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22 Cards in this Set
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Eris
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evil goddess of Discord
major troublemaker not popular with other gods and goddesses not invited to marriage of King Peleus and Thetis Threw a goldedn apple into banquet hall where marriage was taking place Achilles's mother |
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Aphrodite, Hera, Athena
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most beautiful goddesses in contest
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Paris was asked to be judge because
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Zeus couldn't choose b/w wife and daughters
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_________________ promised best gift (most beautiful woman in the world: Helen of Troy)
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Aphrodite
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Helen already married to
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Menelaus
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Trojans
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Hector (best warrior/ son of Priam)
King Priam (leader of the _________) Paris (prince/ Hector's brother) Zeus Aphrodite Ares Apollo Artemis |
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Greeks/ Spartans
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Achilles (best warrior and immortal)
Agamemnon (leader) Menelaus (Agamenon's brother) Odysseus Ajax Diomedes (adviosar) Nestor Athena Poseidon Hera |
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_________________ won war
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Greeks
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Odysseus
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came up with plan of "Wooden Horse"
forced to wander on sea for 10 years |
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Homer
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1st recognized poet of Western literature
accepted as author of Illiad and Odyssey some scholars doubt he existed according to tradition: poor, blind, old, very wise, wandered from city to city couldn't read or write- recited or sang verses lived around 800 BC by 400 BC his epics had become classics |
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Ilion
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another name for Troy
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Epic hero
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legendary figure of almost superhuman qualities whose advetures form core of epic; show goals of virtues of an entire nation or culture
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Epithet
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descriptive word or phrase attached to person or thing, usually stressing a particular characteristic
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Invocation
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pray to the Muse (goddess of the artists) for help in telling the story
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In Medias Res
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Latin term meaning "in the middle of things'; epic poems usually begin in the "middle" after much of the action has already happened
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Homeric Simile
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lengthy and elaborate comparison of one thing to another (using like or as)
AKA epic similie and Heoric Simile |
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Mood
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serious; language is elevated/ complicated in Homeric Simile
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Virtues emphasized in Odyssey
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love of home
loyalty to family hospitality loyalty to the gods |
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Oral Tradition
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passed down by word of mouth
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minstrels
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wandering singers and storytellers
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rhythm and repition
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used to aid in memorization
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________ changed as __________ changed
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stories; audience
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