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38 Cards in this Set
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aristeion
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poem of the great deeds of Diomedes
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xenia
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moral system of respecting and protecting guests
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epipolesis
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pep talk before a fight
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certamen
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athletic contest with a prize for the winner and a punishment for the loser
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mytheme
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a motif in a myth that repeats itself
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autochthonous
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originating in the place it was found
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Bacchanalia
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a Roman festival celebrating Bacchus
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Catalogue of ships
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From the Iliad book 2: lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy
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Doloneia
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The story of the spy, Dolon, which is the main subject of the tenth book of Homer's Iliad; some critics say it isn't part of the original poem
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enthousiasmos
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inspiration or possession by a god
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frame narrative
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a secondary story or stories within a main story; used frequently by Ovid
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logos
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Greek word meaning reason or logic
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maenad
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female followers of Bacchus
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Poena
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the spirit of punishment that attends Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution
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spartoi
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men sown from the ground
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sparagmos
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an act of rending or tearing apart, usually an animal or human by the followers of Bacchus
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suasoria
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an internal conflict or argument with oneself
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supplication
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a form of prayer where a person asks a god for something
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kudos
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acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement
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teichoskopoeia
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Iliad Book 3, when Helen looked over the wall of Troy
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thyrus
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giant fennel staffs covered with ivy, carried by Bacchus and his followers. The staffs of maenads dripped honey
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Zeus
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Jove, Jupiter
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Hera
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Juno
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Eros
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Cupid
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Aphrodite
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Venus
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Ares
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Mars
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Hermes
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Mercury
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Cronos
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Saturn
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Artemis
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Diana
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Hephaistos
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Vulcan, Mulciber
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Gaia
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Gea, Ge
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Athena
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Minerva
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Poseidon
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Neptune
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Demeter
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Ceres
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Hades
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Pluto
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Hestia
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Vesta
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Pan
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Faunus
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Latona
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Leto
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