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traditional Greek/Roman story, preliterate society, supernatural beings, ancestors, heroes, that serve as primordial types in a view of the world
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myth
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story involving historical figures, divine forces
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legend
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connected series of legendary tales
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saga
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shorter story, mainly oral, designed to entertain, fantasy/magic rather than divinities
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folktale
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oral/internet story, specifics, told as true, several variants, anxieties of society
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urban legend
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adjective or descriptive noun phrase attatched to hero or god, expressing quality or relation appropriate to that figure
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epithet
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conventional symbol of office, character, or identity assosciated w/a figure
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attribute
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cult site or institution considered common property of all Greek-speaking peoples
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Panhellenic
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made of gold and ivory
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chryselephantine
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ritual reenactment of a divine union between male and female principles OR mythic representation of such a union
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sacred marriage
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designed to avert or turn away evil
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apotropaic
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explanation of the cause or origin of something
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aetiology
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vindication of the justice of God in allowing evil to exist
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theodicy
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indigenous, arising from earth itself
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autochthonous
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mythic primeval era characterized by benevolent nature, peaceful creatures, no need for trade, acgriculture, war, mining
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Golden Age
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statue of OR made by Athena, in Troy, loss of statue = loss of city
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Palladium
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tasseled shield of Zeus, strongly associated w/ Athena
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aegis
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Babylonian goddess of love and war, consort Tammuz dies tragically early
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Ishtar/Astarte
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robe or gown
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Pelops
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Swiss psychologist who proposed collective unconscious and archetypes
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Carl Jung
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shared associations and memories of all human beings
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collective unconscious
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archetype
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(original + pattern) primordial character, image, narrative motif which recurs throughout human culture
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attempt or tendency to reconcile two different sets of religious/philosophical beliefs; blending of forms of worship through incorporation of ritual, dogma from distinct cults
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syncretism
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19th-century German philosopher who formulated a view of Greek myth opposing Appollo to Dionysus
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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marketplace
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agora
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escorter of souls of dead to the underworld
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psychopompus
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associated w/boundaries
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liminal
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stylized statue of Hermes; border marker, phallic
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herm
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manifestation of a god in the sight of mortals
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epiphany
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interpreting bird/weather/animal signs
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divination
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taking omens by consulting entrails of birds (Etr. and Rom)
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haruspicy
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Roman offical who interpreted divine responses to proposals or events based on weather signs, bird flights
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auger
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Roman term for omens falling under the jurisdiction of the augurs
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auspices
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science and methodology of interpretation, esp. sacred texts
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Hermeneutics
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staff decorated w/ivy, vines, ribbons, topped w/ pine cone
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thyrsus
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old drunken man
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silenus
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half-animal phallic creatures
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satyrs, silens
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women maddened in service of Dionysus
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maenads/bacchants
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ripping apart wild animals
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sparagmos
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eating raw flesh
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omophagy
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legendary poet of Thrace with magical ability to charm plants and animals, advice on afterlife
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Orpheus
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religious devotion in which a person is worshipped as a demi-god after death, using rituals associated w/ earth powers
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hero-cult
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based on work of Levi-Strauss, emphasizes pairs of opposites as a guide to the cultural system
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structuralism
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Castor and Polydeuces
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Dioscuri
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friend of Orsestes and husband of Electra
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Pylades
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daughters of earth or night, pursue those who have violated certain taboos, such as shedding kindred blood
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Furies (Eumenides, Erinyes)
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hill NW of Acropolis, site of early Athenian council/court which tried homicides, also site of famous speech by St. Paul
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Areopagus ("hill of Aries")
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honor/glory among Homeric warriors
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kleos
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boasts or insults spoken by opposing warriors before or after combat
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vaunts
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battle-scene featuring one warrior, whose strength is usually augmented by divine aid, making him irresistible for a time
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aristeia
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"outrage" "insult" Arrogant or excessive behavior, usually punished by the gods
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hubris
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mythical people of the far north, devotees of Apollo, live in a golden age setting
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Hyperboreans
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mythical people of the south who feast with the gods
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Ethiopians
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mythical tribe of warrior women, usually located in the far north
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Amazons
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mythical island at the western edge of the world; site of tree with golden apples sought by Heracles.
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Island of the Hesperides
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"daughters of evening"
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Hesperides
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side of a coin bearing the principal image or inscription
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obverse
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back of coin
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reverse
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piece of metal prepared to be made into a coin
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blank
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standard coin, made of gold, silver, or electrum, varies widely in value depending on metal and weight
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stater
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silver coin; in classical Athens, daily wage for a skilled worker
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drachma
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literary device which focuses attention by presenting a list of items to compare culminating with the item of interest
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priamel
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verse structure for choral song consisting of matched stanzas (strophe-antistrophe) followed by a concluding stanza (epode)
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triadic structure
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truism expressed in third person
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gnome, nomic statement
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cult title of Aeneas after death
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Jupiter Indiges
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Sabine war god identified w/ Mars and Romulus
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Quirinus
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