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Ancient Civilization 1
The Aeneid, Inferno, Metamorphosis, Beowulf, Grendel
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Term
Virgil
Definition
Wrote the Aeneid
Dante's Guide in The Inferno
Term
The Aeneid
Definition
Roman equivalent to The Iliad and Odyssey.
Ends in Rage
Outdo the Greek epics
Term
The Aeneid Book IV
Definition
Dido begins to fall in love
They get holed up in a cave
Live as lovers
Aeneas reminded of his duty
Dido curses him
The suicide of Dido
Term
The Aeneid Book VI
Definition
Meets Sybil of Cumae
Instructs him to find the Golden Bough
Fields of Mourning(those who died for love)
Blessed Groves(where the good wonder)
Term
Lethe
Definition
River of forgetfulness
Term
Charon
Definition
The ferry guy
at first refuses them entry till he sees golden bough
Term
Cerberus
Definition
Three headed hell-hound
guards the gates
Term
Iulus/ Ascanius
Definition
Aeneas' son
His descendants will found Rome
Being led by the father out of troy
Term
Anchises
Definition
Aeneas dad
Prophecies of Rome's future greatness
Meets Aeneas in the underworld
Term
Creusa
Definition
Aeneas' wife
Left behind in Troy
Comes to Aeneas in a dream
Tells him he shall have a queen
Term
Minerva
Definition
Athena
Term
Juno
Definition
Hera
Carthage is her City
Term
Jupiter
Definition
Zeus
Term
Venus
Definition
Aphrodite
Wants Aeneas to find love
Still likes the Trojans
Term
Vulcan
Definition
Hephaestus
Builds Aeneas his shield
Married to Venus
Term
Turnus
Definition
fights with Aeneas for Lavinia and for the control of the land
Kills Pallas
Dies at the end
Term
Pallas
Definition
Close friend of Aeneas(parallels Patrocles to Achilles)
His belt ends up being worn by Turnus
Term
Dido
Definition
Queen of Carthage
Falls in love with Aeneas
Kills herself
Term
Lavinia
Definition
Becomes Aeneas' Queen
From Lithium
Term
Golden Bough
Definition
Allows Aeneas to prove himself worthy to enter the underworld
Term
Sybil of Cumae
Definition
Helps guide Aeneas to get into the underworld and then through the underworld
Parallels Circe
Term
Punic Wars
Definition
Wars between Rome and Carthage
Term
Troy
Definition
Aeneas comes from there
Term
Rome
Definition
Will go on to be founded by Romulus, descendant of Ascanius
Term
Carthage
Definition
Loses the Punic wars
Loved by Juno
Ruled by Dido
Term
Pax Romana
Definition
Roman Peace under rule of Augustus
Term
Mos Maiorum
Definition
The way of the elders
Term
Virtus
Definition
Virtue: courage, strength, loyalty, but also moral purity
Term
Faithfulness
Definition
Fides
Term
Patria Potestas
Definition
Fathers power in Roman family
Term
Piety
Definition
Define Aeneas
Reverence to the Gods
Term
Ovid
Definition
Authored Metamorphoses
Term
Daphne
Definition
Pursued by Apollo
Turned into a tree
Groped by Apollo
Plucked by apollo( becomes the crown of wreathes)
Term
Io
Definition
Seduced by Jupiter
Turned into a cow
First hidden from Juno by a cloak of night(thick fog)
Tries to tell her father who she is by carving her name
Term
Europa
Definition
One of the maidens spots Jupiter, in the form of a bull, swimming and she goes in to ride him
Term
Adonis
Definition
Born out of a tree
Venus falls in love with him
Tells him a cautionary tale
Myrrh's son
Term
Pygmalion
Definition
Thought all women where sluts
Fell in love with a statue he made
Term
Augustine
Definition
Authored the Confessions
An autobiography detailing his conversion
Term
Beowulf, the book
Definition
Fight, party, another fight, another party
Begins and ends with a funeral
Term
Beowulf
Definition
His remains are buried on the cliff
Term
Cain
Definition
Grendel a descendant off, because he wanders
Term
Danes/Shieldings
Definition
Swedish
Term
Geats
Definition
Where Beowulf hails from
Denmark
Term
Heorot
Definition
The Meade Hall built by Hrothgar
Term
Shield Sheafson
Definition
A great king of the Danes
The book begins with his funeral
Term
Ecgtheow
Definition
Beowulf's Father
Dies when Beowulf is young
Term
Hygelac
Definition
King of the Geats
Term
Hygd
Definition
Married to Hygelac
Term
Unferth
Definition
Challenges Beowulf heroism
Gives him his sword, Hrunting
Term
Wiglaf
Definition
Geat
Doesn't desert Beowulf when he is fighting the dragon
Becomes ruler of Geats
Is given war shirt, gilded helmet and torque
Term
Breca
Definition
Beowulf's childhood friend
Swimming contest with Beowulf
Term
Aeschere
Definition
Hrothgar's advisor
Snatched by Grendel's mum.
Term
Hrothgar
Definition
King of the Danes
Term
Wealhtheow
Definition
Married to Hrogthgar
Gives out a torque and goblet
Term
Hrunting
Definition
The sword Unferth gives to Beowulf for the first fight against Grendel
Term
Dante Alighieri
Definition
Author of The Divine Comedy
Term
The Divine Comedy
Definition
Split into Three parts
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
100 Cantos
Term
Structure of divine comedy
Definition
split into parts of three
representing the holy trinity
lost souls in 3 groups
3 types of sine
satan with 3 heads
Term
Cantos
Definition
the inferno has 33 plus 1 which is the intro
Term
3 types of sin
Definition
incontinence: lack of control
violence
fraud
Term
Dante's 3 Beasts
Definition
she-wolf: incontinence
lion: violence
leopard: fraud
Term
Terza Rima
Definition
Rhyme scheme
Term
Guelphs
Definition
A political party in Italy
Dante was a member of them
Term
Ghibellines
Definition
Used to be in power but where overthrown before Dante was born
Rival of the Guelphs
Term
Blacks, Whites
Definition
The split between the Guelphs
Dante belongs to the whites
Term
Florence
Definition
The city Dante loved until his exile
Hates the city after his exile after the books are released
Term
Beatrice
Definition
Dante's love
Dante's guide outside the poem
Provides Dante with spiritual guidance into the underworld
Term
St. Lucy/Lucia
Definition
One of the three women in the Inferno
In heaven with Beatrice
Term
Virgin Mary
Definition
Another female figure in the poem
Advices St. Lucia
Term
Pope Nicholas III
Definition
In Third pouch of 8th circle of hell Head in burning pit with the reddest feet
Confuses Dante for Pope Boniface VIII
Term
Pope Boniface VIII
Definition
Pope at the time that Dante dislikes
also ends up in hell
Term
Second circle of hell-Lust
Definition
Dido
Helen
Francesca and Paolo
Term
Francesca and Paolo
Definition
Fell in love
Killed by Francesca's husband, Paolo's brother
Reading Arthurian literature
Term
First circle of hell
Limbo/Neutrals
Definition
Homer
Aeneas
Virgil
Those who were good but born before Christ
Term
Ulysses and Diomed
Definition
Fraud- because of treachery against the Trojans with the Trojan horse episode
Term
Last Level of Dis
Definition
Judas Iscariot:fraud against God
Brutus and Cassius:fraud against ruler
Term
Farinata
Definition
Ghibelline in circle 6
Term
Calvacante de Calvancanti
Definition
Circle 7- Heretic
Asks about his son Guido
Thinks his son is dead
Is a Guelph
Term
Guido
Definition
Cavalcante de Cavalcanti's son
Married Farinata's daughter
Term
Tiresias
Definition
For telling the future
Has his head turned all the way backwards so he will always look back
4th Bolgia of 8th circle
Term
Myrrha
Definition
Sleeps with her father by tricking him
8th Bolgia of 8th circle
Term
Caina
Definition
One of the places in 9th circle of hell
For treachery to kin
Term
Judecca
Definition
one of the place sin 9th circle of hell
for treachery to benefactor
Term
Fuedalism
Definition
Heirachal structure
E.g. Ghibellines
Secular side of church
E.g. Knight to the serfs
Term
Roman Catholic Church
Definition
Top down Structure
Hierarchal structure where Popes rule
E.g. Guelphs
Term
Dolce stil nuovo
Definition
Sweet new style
New kind of Poetry
Term
Composition dates of
The Aeneid
Inferno
Beowulf
Definition
19BCE
1321
850AD
Term
Time frames fro writing
Definition
The Aeneid and Inferno completed after 12yrs
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