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Classics 30 Midterm 1
Things to know for the first midterm
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Undergraduate 1
01/28/2010

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Eros
Definition
Erotic Love, Desire
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Mnemosyne
Definition
Memory
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Eris
Definition
Strife/Conflict
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Mêtis
Definition
Deception
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Biê
Definition
Force
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Technê
Definition
Skill, Craft
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Tisis
Definition
Revenge
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Timê
Definition
Respect, Honor
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Nêdus
Definition
Stomach, Womb
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Pithos
Definition
Storage Jar
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Elpis
Definition
Hope
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Misogyny
Definition
Hatred of Women
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Kakon
Definition
Evil
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Patriarchal
Definition
Rule of Father
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Exogamy
Definition
Marriage to Outsider
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Endogamy
Definition
Marriage to Insider
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Kykeon
Definition
Drink of barley and Pennyroyal Tea in rites of Eleusis
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Mystai
Definition
Uninitiated
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Mystagogoi
Definition
Sponsor of Initiate
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Epoptai
Definition
Initiated (those who have seen)
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Pannychis
Definition
All night party
Term
Bronze Age
Definition
3000-1200 BCE
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Mycenaean Era
Definition
1600-1200 BCE
Term
Dark Age
Definition
1200-800 BCE
Term
Archaic Period
Definition
800-480 BCE
Authors:
Homer
Hesiod
Pindar
Xenophanes
Term
Classical Period
Definition
480-323 BCE
Authors:
Herodotus
Term
Muthos in Homer
Definition
Speech Act
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Muthos in Pindar
Definition
Religious Speech
Term
Genealogy
Definition
An account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors
Term
Patrilineal Soceity
Definition
A society in which, means, titles, property and individual rights are determined and organized through kinship ties with the father's lineage
Term
Matrilineal Society
Definition
A society in which, means, titles, property and individual rights are determined and organized through kinship ties with the mother's lineage
Term
Theogony
Definition
A poem by Hesiod describing the genealogies of the ancient greek gods, starts of with muses to praise them since they are the goddesses of the arts
Term
Anthropomorphism
Definition
"The gods are people too"
An interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics
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Polytheism
Definition
The belief in more than one god, belief in many gods
Term
Hestia
Definition
Goddess of hearth
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Demeter
Definition
Goddess of Grain
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Hera
Definition
Goddess of Marriage
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Hades
Definition
God of the Underworld
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Poseidon
Definition
God of the Sea
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Zeus
Definition
God of the sky
Term
Genealogical Tree of Chaos
Definition
[image]
Term
Genealogical Tree of Gaia
Definition
[image]
Term
Cronos and Rhea
Definition
[image]
Term
Genealogical Tree of Tantalos
Definition
[image]
Term
House of Cadmus
Definition
[image]
Term
Tantalus
Definition
Was let in to feast with the gods but told the humans so stood in water up to his head and is constantly thirsty

Chops up son pelops and tries to feed him to the Gods
Term
Pelops
Definition
Sone of tantalus and Dione
Chopped up by Tantalus
Ceres ate his arm
Ceres furnished an ivory one in its place
Term
Oenomaus
Definition
Father of Hippodamia
Didn't want her to marry anyone, suitors had to race him and beat him, he had faster horses than the North Wind, whoever lost would be put to death
Term
Myrtilus
Definition
Helps Pelops defeat Oenomaus in the race by cheating, is then killed by pelops when he tries raping hippodamia
Term
Chrysippus
Definition
Kidnapped by Laius, when Pelops got him back Atreus and Thyestes killed him
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Chrysippus
Definition
Kisnapped by Laius, when Pelops got him back Atreus and Thyestes killed him
Term
Thyestes
Definition
Son of Pelops and hippodamia, Brother Atrues sleeps with his wife, sends his brother's son Plisthenes to kill Atreus kills him without knowing that's his own son
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Atreus
Definition
Son of Pelops and Hippodamia, kills Thyestes infant sons and serves them to his brother.
Term
Aegisthus
Definition
Son of Theyestes and Pelopia, Pelopia was raped but Thyestes ends up marrying his brother Atreus in the end kills Atrues and leaves with his father, Pelopia commits suicide
Term
Niobe
Definition
Daughter of Tantalus Said she was more blessed with Children than Leto so Leto
provoked Artemis and Apollo to kill her children

Is said that she turned intro a stone from her weeping on Mount Sipylus and her tears still flow to this day
Term
Chaos
Definition
Abyss
Term
Gaia
Definition
Earth, Girl
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Ouranos
Definition
Sky, Guy
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Aphrodite
Definition
Born from genitals Ouranous that were thrown in the sea
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The Furies
Definition
Born from the blood of Ouranous genitals on earth
Term
Pandora
Definition
Crafted by Hephaistos
"Pan" means all
"Dora" means gifts
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Prometheus
Definition
Steals fire from Zeus
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Athena
Definition
Born from Zeus's Head
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