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30 Cards in this Set
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Hamartia |
Fatal Flaw |
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Hubris |
Arogance, belittlement of the Gods |
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Kudos |
Fame, renown |
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Kleos |
Glory after death |
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Aidos |
Shame, or Fear of Shame |
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Nemesis |
Feeling of anger towards those who lack shame, fear of shame. |
What Hector feels for Paris |
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Oikos |
Family or kin group |
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Nomos |
Customs, traditions, laws on a small scale. |
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Menen |
Wrath |
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Anagnorisis |
Realisation of truth or flaw |
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Peripeteia |
Reversal of circumstances |
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Moira |
Fate |
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Arete |
Virtue |
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Timé |
Honour |
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Xenia |
Guest Friendship |
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Geras |
Lot, or the Physical Manifestation of Timé |
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Polis |
City |
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Eudiamonia |
Happiness |
Aristotles virtue theory |
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Ekphrasis |
A vivid description of a piece of art or architecture as if it is moving. |
Sheild of Achilles- Aeneas, Carthaginian temple |
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Ariesteia |
Moment of perfect virtue |
Illiad, Bk 5, Diomedes |
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Até |
Blindness or god given madness |
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Eleos |
Compassion or pity |
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Deus ex machina |
Ghost in the machine... Use of gods to resolve a plot, conflict, not logical, a mark of bad writing. |
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Mos Maiorum |
Customs of our ancestors |
Pushed by Augustus as a moral reboot |
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Pater patreia |
Father of the Father land |
Brutus the Tyranicide, Marius, CUI BONO |
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In Medes ras |
In the middle of things |
Where do the Epics begin |
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Indignata |
Anger |
Indignation |
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Pietas |
Duty |
The gods, father and fatherland |
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Furor |
Anger, opposition to fate |
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Lite motif |
Reoccurring theme |
Pietas, prophecy |