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55 Cards in this Set
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The gray-eyed goddess. |
Athena |
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King of the Greek Gods. |
Zeus |
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She's very helpful in the Odyssey. |
Athena |
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Has a major grudge against Odysseus. |
Poseidon, Odysseus blinded his son |
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His arrows killed men |
Apollo |
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Her arrows killed women |
Artemis |
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Swineherder |
Eumaeus |
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Evil Goatherder |
Melanthius |
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Odysseus's Mother |
Anticlea |
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Odysseus's Father |
Laertes |
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Alpha dog |
Antinous |
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The beggar |
Odysseus |
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Cowherder |
Philoetius |
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Odysseus the nurse |
Eurycleia |
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The princess who found Odysseus under an olive bush |
Nausicaa |
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Often treated his mother like dirt |
Telemachus |
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Son of Poseidon |
Polyphemis |
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Extended comparison |
Homeric Simile |
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In the middle of an action |
In medias res |
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First of the five parts of Greek drama |
Prologue |
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Where the chorus enters |
Parados |
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Where the chorus stands |
Orchestra |
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The first entrance of the chorus |
Parados |
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A period of dialogue in a Greek drama |
Episode |
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A choral interlude between periods of dialogue in a Greek drama |
Stasimon |
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When everybody leaves the stage |
Exodus |
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Overwhelming pride |
Hubris |
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The term meaning "god of the machine" |
Du Ex Machina |
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Over what span of time does the action in a Greek drama usually take place |
24 hours |
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The number of primary actors in a Greek drama |
3 |
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What was Gilgamesh |
2/3 god and 1/3 man |
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Goddess of Love |
Ishtar |
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Gilgamesh's Mother |
Ninsun |
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The Noah Guy |
Ut-napishtim |
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Sent by Ishtar |
Bull of Heaven's |
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Guardian of the Cedar Forest |
Humbaba |
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Used to prove to Gilgamesh he had slept for 7 days |
loaves of bread & marks on the wall |
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What Utnapishtim gave to Gilgamesh |
The plant of eternal life |
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Stole Gilgamesh's gift |
a serpent |
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Country where Medea takes place |
Corinth |
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Country where Medea is planning to escape to |
Athens |
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Why Medea is so upset |
Husband cheated on her |
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Reason why Medea can't go home |
She tricked her nieces into killing her brother and betrayed her father |
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Goddess that is prominently mentioned |
Aphrodite |
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How Medea kills the princess and king |
With a poison dress and crown |
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How does Medea escape |
Chariot & dragons sent by Helios |
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Term for how Medea escapes |
Du Ex Machina |
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What Medea is always afraid people will do to her |
Make fun of her |
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Who wrote Medea |
Euripides |
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Main theme of Lysistrata |
Anti-war |
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Who wrote Lysistrata |
Aristophanes |
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What is unusual about the chorus |
2 chorus's old men and women |
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The woman from Sparta |
Lampito |
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Lysistrata's neighbor |
Kleonike |
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The one whose name means "Vagina" |
Myrrhine |
