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81 Cards in this Set

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Bilbo
main hobbit, very simple
Bilbo's home
under a hill, one level, many rooms
Gandalf
wizard, helpful with journey (gods)
Thorin
king of dwarves, bossy (Odysseus)
Goal of journey
Thorin to get back home, kill Smaug
Trolls
3 big ones, they turn to stone in the sunlight
Elrond
elvin king, welcoming, helps them in every single way
Elrond's home
on the way there and back
Goblins
kidnapped the dwarves, house is in the mountains
Gollum
riddle-didn't answer-Bilbo followed him out
Gollum's precious
invisibility ring
Wargs
wolves, ran into a tree, and Wargs wanted to eat them
Eagles
saved the dwarves from the wargs
Beorn
helpful, can't go outside at night, gives them horses
Mirkwood
the forest they have to pass through
Spiders
man-eating in Mirkwood, Bilbo taunts them and gets dwarves back
Wood Elves
lights outside the path
Barrels
captured by the wood elves, put dwarves in barrels
Long Lake
rolled down, town under Lonely Mountain
Master
leader, corrupt and greedy
Bard
shoots Smaug, noble, honest, willing to share
Lonely Mountain
giant palace underneath the rock and Smaug has his treasure there
Smaug
dragon who goes on rampage when Bilbo takes the Arkenstone
Arkenstone
stone that Smaug guards
Thrush
bird and helps door get open, later tells Bard how to kill Smaug
Battle
people and elves against dwarves (beginning), then goblins and wargs arrive
Battle ending
Thorin dies, Bard kills Smaug, set the treasure out equally
The Hobbit ending
Bilbo gets home and relatives are trying to sell his stuff-immensly wealthy and buys his stuff back
Fable
very short story that uses animals to teach a moral lesson
Aesop
collected the fables but never wrote them
Moral-Goose and Golden Egg
much wants more and loses all
Moral-The Miser
wealh is useless if you don't use it
Moral-The Town and the Country Mouse
be happy with what you have
Moral-Grasshopper and Ants
don't waste your time then expect good things to happen
Moral-Boy Bathing
give assistance, not advice, in crisis
Myth
solid statement of a communities beliefs
Legend
great hero, based on national spirit, history, or pride
Folktale
mortal is central, told for entertainment and education
Proper myth
god/goddesses are central, supernatural explanations
Homer
wrote Iliad and the Oddyssey, poetry based on Trojan War
Virgil
praises beauty and nature, wrote Aenead
Aristotle
a philosopher who defined tragedy
Sophocles
added the 3rd actor, made the chorus larger, introduced scene painting, and trilogy (Antigone and Oedipus Rex)-tragedy
Aeschylus
added the 2nd actor (Prometheus Bound)-earliest plau wrighters
Euripedes
deus ex machina (The Trojan Women)
Aristophanes
comedies, Lysistrata
Chaos
dark, swirling mass of confusion the Greeks thought were the first state
Gaea/Uranus
1st deity, son/husband
Titans
human like children
100-Handed Ones
were the children that had 100 hands each
Cyclopes
simple giant with one eye (type of child)
Cronus/Rhea
gave Cronus a stone to eat instead of their last child
Zeus
the hidden child, overthrew Cronus and is the god of the Earth and Sky
Hera
sister and jealous wife of Zeus
Hades
lord of the underworld
Poseidon
god of the sea
Apollo
god of music and medicine
Athena
goddess of wisdom, war, and weaving craft
Artemis
goddess of childbirth, hunting and the moon
Hestia
goddess of home and earth
Demeter
goddess of crops and seasons
Persephone
wife of Hades, queen of the underworld
Aphrodite
goddess of love
Ares
brutal and unpredictable god of war
Hephaestus
ugly and lame god of torture
Hermes
messenger of the gods
Dionysus
god of wine, religious ecstasy, and theatre
Crete
Minotaur kept there, Minos is king
Thebes
Oedipus' biological son
Ioclus
where Jason is from
Argos
place where Perseus is from
Hercules
son of Zeus, 12 labors
Jason
sailed on Argo and retrieved the golden fleece
Oedipus
married mother, became king, blinded himself
Pelias
uncle of Jason
Laius
Oedipus' biological father
Cheiron
centaur who helped train Achilles
Paris
killed Achilles for killing Hector
Minos
King of Crete
Aegeus
Theseus' father
Danae
Perseus' mother