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15 Cards in this Set
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Who were two of Greek's great writers and thinkers of poetry and philosophy?
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Homer and Plato
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Who wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
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John Keats
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According to legend and popular belief, who was the father of Western Literature?
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Homer
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What were two great epics?
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The Odyssey and the Illiad
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According to the Greeks, Homer was an ___, _______,and _______ bard.
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old, blind, and wandering
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How many different cities claim him as their own?
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7
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How were poems and works of literature passed down?
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Through oral tradition
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At what festival does a recitation of an epic last 24 hours?
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Panatheneae
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Which tyrant of Athens had the epics transcribed?
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Pisistratus
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Around 150 b.c., Alexandrian librarians divided the poem into how many books?
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24
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Is the ten year seige of Troy and the ten year journey of oddysseus accurate?
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no, of course not
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What kind of virtues do the poems emphasize?
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heroic
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Who was chosen to pick which of the three goddesses was the most beautiful?
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Paris, the Prince a.k.a. Orlando Bloom....(bleechhhh)
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Who did he choose and why?
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Aphrodite because her bribe was the most attractive.
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What is the problem with his choice?
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The most beatiful woman on earth was already married to King Menelaus.
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