Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
38 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is/what compiles etiological mythical interpretation?
|
explains natural occurrences (Persephone/Demeter and seasons)
|
|
|
What is/what compiles euhemerist mythical interpretation?
|
explains customs
|
|
|
What is/what compiles freudian/jugian mythical interpretation?
|
psychological interpretation; often in artistic/sexual form
|
|
|
What is/what compiles feminist mythical interpretation?
|
difference between sex and rape; sex= alone, epiphany, revelation of Zeus; rape= shame, passive woman, marriage= rape, vindictive Hera
hieros gamos: ritual marriage, sex with anonymous male symbolize sex with a god stress on being a psychological virgin |
|
|
Describe Daedalus and Icarus
|
Daedalus makes wings for son and himself- held together by beeswax- warns Icarus to follow close– Icarus disobeys, flies too close to sun, beeswax melts and he falls to death
|
|
|
Describe Callisto and her fate
|
slept with Zeus (who was pretending to be Artemis); pregnancy discovered by Artemis and she's exiled; had son, Arcas; Hera turns her into bear and tries to get Arcas to kill her; Zeus takes pity and puts them up in sky as Ursa Major and Minor; Hera gets mad and makes it so they never "rest" or drop beneath the horizon
|
|
|
Describe Echo's fate
|
distracted Hera from Zeus's rompings by chatting with her– Hera finds out, gets mad and makes it so she can only repeat what was last said; Echo sees Narcissus and falls in love- rejected- wastes away from broken heart- only voice and bones (now stones) remain
|
|
|
Describe Narcissus's fate
|
beautiful; Teiresias predicts good life if he never "discovers himself;" N sees himself in pond one day and falls in love; wastes away in front of reflection; aware of his folly; wants what he cannot have
|
|
|
Describe themes in Little Red Riding Hood
|
obey parents, follow orders, don't talk to strangers, be aware of surroundings, etc
|
|
|
What was Uranus's demise?
|
stuffed children into Earth; Mother Earth mad; utilizes Kronos- hides and Uranus tries to rape Earth, Kronos jumps up and cuts off genitalia (Aphrodite born from blood)
|
|
|
What was Kronos's story/demise?
|
told that he would be overthrown by son- swallowed all his children; Rhea hides Zeus and gives him rock to swallow instead
Zeus grows up and makes Kronos vomit up all other children- brings back cyclops, giants, beasts to help in Titanomachy (war with Titans) |
|
|
What was Prometheus's punishment?
|
strung in chains and forced to have eagle eat immortal liver everyday- liver grows back every night
|
|
|
How did Prometheus trick Zeus?
|
placed two settings before him- one held nourishment in ugly dressing, one held bones covered in "glistening fat"- Zeus chose latter and set precedent that humans would keep good stuff for themselves and !burn! bones as sacrifice for gods- origin of human's greedy nature
Zeus tried to prevent it from happening by hiding fire |
|
|
What did Prometheus help obtain for man and how?
|
fire; and stole fire from sun chariot- ran out of olympus with it and gave it to mankind
|
|
|
What was Zeus's price for fire?
|
sent Pandora- "first woman" and example of wily, persuading ways of women- to Epimetheus (Prometheus's brother, whom he had previous warned about accepting gifts from Gods)
Pandora brought wedding gift- opened it and let all the sins of the world out but closed it before the last, hope, got out |
|
|
What were the differences/similarities between Hesiod and Ovid's Golden Age?
|
peaceful lives, no conflict; Hesiod- live like gods, no grief, peaceful sleep= death; Ovid- Earth produced everything, no violence, no steep ditches
|
|
|
What were the differences/similarities between Hesiod and Ovid's Silver Age?
|
Hesiod- childhood was 100 years, grow up and die quickly- Zeus put away because no honor of gods; Ovid- man had to create shelters b/c of seasons, had to fight the winter, started using animals to work fields
|
|
|
What was Hesiod's extra age? Describe.
|
"Age of Heroes" = demi-gods- sons/daughters of gods- noble, more honorable, good warriors- "infamy"
|
|
|
What were the characteristics of the Bronze Age?
|
worshipped Ares, god of war; magnificent weapons and armor; tools and homes made of bronze; great warriors
|
|
|
What were the differences/similarities between Hesiod and Ovid's Iron Age?
|
Hesiod- "us" never rest from labor/sorrow, wives don't like husbands, dishonorable children;
Ovid- weapons of iron (better, stronger than bronze), vicious nature, marked out land, brought up wealth from "bowls of Earth", invention of "stirrup"- better warfare– last age, but maybe not us |
|
|
Chaos
|
yawning gap, chasm before creation of gods
|
|
|
Earth
|
Gaia, Mother of Titans
|
|
|
Tartarus
|
"hell" of titans- Zeus sends them there after Titanomachy
|
|
|
Eros
|
god of sexual/erotic love
|
|
|
Erebos
|
darkness (as opposed to Nyx-night)
|
|
|
Titans
|
preceded the Olympians; ruled during the Golden Age
|
|
|
Oceanus
|
god of the ocean/salt bodies; spawned oceanic creatures (nymphs, nereids)
|
|
|
Cyclopes
|
giants with single eye; Zeus brought three main up from Tartarus to help defeat the Titans- they provided Zeus's thunderbolt, Hades's helmet of invisibility and Poseidon's trident
|
|
|
Medusa
|
only mortal Gorgon- snake hair- killed by Perseus
|
|
|
Cerberus
|
three headed dog- guards Hell; ushers you in, doesn't let you out
|
|
|
Chimaera
|
lion's head, goat's body, serpents tail; killed by Bellerophon
|
|
|
Sphinx
|
lion with human head- riddles- Oedipus solves-
|
|
|
Hecate
|
"hag"; worshipped by Zeus; goddess of childbirth; originally portrayed as virginal but later as crone
|
|
|
Olympians
|
defeated Titans in Titanomachy
|
|
|
Pegasus
|
winged horse; "everywhere he struck his hoof, a spring sprung up" - greek word for spring/well = pege; carries Zeus's lightening bolts; helped Bellerophon conquer Chimera and Amazons
|
|
|
Iapetus
|
Titan; in Tartarus with Cronus and other titan gods; father of Prometheus
|
|
|
Eryines (Furies)
|
deities of vengeance or anger; emerged from drops of blood of Uranus when he was castrated
|
|
|
Echidna
|
sea creature; mated with Typhoeus to produce most horrible monsters; lived in cave; half nymph, half snake; immortal/ageless
|
