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22 Cards in this Set
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What are two characteristics of Gods in Homer's works?
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1) Immortal
2) Powerful |
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What are religions reflections of?
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Religions are reflections of societies needs and wants
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How is our society similar to Greek society?
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We immortalize athletes, and we desire power and immortality
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Was there much separation between Gods and humans in Greek society?
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No. To get in touch with the Gods, one just needed to go into nature and commune with them.
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What do we need to be familiar with to understand the Greeks?
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Greek religion
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When did the Trojan War take place?
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1200 BC, during the Heroic Age / Bronze Age
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When was the Iliad written?
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800 BC, at the end of the Dark Age / Start of the Iron Age
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What does "Homer" mean in Greek?
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Poet
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What two words is Nostalgia comprised of?
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Nostos: Home
Algos: Pain |
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What was the reason for the Trojan War?
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1) Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaos, King of Sparta
2)Troy was wealthy and controlled sea routes. Greece and Persia always wanted to conquer each other |
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Greek Gods are not:
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Greek Gods are not 1) transcendent or 2) moral
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Fatos
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That which has been determined
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Heroes are those who
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Challenge fate
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How did the Trojan War start?
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Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband, Menelaus, King of Sparta
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Agamemnon's three children
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1) Orestes
2) Electra 3) Iphigeneia (who was to be sacrificed) |
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Why was Iphigeneia sacrificed?
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To appease Artemis, whose deer was killed by Agamemnon's men
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Four important traits of the Heroic Age
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1) Honor
2) Strength 3) Pride 4) Courage |
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Where does a hero need to be for a society to win a war?
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On the field
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What three things does Homer provide for the reader?
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1) The real moral argument; it's there if the reader is able to see it
2) The tragic hero, Achilles; it's what the Greeks want 3) A new moral vision of reason being paramount, and selfishness being bad |
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Comitatus
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The idea that love between two men is what keeps civilization going. Cannot exist between a man and a woman because women are below men.
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Epic
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1) Long, narrative tale
2) Characters of heroic proportions 3) Beyond our experience 4) Eternal problems 5) Complex 6) Epoch of civilization 7) Embodies values of the culture |
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Gnamon
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Opening summary that reveals the truth of the tale.
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