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Thyestes
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Father was a baby eater, he slept with Atreus's wife, the whole play is about Atreus trying to get back Thyestes. He invites Thyestes over so they can make up and so he can show he has forgiven him, but then Atreus takes Thyestes 2 of his 3 sons and sacrifices them in this creepy lair.. which is like hell. It has the river Styx running through it. This lair is like a trophy room for him with all of the creepy killings he has done. Their whole family has their killing devices and creepy things stored as trophy's to remember what they have done. Atreus chops them up and serves them for dinner... mixes their blood in Wine. Thyestes finds out and is super sad and doesn't get back because he knows he deserved it. Agamemnon, menelaus, and young tantalous.
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Important quote from Thyestes
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Pg 54.. imp quote... men being compelled by fear. The messengers speech of the house of Atreus that has bad omens. ( this is a sententiae which is a little Confucius saying. Like a proverb)
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Homeric Hero
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Homeric hero
Traits of this type of hero included being... Skilled at war Persuasive Clever Intelligent doer of deeds and speaker of words Homeric Heroes were known to carry these two traits. They had to be able to accomplish great feats and also be great counselors. |
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Oedipus.. Differences between Seneca and Sophocles
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The character of Oedipus in Seneca’s play is fearful, "guilt-ridden and open from the beginning to the notion that he may be implicated in the great Theban plague; whereas Sophocles' Oedipus is proud and imperious"
Seneca’s play has a considerably more violent tone. The sacrifice carried out by Tiresias for example is given in graphic and gory detail Sophocles’ play does not contain the character of Manto. In Seneca’s play Oedipus blinds himself before the death of Jocasta by pulling out his eyeballs. In Sophocles’ play, Oedipus blinds himself after seeing the corpse of Jocasta and uses golden broaches from her dress to stab out his eyes. In Seneca’s play Oedipus is, at best, an aid to the death of Jocasta, and from the ambiguous lines may even have taken her life. In Sophocles’ play, Jocasta hangs herself, and a little later Oedipus comes across her body. Laius names his killer in Seneca’s play, but in Sophocles’ Oedipus’ guilt emerges as the play continues. In Seneca’s play there is n |
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Seneca
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3 plays of seneca ( all Roman tragedies)
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More seneca sophocles differences
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Fate-In Sophocles, fate is tied to the gods; in Seneca, fate is tied to your house(lineage); not a Roman thing to run away from fate
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Seneca.. and Nero...
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Seneca... gross and graphic
Nero Killed Paul... the apostle... and his mother... burned Rome to the ground. Seneca... Author of 3 plays... assistant of Nero and wrote the plays for Nero.. that's why they are so violent. |
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Stoicism
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Stoicism was a school of Philosophy ... it means no emotion... it was from Nero.. Control your thoughts.
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Pietas
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Meaning duty or devotion. Also personified as a Roman Deity. A characteristic of a Roman hero.
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Anchises
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Meaning duty or devotion. Also personified as a Roman Deity. A characteristic of a Roman hero.
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Golden Bough
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Golden Bough
Form of payment required to merit a trip across the Styx in the underworld |
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Dido
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Dido
The founder and Queen of Carthage who gave Aeneas a hospitable welcome. Her husband. Sychaeus, had died and she had vowed to never marry again but ended up marrying Aeneas by the work of the Gods Juno and Venus. Aeneas left her after being told by Mercury that he still had a destiny to fulfill to which Dido built a funeral pyre and killed herself upon. She was not meant to die and Juno had to send Iris to cut her life string so she could pass on. |
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Aphrodite
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(Aphrodite)
Mother to Aeneas. She helps out her son throughout the poem and causes conflicts amongst the other Gods/Goddesses because of it. |
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Oedipus quote
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“When medicine in foul, the cure may be unpleasant.” Important quote.
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Phaedra
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Hippolytus hates women but then Phaedra falls in love with him. He only loves one woman who is a god named Diana. That is why aprodite curses Hippolytus by making phaedra fall in love with him. He doesn't like her back so she writes a suicide letter saying he raped her and then kills herself. Then her husband (Theseus) finds the note and thinks its legit and tries to kill Hippolytus. He is actually innocent.. but gets killed because of the note.
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Differences between Senecas version and Euripides
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Differences between Seneca's version and Euripides version is that in Euripides the nurse of Phaedra tells Hippolytus that Phaedra loves him. In seneca.. no suicide note and Hippolytus dies before Phaedra dies. Also in Seneca, he is devoted to chastity and being free and not to the goddess.
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furor
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Fury
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Ira
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wrath
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Ire
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Anger
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Important quote from Phaedra
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“Cleanse your pure heart at once of such vile thoughts. Smother the flame and give no countenance to evil hopes. Stand up to love and rout him.”
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Aeneid
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Written by Virgil to build up Augustus/Octavian..same person(emperor of Rome) ( propoganda for Augustus)
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Story of Aeneid
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Main character is Aeneas. He has just fled Troy because it has just been sacked. He leaves with his son and some other people and they just flee.
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He is out at sea. Juno which is Hera (Zeus wife hates Aeneas) talks to Aoelus (wind god) and asks him to start a storm to kill them at sea. Poseidun (god of sea) senses something is bad and stops the storm. During the storm however he gets thrown onto an island by himself and his mother Venus visits him in the woods and tells him to go to the nearby city. He goes which is the tyrians and dito rules the city and she has lost her husband. They take refuge there with all the other men from the ships including his son. Dito falls in love because the gods send cupid to make them fall in love. There is a big reflection of the Trojan war because Dito is very interested and so he retells the end of the trojan war which is the story of the trojan horse.
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Important quote from Aeneid
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Summary of quote: Snakes kill the prophet who warns about the horse. The prophets name is lacoon..
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Trojan Horse?
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Greeks give the Trojans a horse withs Greeks in the horse. They come out of the horse and they come out and kill the trojans.
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Virtus
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It carries connotations of valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths. Is also a Roman Deity.
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Gravitas
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It may be translated variously as weight, seriousness, dignity, or importance, and connotates a certain substance or depth of personality.
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Pietas
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Meaning duty or devotion. Also personified as a Roman Deity. A characteristic of a Roman hero.
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Clipeus Virtutis (Shield of Augustus)
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Justice
Mercy Virtue Piety |
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Emphasis on marriage and children-
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Augustus promoted marriage and children to help grow his empire.
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Religious revival-
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Revived religion, cult worship of Roman heroes
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Pax Romana
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“Roman Peace”
Peace depends on Augustus’ rule |
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Pastoral Poetry
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about love and simple countryside living
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Georgics (Didactic, teaching poem)
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Emphasizes Roman values and work ethic
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Aeneid
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(Epic, Vergil was encouraged by Augustus to move toward the epic style)
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Epic Conventions
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Meter—epic poems were written with the poetic rhythm known as Dactylic Hexameter
n Epithets—repeated adjectives or phrases: “rosy-fingered Dawn,” “swift-footed Achilles,” “man-killing Hector” n Formulas—repeated passages, such as the arming motif n Books—an epic poem generally consists of 12 or 24 books n Redundancies—unnecessary repetition: “see with his eyes” n Invocation—prayer to the Muse to inspire the poet n In medias res—“in the middle of things”: beginning in the middle of the action n Aristeia—“the best things”: an extended description of the great deeds of one hero n Catalogues—lists, e.g. the famous catalogue of ships n Epic Simile—an extended comparison |
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Anchises
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father of Aeneas
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Hector (Ghost)
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seen in underworld; warns Aeneas to flee Troy with his family
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Laocoön
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A Trojan priest of Neptune who slept with Apollo’s wife in front of a sanctuary of Neptune. He warned the Trojans the Wooden horse was bad by saying "Do not trust the Horse, Trojans / Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts." No one listened, he threw a spear at the horse and was later killed by 2 serpents along with his sons. His death was taken as an omen the horse was good so they took it into the city.
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Priam
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Father of Aeneas’s wife Creusa and King of Troy. In book II he watches his son, Polites, dies at the hand of Neoptolemus while he tries finding sanctuary on an alter of Zeus. Priam tries to get revenge by hurling a spear at Neoptolemus but misses and is then dragged to to the altar where he is brutally murdered.
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Sybil
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A prophetess that Aeneas meets in the underworld that foretells that he will found his city in Latium, Italy but will first fight a battle due to him marrying a Latium woman. Also tells Aeneas to break off the Golden Bough to cross the river Styx.
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Troy
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The great city of Troy is the birthplace of many Trojans like Aeneas, Anchises and Hector. It is sacked by the Greeks and is the main location for a good portion of the first half of the book.
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Carthage
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Founded by Dido, located in northern Africa, this city is visited by Aeneas on his journey. Favorite city of Juno the Goddess.
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Styx
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A river that separates the land of the living from the land of the dead. The living are not allowed to cross into it.
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Cerberus (guard dog)
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The guard dog protecting Hell that was notorious for its 3 heads. It was there to ensure no one escaped.
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Blessed Groves/Elysian fields
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The place where the heroes went after they died.
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ekphrasis
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A long and intricate description of art such as in the Iliad when Achilles shield is described.
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