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29 Cards in this Set
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What are heroes?
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-extraordinary birth/ childhood
-superhuman beings ex: Achilles- son of Thetis(goddess) Heracles- strangled 2 serpants as a baby -opposition and challenges -Help through a divine or human ally --ex: Odysseus aided by Athena -labor/quest --ex: Odysseus searching for home -Journey to and from the underworld --ex: harder to come back from underworld -Success rewarded with marriage, political security, wealth, power -Knowledge through suffering and purification -not all heroes always act as such, nor do they live happily ever after |
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What is the foundation of Thebes?
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Europa (princess) is abducted by Zeus(in bull form) and kidnaps her
-Cadmus (Europa's brother) has a journey to find her and consults an Oracle -gods told cadmus forget about sister and follow this sacred cow -when the cow lies down, sacrifice and this is Cadmeia -after you sacrifice something, you need to use water for purification -Cadmus looks for water, finds serpant guarding the water -Kills the serpant, which is sacred to Ares -Ares is mad -Cadmus ends up marrying Harmonia (daughter of Ares and Aphrodite) after he makes up for killing the serpant |
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What are Spartoi?
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sown men--Cadmus had to plant the teeth as one of the things to make up for killing the serpant
-the teeth of serpants are planted -men grow out of it and fight each other to the death -survivors are the best -become the ancestors of most prominent family of Thebes -image of aristocracy -traces back lineage from Spartois - always been there, didn't come from anywhere else |
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Who is Pentheus and what is his story?
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-son of Agave (daughter of Cadmus)
-didn't respect Dionysus(cousin) as a God -dismembered by Agave -punished--family feud-- for arresting Dionysus |
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Who is Labdacus?
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possibly a grandson of Cadmus
-perished pursuing same policy as Pentheus -left successor an infant son, Laius, who is too young to rule -someone else steps in: Lycus-great grand uncle of laius |
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Who is Lycus?
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great grand uncle of Laius
-killed by the twin sons of his niece Antiope |
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Who is Antiope?
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mother of the twins
Zeus abducted her |
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Who were the twins of Antiope?
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became rulers of Thebes
-twins drove Laius into exile, built new walls around Cadmeia and renamed the city Thebes |
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Who is Laius?
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the original heir of Thebes
-returned to Thebes following the death of twin rulers -kidnaps the son of Pelops and brings upon himself and his descendants a curse -in order to avoid the fate foretold by the oracle, Laius decides to expose his infant son, but is later killed by misunknowing son, Oedipus |
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Who is Tantalus?
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Father of Pelops
-abuses the privelege of eating with the gods -he feeds pelops to the gods -the gods recognize his deception except demeter and eats his shoulder -substitute missing shoulder with ivory shoulder -he is condmned to everlasting thirst and hunger in the underworld |
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Who is Pelops?
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-ruler of Peloponnesus "pelops island"
-restored to life by zeus -ivory shoulder -suitor of hippodamia with chariot race --King Oenomaus kills the looser 2 versions: -pelops snatched away by poseidon, and he prays the poseidon to win -bribes the helper, Myrtilus, to remove the pins in the chariot so it falls apart and King Oenomaus dies -myrtilus thinks that he can sleep with hippodamia so he rapes her and pelops kills him -myrtilus curses pelops |
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Who are the sons of Pelops?
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Atreus and Thyestes
-quarrel over the kingdom -Oracle says whoever gets the golden ram is King -Atreus gets the golden ram -Thyestes is mad so he sleeps with Atreus's wife Aerope -Thestes is banished -then Atreus invites Thyestes back to the empire to have a feast and make up -Atreus chops up Thyestes sons and serves them and later Thyestes finds out after he eats them -Thyestes curses Atreus |
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Who is the son of Atreus?
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Menelaus and Agamemnon
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What happens to Agamemnon?
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He is the King of Mycenae and wife Clytaemnestra
-Agamemnon sacrifices daughter Iphigeneia to have an advantage over Troy -Clytaemnestra is angry -plots revenge against him -commits adultery with Aegisthus, Thyestes's son -Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus murders Agamemnon when he returns from Troy -becomes the royal couple of Mycenae and Aegisthus banishes Orestes |
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Who is Orestes?
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son of Agamemnon
-has a conflict whether to avenge his fathers death or keep his mother alive -kills clymenestra and Aegisthus -pursed by the Furies but will be chased by the furies no matter what he does -because he killed his family |
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What trilogy did Aeschylus write?
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Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides
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What happens in the Eumenides?
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Orestes is pursued by the Furies
-the furies chase him because he slain family member -goes to Athens and pleads in front of the Areopagus (judges) -Orestes is defended by Apollo -Athena says he is justified in his actions -Orestes is let go |
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Where is Boetia?
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the city that the cow laid down and Cadmus founds the city Cadmeia there
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Who are the children of Cadmus and Harmonia?
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Ino
Polydorus Autonoe Agave Semele |
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How is Oedipus a hero?
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unusual birth: had to be abandoned because of a prophecy
-oppositions and challenges ex: the curse of Pelops -pollution and plague caused by him -labor/quest: the sphinx success rewarded with marriage, political security, wealth power: ex: the kingdom of thebes and marriage of Jocasta Knowledge through suffering and purification: ex: knowledge that he fulfills the prophecy -jocasta hangs self because she knows -blinds himself -brought pollution and plague to Thebes |
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Who are Oedipus and Jocasta's children?
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Antigone
Ismeme Eteacles Polynices |
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Who are Oedipus's adoptive parents?
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Polybus and Merope
King and Queen of Corinth |
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Which brother does Antigone bury against Creon's orders?
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She buries polynices
and she is condemned to death |
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Who is Atreus's wife and what does she have to do with Thyestes?
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Aereope is married to Atreus but she commits adultery with Thyestes and gives him the golden fleece which would be the determiner of who gets the throne
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Who is the sons of Atreus?
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Menelaus (who marries Helen)
Agamemnon(who marries Clytaemnestra) |
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Who are the kids of Zeus and Leda?
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diosuri
turdueus Helen Clytemnestra |
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What are the plays written by Aeschlyus?
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Agamemnon
Libation Bearers Euminides Seven against Thebes Prometheus Bound Suppliants Persians |
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Who wrote Antigone?
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Sophocles
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Who wrote Oedipus?
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Sophocles
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