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27 Cards in this Set
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Eros's sphere of influence |
Love |
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Who wrote most of classical mythology? |
Ovid (Latin) |
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What was Ovid's writing style? |
He told almost all of the stories and at great length. |
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Did Ovid believe? |
no |
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Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey? |
Homer |
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About when did Homer write his stories? |
1000 BC |
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Which author/poet wrote in the 9th and 8th centuries? |
Hesiod |
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What did Hesiod do that made him memorable? |
1st to wonder how it all started |
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What is The Theogony abut? |
an account of the creation of the universe and generations of the gods |
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Which poems were written towards the end of the 8th century? |
Homeric Hymns |
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Who began to write toward the 6th century? |
Pindar |
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What did Pindar do? |
lyric poet that tied all of the songs to the gods |
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Who were the tragic poets? |
Aeschylus(oldest), Sophocles, and Euripides |
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What were the tragic poets' impact? |
most important besides Homer |
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Who was the great writer of poetry? |
Atristophanrs |
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Who was Herodotus? |
the first historian of Euope |
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Who told the Quest of the Golden Fleece? |
Apollonius of Rhodes |
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Who were the Alexandrian poets? |
Theocritus, Apollonius of Rhodes, Bion, and Moschus |
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Who told the story of Cupid and Psyche? |
Apuleius |
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What did Lucian do? |
told a lot about the gods |
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What did Apollodorus do? |
wrote matter-of-act and dull volumes |
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What did Pausanias do? |
wrote about mythological events in the places he visited |
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What did Virgil do? |
wrote like the Greek tradegians |
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Goddess of Youth |
Hebe |
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Goddess of the Rainbow |
Iris |
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The Graces |
Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), Thaila (Good Cheer) Queens of Song |
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Muses |
Clio (History), Urania (Astronomy), Thalia (comedy), Terpsichore (dance), Calliope (epic poetry), Erato (love-poetry), Polyhymnia (songs to the gods), Euterpe (lyric poetry) |
