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World Literature Final - Wampler
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English
9th Grade
05/23/2012

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When was all apposition quashed?
Definition
29 BC
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Who took over rule of Rome?
Definition
Augustus
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What started after 100 years of civil war?
Definition
Promised peace
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What did this do for Rome?
Definition
Funded an ambitious building program and supported the arts
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Virgil's monumental epic...
Definition
was the most last document
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Why did Augustus want an epic?
Definition
He wanted a legendary history of Rome as venerable (honorable) as that of their conquered peoples like the Greeks and Egyptians
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What did the Romans not have that the Greeks did?
Definition
The Romans did not have a rich oral tradition like the Greeks did that generated the epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey
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What oral tradition did they have?
Definition
Romulus and Rhemus-founding of Rome 750 BC
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When did the Trojan War occur?
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1250 BC
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When was the Founding of Carthage?
Definition
846 BC
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What is Virgil's life timeframe?
Definition
70-19 B.C.
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When did Virgil write the Aeneid?
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30-19 B.C.
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Did Virgil think the Aeneid was done?
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No, but Augustus published it anyway
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What did Romans pride themselves on?
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1. Loyalty to family and state
2. Self-denial and endurance
3. Ability to manage an operation well
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What did Augustus want Virgil to exemplify in his epic?
Definition
1. For Virgil to use the same meter as Homer
2. Situates story about the same time as the fall of Troy (1250 B.C.)
3. One of the plaves that Aeneas travels to is Carthage.
4. Invokes the muses
5. Begins in media res
6. Virgil recombines and transforms all the major works of the Greek and Roman tradition to make a new, original, and fundamentally Roman work
7. Creates a myth explaining Rome's founding/legitimizing Augustus empire
8. Establishes Rome's right to rule the world forever
9. Goal was to rival Homer and create a new era for Rome with superior values
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What is the definition of an epic poem?
Definition
1. Long, narrative poem
2. About the exploits of kings and heros
3. Through it we learn about the culture that produced it
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What is wrong with Aeneas traveling to Carthage?
Definition
Anaphorism: Carnage was not founded until about 800 B.C.
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What are the differences between a folk epic and a literary epic? Give an example of each.
Definition
Folk epic: Took stories out of oral tradition and wrote them down into epic poetry (Iliad)
Literary epic: Deliverately wrote fictionalized stories into a national epic poem (Aeneid)
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Who was Ulysses?
Definition
Odysseus
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Who was Dis/Pluto?
Definition
Hades
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Who was Jupiter (Jove)?
Definition
Zeus
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Who was Juno?
Definition
Hera
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Who was Pallas/Minerva?
Definition
Athena
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Who was Phoebus?
Definition
Apollo
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Who was Veuns?
Definition
Aphrodite
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What was the official language of the Roman empire and who spoke it?
Definition
Latin; Government and Church
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What was the language of the people?
Definition
Romanus
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What countries spoke the romance language?
Definition
Portugal, Italy, Rome, France, and Spain
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Who wrote the Iliad?
Definition
Homer
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When was the Iliad written?
Definition
750 B.C.
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What nationality was the Iliad and what type of hero was depicted?
Definition
Greek
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When was the Aeneid written?
Definition
19 B.C.
Term
What type of nationality was the Aeneid and what type of hero was depicted?
Definition
Roman
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Who wrote Oedipus?
Definition
Sophocles
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When was Oedipus written?
Definition
450 B.C.
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What type of nationality was Oedipus and what type of hero was depicted/
Definition
Greek; Tragic
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Who wrote Julius Caesar?
Definition
Shakespeare
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When was Julius Caesar written?
Definition
1599 A.D.
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What type of nationality was Julius Caesar and what type of hero was depicted?
Definition
Roman; Roman and Tragic
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What do all the heros have in common?
Definition
High or noble birth
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DOMUS
domicile
domestic
Definition
HOUSE
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DOMINUS
domain
domineer
dominion
Definition
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, LORD, MASTER
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DORMIO, DORMIRE
dormant
Definition
TO SLEEP
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SOMNUS
somnambulate
somnolent
Definition
SLEEP
Term
LOVO, LAVARE, LAVI, LAUTUM
ablution
deluge
Definition
TO WASH
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VESTIS
divest
investiture
travesty
vestment
vested
Definition
GARMENT
Term
COQUO, COQUERI, COXI, COCTUM
concoct
cuisine
precocious
Definition
TO COOK
Term
VORO, VORARE, VORAVI, VORATUM carnivorous herbivorous voracious
Definition
TO DEVOUR
Term
MEL, MELLIS
mellifluous
Definition
HONEY
Term
SAL
saline
Definition
SALT
Term
BIBO, BIBERE, BIBI, BIBITUM
imbibe
Definition
TO DRINK
Term
POTO, POTARE, POTAVI, POTUM
potable
potion
Definition
TO DRINK
Term
LUDO, LUDERE, LUSI, LUSUM
allude
collusion
delusion
elude
Definition
TO PLAY
Term
CAPUT, CAPITIS
capitalist
capitulation
decapitate
precipice
precipitate
recapitulation
Definition
HEAD
Term
CEREBRUM
cerebral
cerebration
Definition
BRAIN
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FACIES
deface
efface
facade
facet
Definition
FACE, FORM, SHAPE
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FRONS, FRONTIS
affront
confront
effrontery
Definition
FRONT, FOREHEAD, FACE
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SUPERCILIUM
Supercilious
Definition
Eyebrow
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OS, ORIS
inexorable
oracle
oration
orifice
osculate
Definition
Mouth
Term
ORO, ORARE, ORAVI, ORATUM
inexorable
oracle
oration
orifice
osculate
Definition
To speak
Term
DENS, DENTIS
indentation
indenture
trident
Definition
Tooth
Term
GURGES, GURGITIS
gorge
disgorge
gargantuan
gargoyle
regurgitate
Definition
throat, whirlpool
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ODON, ODONTOS
orthodontist
Definition
Tooth
Term
CARO, CARNIS
carnage
carrion
incarnate
Definition
FLESH
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COLLUM
accolade
decolletage
Definition
NECK
Term
CORPUS, CORPORIS
corporal
corporeal
corps
corpulent
corpus
Definition
BODY
Term
COR, CORDIS
accord
cordial
concordance
Definition
HEART
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OS. OSSIS
ossify
Definition
BONE
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MANUS
emancipate
manacle
mandate
manifest
manipulate
Definition
HAND
Term
DEXTRA
ambidextrous
dexterity
Definition
RIGHT HAND
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DIGITUS
digital
Definition
FINGER
Term
FLECTO, FLECTERE, FLEXI, FLEXUM
deflect
genuflect
inflection
reflection
Definition
TO BEND
Term
RAPIO, RAPERE, RAPUI, RAPTUM
rapacious
rapt
surreptitious
Definition
TO SNATCH
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PLICO, PLICARE, PLICAVI, PLICATUM
complicity
duplicity
explicate
explicit
exploit
imply
ploy
ply
supplicate
Definition
to fold
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PREHENDO, PREHENDERE, PREHENDI, PREHENSUM
apprehend
comprise
entrepreneur
impregnable
reprehend
reprisal
Definition
to catch, to seize, to grasp
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When was the Iliad written?
Definition
750 BC
Term
When was the Aeneid written?
Definition
30-19 BC
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When was Oedipus written?
Definition
450 BC
Term
When was Julius Caesar written?
Definition
1600 AD
Term
Who wrote the Iliad
Definition
Homer
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Who wrote the Aeneid?
Definition
Virgil
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Who wrote Oedipus?
Definition
Sophocles
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Who wrote Julius Caesar?
Definition
Shakespeare
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Which pieces of literature were Greek?
Definition
Iliad and Oedipus
Term
Which pieces of literature were Roman/Trojan?
Definition
Aeneid and Julius Caesar
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Define a Greek Hero
Definition
Goes into battle with honor and dies with honor. Larger than life. High or noble birth
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Define a Roman Hero
Definition
Loyalty to family and state. Larger than Life. High or Noble birth
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Define a Tragic Hero
Definition
Separated from society. Neither Victim nor Villain. Causally related events
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Define a Biblical Hero
Definition
Does it for the glory of God. Stuggles to overcome obstacles. Nobel and inspiring actions
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Define a Classical Hero
Definition
Struggles to overcome obstacles. Noble or inspiring actions
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What did Homeric epics center on?
Definition
Heroes who embody the values of greek culture
Term
Who were the two philosophers that most influenced western thought?
Definition
Plato and Socrates
Term
What were greek tragedies first performed in conjunction with?
Definition
Dionysus
Term
How is Homer described in the legend?
Definition
a blind poet
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What year was the Trojan War historically?
Definition
1250 BC
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Why was the Iliad so influential?
Definition
It was written by poets and philosophers
Term
Who unearthed Troy and when?
Definition
Heinrich Schliemann, 1870
Term
Why was the discovery of Troy so significant?
Definition
Before it was discovered in 1870, they thought it was just a myth
Term
Who continued the work of Schliemann after he died?
Definition
Wilhelm Porpfeld
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How does Pathos persuade?
Definition
Appealing to the emotions
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How does Ethos persuade?
Definition
Appealing to the creditability of the person
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How does Logos persuade?
Definition
Appealing to logic
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What was the prequel for the story of the battle of Troy?
Definition
The story of Romulus and Remus
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Why was Aeneas so enraptured by Dido?
Definition
Her beauty and her intelligence
Term
What did Venus do to Dido to stop Juno from turning the trojan against the queen?
Definition
Made Dido and Aeneas fall in love
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What three things did the goddesses bribe Paris with?
Definition
Power, Women, or Wisdom
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Who did Paris steal Helen from?
Definition
Menelaus, Spartan King
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