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64 Cards in this Set
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anthropomorphic
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having human shape
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historia
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research
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classis
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the first class
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mythos
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word, plot, traditional story
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logos
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telling, study, selection, language
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dirihemyth
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involves primarily gods
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legend
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heroes, analogous to history
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folktale
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magic, common motifs, told for entertainment
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etiology
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the study of the cause- an explanatioin
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charter
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form of etiology- customs or beliefs
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ritualist
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making stories based on rituals
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didactic
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a moral lesson
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structuralist
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two sided form, bi polar (raw/cooked, pro/con)
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motifeme
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the common themes in myths
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euhemerism
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deifying men for their great deeds, turning them into 'gods'
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herodotus
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awknoleded that homer and hesiod were the authors that taught the greeks everything they need to know about the gods
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xenophanes
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6th century bc, critic of homer and hesiod- gods doing terrible things
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epithet
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naming someone using attributes
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patronymic
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naming using the name of the father
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nostos
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return
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eris
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strife, contention
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aegis
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goat skin- athena and zeus
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geras
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booty, plunder
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kudos
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glory
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kleos
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reknown
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thusia
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sacrifice (means smoking)
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thumos
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seed of emotions
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teichoscopy
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viewing from the wall
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arete^
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human excellence
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sophosyne^
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sound-mindedness
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anagnorisis
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ingnorance to knowledge, recognition
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peripetea
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reversal of fortune
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mimesis
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representation
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hamartia
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mistake
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catharsis
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cleansing
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how an epic is presented
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by one guy in narrative form for few people
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how tragedy is preformed
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for thousands by chorus and actors
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does a tragedy evoke empathy or sympathy?
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empathy
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time^
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honor
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hikesia
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suppliancy
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Ekphrasis
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a speaking outside of the story, an extended discription
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andra
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means both man and husband; first word of odyssey
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atasthalia
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recklessness
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xenia
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guest friendship
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eschat/ology
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what happens to you after you die
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kata/basis
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a going downwards
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nekuia
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a meeting with the dead
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alastor
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divine vengence
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komos
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revelry
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apologia
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speech given in the defense
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eklesis
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a forgetting
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oedipus
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swollen foot
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laius
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left sided
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labdacus
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lame
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skene
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stage
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prologos
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part of tragedy before chorus sings
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episode
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part of play in between chorus songs
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exodus
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the whole part of tragedy that happens after last chorus song
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parodos
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the whole of the first utterance of the chorus
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stasimon
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choral songs broken into strophes and antistrophes- the chorus isn't going anywhere
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kommos
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the song of lament shared by the chorus and actors on stage
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law
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nomos
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friend
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philos
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deina
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wonders
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