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| Sits out of Trojan war because his slavewoman, Briseis, is stolen by Agamemnon (Illiad).Polyxena is sacrificed for him, dies in Iliad |
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| king in Colchis (modern Georgia), full of magic and mystery, Jason and the Argonauts, Phrixus escapes being sacrificed and takes the golden fleece to him. |
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| Father of Theseus, King of Attica, son raised in secret, when reunited recognizes him at a feast by his sword |
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| son of Thyestes, in the Agamemnon enteres and Ag has atoned for Atreus' sins against Thyestes, he boast, chorus rebukes Aeg for boasting and promises retribution, Aeg's speeches are weak/meaningless, sends henchmen for chorus to attack them bu Clytemnestra calls them off, Clytemnestra's lover |
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| Odyssey book 10, keeper of the winds, gives bag of gift to Odysseus, 10 days at sea, Odysseus sleeps and his comrades open bag= storm, blown back out to sea and to Aeolus where he then rejects them. |
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| The Orestia, killed by wife, Clytemnestra, when returns from Trojan war, sacrifices daughter, Iphigenia, to get good winds to go to Troy by appeasing Artemis bc Ag killed one of her sacred stags. Mycenaean saga, son of Atreus and Aerope, |
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| king of Salamis, Illiad, commits suicide after Achilles dies and is fighting over armor with Odysseus |
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| prince of Locris, involved in Sack of Troy(Illioupersis), sacrilegious idiot, rapes Cassandra (Agamemnon's concubine) |
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| king of Phaeacia, Odyssey books 6-8, entertains/helps Odysseus |
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| Mother of Herakles, tricked by Zeus(seduced) and bears him, angers Hera, Queen @ Thebes |
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| wife of Hector(prince of troy), trojan war saga, sad farewell in book 6 |
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| daughter of King Cepheus & Cassiepea, ,brags more beautiful than all Nereids, makes Posiedon angry and sends monster to pilage land and kill all people and flood, sacrificed by tying to rock to monster to end all evils, Perseus falls in lust when sees her and kills monster to save/marry her |
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| daughter of Oedipus, helps blinded father, 3rd play in Oedipus cycle, insists on burying her bro Polynices even though new king, Creon, says no, defies law, death sentenced, kills self (religous pollutant), Haemon tries to save her(fiancé) and is already dead, and Creon then loses him too (his son) |
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| court of law created for murderers, created in the third play of the Orestia |
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| "virtue", the word actually means something closer to "being the best you can be", or "reaching your highest human potential", something heroes aspired to have, QUEEN OF PHAEACIA IN BOOK 6 OF THE ODYSSEY, mother of Nausicaa |
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| Odysseus' loyal dog, neglected when Odysseus gone, dies from excitement when Odysseus returns, recognizes him even in his disguise. |
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| daughter of Minos, loved by Theseus, wreath= Corona Constellation, go to Naxos and is abandoned, romantic tragedy, found/loved by Dionysus |
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| holder of the heavens, father of Calypso, the Odyssey book 5 |
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| Mycenaean Saga, blood guilt, fights with Thyestes for throne, given golden fleece by Pan originally (holder of fleece=king), exiled by bro when he sleeps/tricks his wife Aerope, feeds bro his kids, son/inheritor of blood guilt= Agamemnon |
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| Mycenaean Saga, blood guilt, fights with Thyestes for throne, given golden fleece by Pan originally (holder of fleece=king), exiled by bro when he sleeps/tricks his wife Aerope, feeds bro his kids, son/inheritor of blood guilt= Agamemnon |
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| Argonaut, king of Elis in Peloponnesus |
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| slayer of the Chimera, son of Glaukas, king of Corinth, husband of Philonoe, father of Laodamia, athena=favorable god, hometown=corinth, grandson of Sisyphus, goest to Tiryns, purfied by Proetus, and his wife Stheneboea,for murder, sth loves bell, bell rejects, sth tells pro that bell attacked her, Iobates ordered to kill him since Pro can't violate Xenia, sends on adventure but succeeds : pegasus, chimera(lion, goat, serpent killed), kills amazons, and solymi violent people, downfall= Laodamia or pride trying to get to heaven as god and rejected fall to death |
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| Achille’s slavewoman/mistress, Agamemnon steals causing Achilles to sit out of war.(Illiad) |
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| Theban saga, Son of Agenor, Track down Europa, consults delphic oracle: follow ww and found new city where it stops and founds Thebes, sac bull to form spring, but kill serpent child of ares, and to get water Athena tells him to sow ground with teeth, SPARTOI spring up, sown men, =theban people, slave of Ares of 1 year to get harmonia=wife, harmonia=product of Aphrodite and Ares affair, so Aphrodite's husband Hepahasteous gives cursed necklace, both are immortalized out of pitty and become happy serpents |
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| Odyssey book 5 & 12, daughter of Atlas Detained for 7 years on Ogygia Immortality, traps Odysseus on island, but eventually helps him return to Ithaca, gods say Odysseus must return home if stays and forgets about wife Penelope will become a God |
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| Trojan war saga, Agamemnon, Prophetess that will never be believed because betrayed/rejected Apollo, Concubine of Agamemnon, killed by Clytemnestra when returned with Agamemnon from troy/his nostos |
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| argonaut, horsemen & boxer, twin=Polydeuces |
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| Odyssey book 12, return to Charybdis(whirlpool), pass sirens, Island of Thrinacia, men on island, told not to eat the cattle bc their Helios', sun god, but get too hungry and eat them, face punishment by Zeus, all ships destroyed and everyone killed besides Odysseus, 9 days adrift and end up back on Calypso' isle, end of his tale |
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| early hero/king of Attica, ancestor of Theseus |
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| 12th labor of Herakles, guard dog of underworld, faces death, must break back Theseus, Elysian Mysteries, Meleager, grabs dog, neutralizes, returns to Hades b/c can't be kept out, trajectory to immortality |
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| Odyssey, books: 12(pass through and through sirens at same time on way to Island where Helios' cattle are), whirlpool |
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| monster that is lion head, goat body, and serpent tail. killed by Bellerophon on adventure he was sent to die on by husband of Stheneboea who he rejected |
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| mentor to Jason (jason and the argonauts), minotaur |
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| aunt of Medea, sorceress, helps Jason: Sirens, Scylla, & Charybdis, and the Planctae, helps Odysseus in book 11/12 warns of sirens, Charybdis, cattle of Helios, etc. |
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| Agamemnon, killed her husband and his concubine Cassandra as justification for him killing their daughter Iphigenia, tricks him through speech about "burying the hatchet", lover=Aegisthus, killed by son orestes, traps Agamemnon in net and stabs 3 times |
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| Oedipus, brother of Jocasta, offers kingship and sister's hand in marriage for whoever can solve the riddle that will send away sphinx |
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| has to do with Thesesus, member of the Athenian royal house, skilled inventor, askes for beautiful bull, Poseidon grants, sacrificed lesser bull, posiedon=mad, mino's wife falls in love with bull so he creates machine to look like bull so good bull will fuck her, minotaur=produced, put in Labrything to kill those put in it, ovid's Metamorphoses, creates wings to help Icarus son get of island, flys to close to sun, wings melt, falls to death |
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| daughter of Acrisius, very beautiful, impregnate by Zeus, birth in golden tower, makes noise (son is Perseus), put in box by father & sent to die in ocean |
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| wife of Herakles,sister of Meleager, daughter of Oceanus, Herakles wrestles river god: Achelous, and rips off horn to marry her, Nessus(centaur), guides over river and carries her an falls in love/rapes her, herakles kills him and tells to keep gore/poison from Herakles arrows b/c potion to keep Herakles love |
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| Odyssey book 8, Feast of Phaeacians: blind Demodocus, the wondrous singer of tales - tears of Odysseus, Banquet: Demodocus’ song of the adulterers: Ares in bed with Aphrodite |
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| twin argonauts, Castor and Polydeuces were twin brothers, together known as the Dioscur |
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| daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, house of Atreus, Mycenaean saga, libation bearers, @ delphi told by Apollo to kill mother and Aegithus because killed her father |
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| early king of Attica, ancestor of Theseus |
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| early king of Attica, ancestor of Theseus, temple built on acropolis to honor him and Athena, ruin still exists today |
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| Odysseus' swineherd/friend, book 14-17: shows Xenia to what he believes is random beggar, tells Odys. about suitors, loyal to odysseus, helps Telemachus, helps into palace, tells own story of how raised as family to odys. |
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| The Theban Saga, daughter of Agenor, Ovid's Metamorphoses, kidnapped by Zeus, brother: Cadmus, sent on quest to find her, he ends up founding thebes |
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| Odyssey book 19, Odysseus' loyal nurse, recognizes Odysseus even when disguised because sees his scar on his foot when washing his feet, helps Odysseus |
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| Odyssey, book 18, arrogant suitor, challenges to farm contest, one of the chief suitors, taunts Odysseus |
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| haunt people who commit terrible crimes, born of blood of genitals of Orenis,The Orestia, The Eumenides, sent to torture Orestes for murdering his mom, prosecuting case against hi in Areopagus, made patrons of Athens when upset that Orestes is exonerated |
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wife of Aeneas, left behind at Troy
Creon, King of Corinth's daughter, Jason decides to marry MEDEA'S REVENGE
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| "loud roaring", Medusa, Stheno, Eurayle, Ovid's Metamorphoses book 4, Medusa=Appotropaic(wards off evil), part of perseus' quest, |
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| Odyssey and Aeneid book 2-3, bird like creatures that harass/attack |
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| Illiad, prince of troy, Trojan war saga, wife=Andromache, sad farewell book 6, father of Astyanax, death book 20 of illiad= killed by Achilles, not given proper burial |
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| daughter of Zeus and Leda, princess of Sparta, cause of Trojan war, stolen/won by Paris(trojan prince), Menelaus (king of sparta), raises army to get her back |
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| prince of Troy, little Illiad, events leading up to fall of Troy |
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| Sun god, Odysseus' men eat his cattle in the Odyssey and are all killed except Odysseus as punishment by Zeus, book 12, daughter: Circe, helps Odysseus |
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| hero, 12 labors to gain immortality, Greatest of the heroes(strongest), depicted as god like, son of Zeus & Alcmene, husband of Megara then Deinara, great grandson of Perseus, hometown=Thebes, favored by Zeus/athena, hated by Hera, lion skin cloak, wooden club, bows/arrows, bearded, demi-god, |
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| Mycenaean saga, mother of Atreus and Thyestes, Pelops vs her father to win her, Pelops wins after praying to Posiedon, her father, Oenomaüs, curses his family: the curse of the house of Atreus.. blood guilt, etc. and curse due to Myrtilus trying to rape her and Pelops throwing him off cliff, sons fight over throne |
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| Ovid's Metamorphoses, son of daedalus, father creates wings so he can get off island, Icarus flies too close to the sun, wax wings melt, and he falls to his death |
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| daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, sacrificed to appease Artemis after Ag. killed a sacred stag of hers, her death=reason why Clytemenestra killed Ag. |
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| daughter of Oedipus, help blind father in Oedipus at Colonius |
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| Jason and the Argonauts, the golden fleece, leader of Argonauts, wife=Medea, later Creusa, Hera=favorable god, battle for Iolcus, adventure=heroic |
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| The Odyssey, book 10, tribe of cannibalists, 11 ships & crew lost after crew opens bag from Aelous while Odys. sleeping and blown off course and to blown to them. |
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| father of Oedipus, 6th king of Thebes, husband of Jocasta |
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| Priest of Apollo, Dont trust Greeks, even when they give gifts, throws spear @belly of horse, makes sound of armor rattling, no one hears it or believes him, sacrifices to Apollo and gets attacked by 2 snakes, him and his sons to show he is right |
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| head = apotropaic (wards off evil), killed by Perseus, Gorgon, gives birth to Pegasus after killed |
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| Herakles wife/prize by Creon, 3 sons (killed by Hera), |
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| taunts Odysseus in book 18 and 19, one of the chief suitors, arrogant/rude |
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| Odyssey book 17&20, goatherd, rough encounter with Odysseus, "treacherous goatherd" |
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| king of Sparta/Mycenae, gathers army to head to Troy to bring back Helen, Mycenaean Saga, according to Clytemnestra he could not control his "adulterous wife", son of Aerope and Atreus, blamed for death of Iphigenia and Agamemnon bringing back Cassandra by her too. |
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| queen of Corinth, raised Oedipus as own son in Corinth |
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| King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa, father of Androgeos, displeases Posiedon, wife ends up loving bull and creates the first Minotaur. put in Labyrinth to kill whomever is put in it, conquered by Theseus |
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| offspring of King minos of crete's wife, and bull of Poseidon, conquered by Theseus |
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| Odyssey book 6, daughter of Alcinoüs and Arete (king and queen of Phaecia, inspired to wash clothes by riverside by Athena, odys finds, sends to her parents for guidance |
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| son of achilles, his presence was necessary for the fall of Troy |
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| King of Pylos, tells last events of Trojan War, later fatesof some Achaecan chiefs, not about Odysseus though to Telemachus, Nestor sacrfices heifer to Athena when realizes presence along with Telemachus. his son goes with Telemachus to Ithaca., oldest Acahaean@ Troy |
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| Hero, Odyssey= journey home from Troy, thought of Trojan war horse, the moral trickster, the craftiest of all of Achaeans, human version of Hephaestus, son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, patron=Athena, hated by Posiedon |
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| kills father marries mother, leaves what he thought was home in search of truth by oracle but leads him to true parents in Thebes where he fulfill prophecy, has 4 children, sons Etocles and Polynices fight over kingship after he exiles himself |
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| father of Hippodamia, curses Pelops after beaten in chariot race for his daughter |
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| son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, kills mother and her lover to avenge his father, taken to court by the Furies in Areopagus, jury undecided, favored by Athena, exonerated |
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| Prince of Troy, kidnaps Helen, start of Trojan war |
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| wife of minos who is made to fall in love with bull of Posiedon after minos displeases him and creates the First Minotaur |
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| companion of Achilles, Illiad book 16=death, Trojan war, wears Achilles armor while not fighting, kills Sarpeaon, and dies in battle |
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| born from Medusa's corpse, father Posiedon,great winged horse, born after Perseus kills Medusa |
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| King of Iolcus, sends Jason and Argonauts on journey for golden fleece if Jason wants throne |
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| husband of Hippodamia, Mycanaean Saga, defeats Oenomaüs for wife, cursed, house of Atreus, father=tantalus who chopped him up and served him to gods, who out of pity restored him but with ivory shoulder since Demeter ate it |
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| Wife of Odysseus, wise, strong willed, loyal, tricks suitors |
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| Amazon, fought in Trojan war to gain glory, killed by Achilles |
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| Athena & Hermes= favorable gods, gets magical gifts from them, goes on quest for Medusa’s head |
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| Odyssey, favor Odysseus, books 6-8, help Odysseus gather crew to get home |
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| Trojan War, gather arrows of Herakles to win war |
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| Tereus cut her tongue out and raped her |
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| saved by Jason and the Argonauts in Salymydessus in region of Thrace from teh Harpies |
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| Jason and the Argonauts, escapes evil step mother sacrificing him and takes fleeces and gives to king in modern Georgia |
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| king of Lapiths, friend of Theseus, marriage to Hippodamia, centauramachy, pursued Helen, Persephone as wives, him and Theseus stuck on sticky chairs in underworld, Heracles rescued Theseus but left him |
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| Jason and the Argonauts, Circe helps here, Odyssey book 12, |
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| king of Corinth, raised Oedipus as adopted son |
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| Brother of dictys, king of Seriphos, loves Danaë, @banquet tells Perseus to bring stag/deer as trophies and Perseus says “ill do one better and get medusa’s head” = good idea bc Poly wants to get ride of Pers to have Danaë |
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| argonaut, twin brother of castor, together know as Dioscuri, horsemen, boxer |
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| son of Oedipus, asks father for blessing for throne, cursed by father, fights with brother, Etocles, for throne of Thebes |
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| son of Poseidon, Cyclopes, blinded by Odysseus and his mean in Odyssey book 9, anger Poseidon who takes revenge on Odysseus and his men |
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| king of Troy during Trojan war, wife=Hecuba, father of Paris(who raped helen and started Trojan war) |
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| sister of Philogema, and wife of teresus |
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| brigand on road, chopped off peoples feet to fit on a bed |
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| Jason and Argonauts, and Odyssey book 12, was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis |
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| Jason and Argonauts, and Odyssey book 12, ere dangerous and devious creatures, portrayed as femmes fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island |
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| spring of grown men sown by Cadmus with teeth of serpent as instructed by Athena, kill each other (except 5), descedants=Theban people, people from earth, Chathonic people |
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| "strangler", riddle if cannot answer = eaten, Creon offers kingship of Thebes and sister's hand in marriage for anyone who can solve riddle and rid Thebes of monster, Oedipus does, marries mom, Jocasta |
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| Clashing Rocks, Odyssey book 12, jason and the Argonauts |
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| Mycenaean Saga, feeds gods son Pelops cut up, only Demeter eats shoulder, pity him and put back together with ivory shoulder, first offense in blood guilt line(decedents = house of Atreus curse) suffers in Underworld |
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| son of Odysseus, helps in return to Ithaca |
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| son of Nestor, brought back to Ithaca with Telemachos |
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| hero of Athens, slayer of minotaur, son of Aegeus or Poseidon and Athena, husband of hippolyta/Antipoe and then Phaedra, father of Hippolytus and Acamus, favored Athena and Poseidon, one of few heroes closely historically true, |
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| fights with Atreus for throne, fed his own children, gets golden fleece/throne by sleeping with brother's wife, Aerope, Alternate exiles between him and his brother, Mycenaean saga |
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| Odyssey book 11, Odysseus consults in underworld about return home |
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| tragedian playwright, seven against Thebes, Agamemnon, 525BC-456BC, real founder of Greek Tragedy, fought @ battle of Marathon, Eagle dropped turtle on bald head and killed hijm, 80 plays, 7 survived, increased actors to 2 decreased role of chorus |
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| one of Aeschylus' surviving plays, part of the trilogy of plays of "The Orestia" |
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| wards off evil, example: Medusa's head |
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| born of the earth, never immigrants |
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| Laestrygonians, eating own species/kind, The Odyssey, lose 11 ships and crewmen |
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s the academic study of different
myths, in an attempt to discover how various myths and religions evolved over time, and aims to reveal relationships between distant religions, and describe their origin.
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| earliest preserved theatre in Greece, Athens, |
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| a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
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| excellence, common feature of hero |
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| as a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the Cypria, the Aethiopis, the so-called Little Iliad, the Iliupersis, the Nostoi, and the Telegony. Scholars sometimes include the two Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, among the poems of the Epic Cycle, but the term is more often used to specify the non-Homeric poems as distinct from the Homeric ones. |
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| the third play of the Orestia, Trial of Orestes for killing mother, Furies =prosecution, Apollo defending lawyer, Athena judge, jury, and tie so Athena since favored him exonerated him, creation of Areopagus, court of law on the acropolis |
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| Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most, The Bacchae, |
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| he god of old age. It was considered a virtue whereby the more gēras a man acquired, the more kleos (fame) and arete (excellence and courage) he was considered to have. |
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Common features:divine parent, tragedy/hardship, flaw, quest, kleos, arete.
Physical hero:engage in war, self sacrifice, perfom extreme feats
Spiritual hero:learn or experience supernatural range of human spiritual life, come back and share it with others |
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| an epic of ancient Greek literature that was quite well known in the Classical period[1] and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the "Trojan" cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic hexameter verse. The story of the Cypria comes chronologically at the beginning of the Epic Cycle, and is followed by that of the Iliad; the composition of the two was apparently in the reverse order. The poem comprised eleven books of verse in epic dactylic hexameters. |
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| an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos, myth about King Minos of Crete, Phasiphaë, and the minotaur. palace at knosses= large and complicated not legend, fact |
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| one of the three plays of, The Orestia. About Agamemnon, and his children, and Orestes avenging his fathers death against Clytemnestra and Aegisthus |
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1936: The Hero, A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama 22 common traits of god-heroes
1885- 1964
Independent scholar Concerned with whether hero a historical figure or not
Used a comparative approach with hero myths to find similarities
1. Thecircumstancesofhisconceptionareunusual
2. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future kingdom.
3. Is driven from the throne and the city after which he meets with a mysterious death
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| mountain where Oedipus was left to die as a baby |
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| the journey home (plural) |
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| theme dealt with in many Homeric writings such as the Odyssey, in which the main character, Odysseus, strives to get home after the Trojan War. |
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| trilogy of three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and Eumenides. |
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43BC-AD17
Metamorphoses AD8
exiled in AD 8 by Augustus |
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| major source for Jason and the Argonauts, Pythian Odes |
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| Oedipus Rex, birth, death, some sexual activity, homicide, sacrilege, incest, parricide, cannibalism, offending the gods, incurring a curse |
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| a perceptible relationship to history; however fanciful and imaginative, it has its roots in historical fact |
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written by Aeschylus, about struggle between Oedipus' two sons Etecoles, and Polynices for throne of Thebes
Members of "magnificent seven": Polynices, Adrastus(king of argos), Tyedeus(exile from ARcadia, denied immortality b/c ate brains of enemy), Capaneus, Hippomedon, Parthenopaeus, and Amphiarüs(prophetic abilities) |
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| wrote Antigone, one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides |
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| ancient Greek concept of honor. |
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20th C, Formalist approach, Structuralism, linear myth,31 functions, the Quest
Characters: The villain, The Hero, The Donor, The Helper
3 Parts: introduction to the quest, the quest, the return home
The basics
• Theherohaselementsoftheextraordinarylinked to his birth/childhood
• Hefacesoppositionfromstart,mustprovehis worth
• Hisenemiesusuallyinstigatehisachievement
• Heishelpedbyatleastoneally,divineorhuman
• Hefacesinsuperableobstacles,laborsthatmust be accomplished ‐ quest that must be completed

The basics
• Conflictswithdivine,human,ormonstrous opponents: physical, sexual, and spiritual challenges
• Hemayhavetoobservetaboos
• Deathitselfistheultimateconquest,usuallyachieved by going to and returning from the Underworld
• Thehero’ssuccessmayberewardedwithmarriage, political security or wealth and power
• Knowledgethroughsufferingandmorelasting spiritual enlightenment are also part of the hero’s attainment |
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the heroine's side of the story
1. She leaves home
2. She is secluded
3. She is made pregnant by a god
4. She suffers punishment or rejection
5. She is rescued, her son is born |
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| Trojan War vet, founder of Rome, the Aeneid |
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| Virgil, about the foundation of Rome |
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| son of Aeneaus, Ascanius founds this city south of modern day Rome |
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| 400 years later of descendants of Aeneas/Lavinia, king who ursurps throne from Numitor |
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| Aeneas talks about time with Anchises in book 2-3 of the Aeneid |
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| son of Aeneas and Lavinia, founds city south of modern day Rome called Alba Longa |
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| makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas as he pretends to be Ascanius in book 1 of Aeneid |
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| queen of Carthage, falls in love with Aeneas due to Cupid's arrow, curses war with Carthage on Aeneas family when he leaves her. he does not want to but has a higher calling to gods to found rome. |
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800-396BC Native gods: Tinia, Uni, Cel
borrowed Greek Gods:Artimi,Menerva, Paclia,Aita, Apulu, Espalce
borrowed Greek heros: Achile, Achmenrun, Ectur, Hercle
Region directly north of Rome
Native Italian people, highly cultured |
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| Arcadian King, pallantium, son= Pallus, Book 6 of the Aeneid |
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| male personal spirit "guardian angel", what romans thought was their soul |
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Roman god, January, seeing into past year and future year,
2 faces, the god of gates, doors, beginnings, coming & going, connected with bridges over rivers; door open for Janus= war waging, door closed for Janus= war ending |
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| Roman god: protect house as whole, also of whole city, agriculture and farm, @4 corners meet Lares meet and watch over |
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| King of Latium, daughter=Lavinia, even though daughter promised to Turnus, marries her to Aeneas instead |
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guided by prophecy to find pig white mother, w/pigletts suckling on mom on tiber river, this is where found city or
Go to where men sit down and eat meal and so hungry eat plates, use bread for plates then ate. |
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| princess of Latium, promised to Turnus, marries Aeneas, son=Ascanius, the Aeneid |
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| raped 509 BC, end of Roman Kings, beginning of Roman Republic, Tarquinius Superbus: Last King, has son Tarquinius Collatinus and Sextus Tarquinius who falls in love with Collatinus' wife and him and 3 men challenge each other to see who's wife is most chaste, suprise them to see what secretly doing, first 2 not virtuous, last= Tarquinius Colltinus' wife, raped at knife point by Sextus tarquinius, tells father and husband and takes revenge and exiles sextus, and Lucretia kills self out of shame |
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| February 15th, festival after all grain gathered/sown waiting for it to grow for next year |
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| father of Rhea Siliva, prophecy that her son will overthrow Amulius so he turns her into Vestal Virgin, but Mars falls in love with her and they have 2 sons: Romulus and Remus, sons exposed at birth but Numitor intervenes and saves them |
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| pantry, god of food stores |
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| prophecized that her son will overthrow Amulius so he turns her into Vestal Virgin, but Mars falls in love with her and they have 2 sons: Romulus and Remus, sons exposed at birth but Numitor intervenes and saves them, then they are raised by wolves, and eventually battle to name rome |
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| son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, brother who lost battle to name Rome, demi-god, exposed at birth, raised by wolf, killed by brother Romulus b/c not destined to be King, decided by naming Omens and dont know whos right so they fight |
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| son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, brother who won battle to name Rome, demi-god, exposed at birth, raised by wolf, kills brother Romulus b/c not destined to be King, decided by naming Omens and dont know whos right so they fight, founder of Rome |
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| Sabine women intervene in middle of war and say enough is enough, ultimately marry Romulus' men, Tarpeia betrays all by letting in Sabine men, as long as she gets their gold arm bands off them, attack Rome, and end up killing her |
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| Festival of Saturn, December 17th, everything backwards |
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| Tarquinius Superbus: Last King, has son Tarquinius Collatinus and Sextus Tarquinius who falls in love with Collatinus' wife and him and 3 men challenge each other to see who's wife is most chaste, suprise them to see what secretly doing, first 2 not virtuous, last= Tarquinius Colltinus' wife, raped at knife point by Sextus tarquinius, tells father and husband and takes revenge and exiles sextus, and Lucretia kills self out of shame |
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| God of River(main river) in Rome (Tiber River) |
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| original Fiancé of Lavinia, prince, killed by Aeneas in Aeneid book six, fight for Latium |
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| Rhea Siliva, mother of Romulus and Remus turned into one before had them by fearful uncle Amulius, they are responsible for the Hearth/keep it going in town/ at the TEmple of Vestal Virgins where virgins are recruited to stand guard of hearth of the state, could not have sexual relations for about 40 years of life to protect sanctity of hearth, if violate often brutally killed |
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| Aphrodite but usually more nature/regeneration of nature than greek aphrodite |
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Ares
-god of agriculture/god of war |
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Hermes
-god of profit/selling Merchandise
-messenger god (eventually) |
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Poseidon
-Originally God of Fresh water then changed to all water |
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Poseidon
-Originally God of Fresh water then changed to all water |
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Hephaestus
-forge god
-make metals |
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Cronus
-originally God of Agriculture
-Identified w/Cronus, ruler of all gods before Jupiter/Zeus, Jupiter threw Saturn out of heaven and landed where Rome is |
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| goddess of the hearth (roman) |
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| escorts people to underworld, serpents in hair |
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| Alter ego character of a place |
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| deity personifying the Roman State |
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| dictator before Roman Empire, Julius Caesar (100-44BC), 42BC formally deified |
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| Octavian/Augustus (65BC-AD14) |
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Emperor to god
examples, Julius Caesar and Augustus |
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