise but learned that they weren’t
10
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‘the unexamined life is not worth living’
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- life without introspection and questions is not a life at all
- socrates poses the question to the council of 500 in The Apology
11
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Theory of Recollection
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Platonic idea that our souls have never died and they live on in each life. We just forget everything and need to remember what’s in the soul.
12
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the good life
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13
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Platonic Forms
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- the soul is more divine than the body
- invisible
- undying
- ?
14
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Socrates and retaliation
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15
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pietas
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- duty
- Aeneas has a duty to go to Italy and found Rome
