Gilgamesh Flashcards
(124 cards)
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Aeneid/author
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virgil
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Aeneid/date
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19BC
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Aeneid/language
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latin
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Aeneid is an….
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epic, modeled on Homer’s Odyssey
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Virgil wrote The Aeneid in
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dactylic hexameter
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basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry
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foot
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a specific type of foot made of three syllables (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)
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Dactyl
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how many feet (jumping in /hastily)
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two dactyls
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each line of a poem written in hexameter contains six (hex) feet, so a poem in dactylic hexameter contains six dactyls.
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hexameter.
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Minerva
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Athena
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Jupiter
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Zeus
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Juno
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Hera
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Neptune
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Poseidon
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Venus
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Aphrodite
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Cupid
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Eros
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Queen of Carthage, lover of Aeneas
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Dido
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parents of Aneas
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Anchises/Venus
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Aeneas married
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creusa
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Aeneas’s son
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Ascanius
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Elderly king of Troy
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Priam
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Son of Pram and hero of Troy
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Hector
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Son of Priam, stole Helen of Troy who was married to Menelaus, King of Sparta (in Greece).
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Paris
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Odysseus
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Ulysses
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Greek who baits the Trojans into taking the horse into Troy.
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Sinon
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Priest of Neptune
Laocoon
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Son of Achilles (Neoptolemus)
Pyrrhus
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Wife of Zeus, matron of marriage. She loves Carthage, and wants to prevent the founding of Rome because Rome will be a great rival to Carthage
Juno
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Goddess of love, mother of Aeneas. She wants Aeneas to survive his stay in Carthage in order to found the Roman civilization later.
Venus/Aphrodite
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Hermes
Mercury
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Sister of Dido
Anna
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the reason for the Punic Wars (the wars between Rome and Carthage).
the curse of Dido
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Aeneas visits the ______ just as Odysseus did.
land of the dead
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Anchises is to aeneas as
Teiresias is to Odysseus
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Teiresias is to Odysseus
Anchises is to aeneas as
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is a prophetess of Apollo and Aeneas' guide through the land of the dead.
the Sybil named Deiphoebe
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Ferryman of the dead
Charon
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The Odyssey/author
homer
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Odyssey/language
greek
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odyssey/date
800BC
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a long narrative poem about the deeds of a cultural hero
epic
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Asking a muse for help.
invocation of the muse
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"into the middle of things" Beginning a story in the middle of its plot
In Medias Res
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Father God
Zeus
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Zeus's brother, God of the Sea
Poseidon
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Goddess of War and Wisdom, protector of Odysseus
Athena
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Messenger of the Gods
Hermes
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Nymph who holds Odysseus captive for seven years
Kalypso
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King of Ithaca
Odysseus
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Odysseus's wife
Penelope
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Son of Odysseus and Penelope
Telemakhos
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Leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War
Agamemnon
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Agamemnon's wife
Klytaimnestra
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Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra
Orestes
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Agamemnon's wife
Klytaimnestra
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Son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra
Orestes
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Commits adultery with Klytaimnestra, murders Agamemnon, is killed by Orestes
Aigisthos
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Friend of Odysseus (Athena pretends to be him)
Mentes
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Chief suitor
Antinoos
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King of Sparta, married to Helen of Troy
Menelaus
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Odysseus' wife
Penelope
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Odysseus's son
Telemakhos
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Trojan War lasted how long
10 yrs
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first event, after the Trojan war
raid on Kikones
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Second event, after the Trojan war
Isle of Lotus Eaters
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Third event, after the Trojan War
Isle of the Kyklopes (Cyclops)
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The cyclops whom Odysseus blinds. He is the son of Poseidon
Polyphemos
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overbearing pride
Hubris
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Fourth event, after the Trojan war
Aiolos, Guardian of the winds
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Fifth event after the trojan war
Isle of Laistrygones
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6th Event after the Trojan War
Circe, (is a witch who turns some of Odysseus's men into pigs)
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seventh event after the Trojan War
The Trip to See Teiresias,(prophet whom Odysseus summons from the dead)
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Eighth event after the Trojan War
Back to Circe's to Bury Elpanor
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Ninth event after the Trojan War
The Seirenes
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Tenth Event after the Trojan War
Skylla and Kharybdis
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Eleventh Event, after the Trojan War
Helios's Cattle
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Odysseus is with ____ for the last 7 years of his ___ years
Kalypso, 10
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The Jataka, author
unknown
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The Jataka, date
4th century BC
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The Jataka, Language
Pali, (a dialect of Sanskrit from northern India)
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When was Prince Siddhartha (Budda) Gautama born?
6th century BC
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What age does Prince Siddhartha forsake his kingdom and become an ascetic
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Budda was born into what religion
Hindu
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The totality of an individual's actions (good and evil) in life.
Karma
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An individual's karma determines
type of life he will be reborn into
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"snuffed out," as with a fire
Nirvana
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The goal of Buddhism is
to escape suffering, which means to escape the cycle of rebirth and enter into Nirvana
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Is a collection of tales from the primary scriptures of Buddhism
The Jataka
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Jataka contains (___) incarnations that the Buddha lived through before being born as Siddhartha Gautama
550
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Gilgamesh/author
sin-leqi-unninni (Babylonian priest)
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Gilgamest/language
Babylonian
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Gilgamesh/ Date
1200 BC
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Father god (Gilgamesh
Anu
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Warrior, Counselor, he calls for the flood and gives Untapishtim eternal life.
Enlil
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Goddess of creation, she formed Enkidu and Gilgamesh
Aruru
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The sun, husband and brother of Ishtar
Shamash
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Goddess of Love and War (Gilgamesh)
Ishtar
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Mother of Gilgagmesh
Nisun
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Queen of Darkness (the dead)
Irkalla
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Friend of Utnapshtim
Ea
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King of Uruk
Gilgamesh
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Best friend of Gilgamesh
Enkidu
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Father of Gilgamesh
Lugulbanda
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Humbaba
Guardian of the Cedar Forest
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Noah figure
Utnapishtim
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Ferryman of Utnapishtim
Urshanabi
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monotheism
one god, god has eternal life, all powerful, absolute standard for good and evil
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polytheism
many god, gods have eternal life, power is limited, usually to specific locations or aspects of life, no single god is the standard for good and evil
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The origins of greet drama
6th century BC
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drama began as group song and dance competitions designed to praise_____
Dionysus
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Aeschylus
wrote tragedy, added a 2nd actor, his plays are the oldest extant, examples of western drama
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sophocles
wrote tragedy
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aristophanes
wrote comedy
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euripides
wrote tragedy
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Medea/author
euripides
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Medea/date
431BC
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Medea/language
Greek
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wife of Jason, a barbarian (non-Greek) and a witch
Medea
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husband of Medea
Jason
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King of Corinth
Kreon
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King of Athens
Aigeus
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Helios
a god (The Son) and grandfather of Medea
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his swineherd
Eumaios
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his cowherd
Philoitios
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Odysseus defeated how many suitors
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