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homeric similie
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vehicle: the image being used
tenor: the actual thing being described/compared |
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trope
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in literature, a phrase, words, or images that are repeated
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proem
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introductory verses
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aristeia
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a zeroing in of a specific character's battle
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arete
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prowess; specialty
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time
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honor
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kudos
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the property of having success and going forth as a victor; (can result in kleos)
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kleos
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glory; fame
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menis/menin
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the wrath of gods (or Achilleus, used with no other mortal)
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nostos/nostai
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homecoming
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ate
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ruin; an irrational force that cause people to make stupid mistakes
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ekphrasis
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verbal description of a work of visual art (i.e., Homer's ekphrasis of Achilleus' armor)
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etiology
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tells a stor and explains the origin of something
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embedded narrative
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when the narrator gives the story to a character to tell
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metis
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cunning intelligence
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reversed similie
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something being compaired to something else that it does not seem likely to have anything to do with
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topos
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a commonplace thing that different writers keep coming back to (kleos/nostos)
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dramatic irony
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something a character does or says that leads the reader to know more of what will happen that the character himself knows
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deus ex machina
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the solution to a problem coming from left field...from a " "
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nomos
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law; custom
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telos
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the end, in the sense of the purpose for which one does something
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tisis
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retributive justice
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koros
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satisfaction
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hubris
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pride that leads one to do something outrages b/c one is satisfied with one's situation (koros) and wants more
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ate
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irrational behavior
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nemesis
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retribution
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skene
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wooden roof type thing representing a house/palace onstage
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parados
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enter on stage
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exodus
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exit off stage
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emblem
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sybolic representation (agamemnon's walking on the robes...symbolic of what he has already done)
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catharsis
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cleansing or purging through some means (in this case, a play)
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(aristotle's def of) tragedy
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a machine that helps the audience feel catharsis through pity or terror
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plot
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the best kind of tragedies have reversals and recongitions and they happen through the same action, simultaneously
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perpeteia
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change of fortune
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hamartia
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missing the mark through an "error"
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error
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an unintentional act that is not morally bad (b/c it is not intentional) but is still devastating
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eros
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sexual love
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thumos
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the spirited part of a person (medea, odysseus telling his heart to calm down, his " ")
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ascetic
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denying the needs of the body
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aporia
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(reaching) the point of self contradiction; realizing that your own position seems rediculous to you and contradictory to what you actually believe or to your behavior
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