Legendary Women Flashcards
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Pandora context (3)
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- Greece
- Written by Hesiod
- First woman
2
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Pandoras gifts (4)
A
- aphrodite :charm
- Hephaestus: goddess looks
- Athena:handy craft
- Hermes: 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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Hellen in 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
Q
Helens actual husband (2)
A
Meneleaus
King of Sparta
7
Q
Helen left for
A
Paris
8
Q
Who Is Priam
A
Helens father in law
9
Q
Helen in Euripides
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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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Sabine women
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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
Q
How did the Sabine women stop the battle between the Romans and the Sabines?
A
They moved the arguing men so much by risking there lives to tell them to stop fighting
12
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Tarpeia (3)
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- Written by Livy
- Rome
- Daughter of general Spurius Tarpeius
13
Q
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
Q
Alternate Tarpeia
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Asked for their shields instead of jewellery
15
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Lucretia context (3)
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- Rome
- Written by Livy
- Upper-class woman
