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legends and sagas are...? |
rooted in history |
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motifs 1-3 of greek saga |
1. elements of extraordinary linked to the birth and childhood of the hero 2. opposition from the beginning 3. his enemies usually instigate his achievement |
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motifs 4-7 |
4. help from at least one ally, often god 5. insurmountable obstacles 6. adventurous conflict with divine, human or monstrous opponents 7. observation of taboos |
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motifs 8-10 |
8. overcoming death 9. success is rewarded with marriage, political security, wealth, and/or power 10. knowledge and spiritual enlightenment are the main prizes |
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who dipped achilles into the river styx |
thetis - linked to the birth and childhood of the hero |
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who sent snakes to hercales? |
hera sent snakes to kill him because he was made by an affair of zeus and alcmene |
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heroines in saga |
1. girl leaves home 2. girl is secluded 3. she is made pregnant by a god 4. she suffers punishment or rejection 5. she is rescued and her son is born |
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who was son of zeus and europa |
minos - palace of minos at knossos |
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3 judges |
1. Aiakos- held keys, judge of Europe 2. Rhadamanthys: Lord of Elysion, judge of Asia 3. Minos- Had the final vote |
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what did cadmus ask oracle at delphi |
1. help find his sister 2. follow the cow 3. fetch water |
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semele |
mother of dionysus |
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who is the mother of actaeon |
autonoe |
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cadmus's successors |
1. pentheus 2. labdacus 3. laius 4. lycus 5. amphion and zethus 6. laius 7. oedipus |
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harmonia and cadmus kids |
1. ino 2. semele 3. autonoe 4. agave |
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who were antipoes twin sons and who did they marry |
amphion (niobe) and zethus (thebe) |
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where was the farnese bull founded |
baths of caracalla in 1546 |
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the house of atreus |
1. tantalus feeds his son pelops to the gods 2. pelops is restored and goes to greece to court 3. given an ivory shoulder bc demeter accidentally ate her serving |
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tantalus and dione kid |
pelops |
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oenomaius and sterope kid |
hippodameia |
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what was the chariot race between pelops and oenoamaus about |
for the hand of hippodameia |
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orestes and the state |
- blood feuds are a feature of trouble society - state can intervene suggesting that contemporary Athens is the true heroic age |
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leda and zeus kids |
clytemnestra, castor, polydeuces, helen |
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the francois vase |
1. funeral games of patroklos 2. wedding of pelues and thetis 3. achilles in action 4. ajax carrying achilles corpse |
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does diomedes cheat on his wife?
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yes because of aphrodite |
