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Incarnadine
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The blood red color of raw flesh, red in general.
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Paean
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A formal expression of praise.
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Homeric Poems
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"The Iliad"
"The Odyssey" |
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Homeric or Heroic Age
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A golden age of splendor when the cultural and religious traditions of the eminent classical Greece began to take form. Homer did not live during this time period, even though it is named after him. Also known as the Mycenaean or Late Minoan Age. Approx 1400-1100 B.C.
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Mycenaean or Late Minoan Age
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A golden age of splendor when the cultural and religious traditions of the eminent classical Greece began to take form. Also known as the Homeric, or Heroic Age. Approx 1400-1100 B.C.
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Mycenae
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The traditional home of Agamemnon.
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Crete
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Ruled by Agamemnon, this island assumed the political and military status of master of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Agamemnon
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King of Mycenae. Leader of the Greek warriors in Troy. Brother of Menelaus.
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Dorian Invasion
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Caused the fall of the Homeric/Heroic/Mycenaean/Late Minoan Age around 1100 B.C.
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The Oedipus Tragedy
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Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother.
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Trojan War
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The famous war fought to rescue Helen, a Greek queen, from her Trojan captors.
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Arete
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Excellence. A definite idea of human perfection, an ideal toward which they are constantly educated. The "quintessence of early aristocratic education." Has remained with us as an educational ideal ever since. Each man was ranked in accordance with his ability.
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Aristos
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Nobility, "the best."
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Kleos
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Glory. The reason why many Greeks went to Troy; the aristoi compete among themselves "always to be the best and to be superior to others."
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Aidos
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A sense of duty.
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Nemesis
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An affront to aidos.
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Ergon
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Good, hard work.
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Dike
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Justice.
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Homer
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Classical Greek Poet. 9th century B.C. The "father of all poetry."
"The Iliad," "The Odyssey" |
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Aristophanes
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Classical Greek Dramatist. 5th century B.C.
"Lysistrata" |
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Sophocles
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Classical Greek Dramatist. 495-406 B.C. Used dramatic irony with great effect.
"Oedipus Tyrannus" -- considered by many to be the greatest classical Greek tragedy. |
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Aeschylus
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Classical Greek Dramatist
"Agamemnon" |
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Euripides
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Classical Greek Dramatist
"Medea" |
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Plato
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Classical Greek Philosopher. 428 - 347 B.C. Mentor was Socrates. Founded the Academy, an institution that became the model for the Western university.
"The Republic" |
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Aesop
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Classical Greek Author. 620-560 B.C.
"Aesop's Fables" |