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43 Cards in this Set
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Mercury and Argos |
God bores man to death |
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Io |
June knows about it. Jupiter covers his indecencies with her in a cloud. Turns woman into a cow. June wants the cow. June tortures the cow. |
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Callisto |
Ravished by Jupiter (as Diana/Artemis) Juno/Hera turns her into a bear Son Arcas nearly kills her --> Ursa Major |
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Europa |
Phoenician princess climbs onto a "bull" Carried across the sea from Lebanon to Crete Gives Europe its name |
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Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus |
Woman pursues man. |
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Pyramus and Thisbe |
Babylonian neighbors in love kept apart by a wall. Plan to run away and meet at Ninus' tomb Lion seems to have killed Thisbe (but didn't) Pyramus kills himself. Thisbe finds him. Kills herself Arterial spray stains mulberries red (change) |
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Arachne |
Pride and ambition (too much can be destructive) Challenged Minerva to a weaving contest Won, but was still turned into a spider |
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Icarus |
Makes wings Daedalus: "Steer a middle course son" He doesn't Icarian Sea |
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Orpheus |
Son of Apollo and Muse Calliope Marries Eurydice who dies on their wedding day Orpheus charms Hades "Don't look back until you get back to light" He looked back Lost her and swore off women |
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Pygmalion |
Galatea, ideal woman sculpture Prays to Venus for a woman "just like Galatea" Galatea comes to life He's unhappy. Of course. |
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Ars adeo latet sua arte |
Art was concealed by art |
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Ktisis |
city founding |
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"anti-Athens" |
Negative model which Athens can use to explore problems of itself |
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miasma |
contagious polution |
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Foundation story Thebes I |
Colonized by Cadmus (from Phoenicia Search for Europa Oracle of Delphi Follow divinely sent cow, then found a city where it stops |
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Foundation Story Thebes II |
Sow the serpent's teeth Men sprung from teeth; fight until only 5 left Make up the noble families of Thebes |
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Blend of Foundation Stories |
Colonizing myth + myth of autochthony |
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House of Cadmus and Harmonia |
Harmonia = Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite Family life not perfect They turn into serpents Daughters got issues |
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Actaeon |
Sees Diana naked accidentally She turns him into a stag His friends kill him and ironically wish he were there to see it happen |
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Story pattern |
Noon In the woods By a lake Puts down weapons |
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Learning self awareness |
Caught between categories of god, man, and beast Ex. Actaeon finally voices "I am Acteon!" after he has changed form and is essentially no longer Actaeon |
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Dionysus/Bacchus/Liber (symbols) |
Vine + Wine cup Thyrsos = long staff with a pinecone on one end Satyrs & maenads/bacchants |
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Dionysus/Bacchus/Liber (Powers) |
Wine Inspired madness (mania) Theater Fertility |
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King Pentheus and Bacchus |
King refuses to allow Bacchus into his city Bacchus lures him to the forest and the King spies on what is going down. Others spy on the king |
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Choregos |
Form of tax for the wealthy. Public service akin to serving in the military |
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Skene |
Stage building |
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Orchestra |
lower area for the chorus |
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Parodos |
"side entrance" |
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Theatron |
"watching area" |
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mechane |
crane |
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ekkyklema |
rolling platform |
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peripeteia |
reversal |
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anagnorisis |
protagonist's moment of recognition |
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hamartia |
mistake/missing the mark |
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Euripides' Bacchae |
1) Classic "boomerang effect" 2) Tragic irony 3) Recognizing the "other" 4) Meta theater King Pentheus wanting Dionysus out. Tons of irony going on. Pentheus doesn't really know what he is getting himself into |
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enthousiasmos |
having the god inside you |
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ekstasis |
standing outside oneself |
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sparagmos |
tear, rend, pull to pieces |
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Sophicle's Antigone (ca. 442 BC) |
Antigone breaks law by giving her brother (Polyneices) symbolic burial Messenger tells on her to Creon Creon and Antigone fight |
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Human law (nomos) |
Citizens must privilege duty to state over their family relationships |
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Divine law (physis) |
The gods are the rulers and you should live your life according to them, not the state Family before state |
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Sohphocles' Oedipus Rex |
428 BC |
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Arthra |
joints eye-sockets |
