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66 Cards in this Set
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Greek history origin and language
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unknown and indo-european family (words dont belong to this)
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Minoan Culture
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greek history, 2 mill BC King Minos, Island of Crete, lang of Mycenaens
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Things that happened in the dark ages
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great palaces burned, lost system of writing, arts skills destroyed, illiterate (iliad and odyssey)
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Age of colinization time period
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750 600 BC
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coastlines, influence of near east, written lang reintroduced, homeric poems: AGE
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age of colinization
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AGE: lyric poetry, presocratic PHL schools, naturalistic art, persian wars, democracy
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The Archaic Period
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The archaic time period
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600-480 BC
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persian wars: who did they attack?date
2nd attack? |
greeks (490 BC)
480 BC- 2nd attack |
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what did the persian wars do
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establish Athens as a cultural power
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when and where were the persians defeated?
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battle of marathon, 490 BC
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Classical Greek time period
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479-404 BC
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war that occured in the Classical Greek era
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Pelopponesian Wars
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Pelopponesian Wars: who fought who? what kind was war was it?
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athenians vs. Spartans, civil war, greek influence spread
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What rose in the Pel. Wars
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politics and culture of athens (civil war between city states)
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When did Greek Liberty End?
What Battle? what person took control? |
338 BC, Battle of Chaeronea, Alexander
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Who was Paris' father
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Priam
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Priam was the kind of where
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Troy
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Menelaos was from where?
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Sparta
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Menelaos' bro
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Agamemnon
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Agamemnon was of what army?
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Achaian
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Prevailing Date: trojan war
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1184 BC
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Menelaos' wife
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Helen
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9 year battle: trojans O and Ahcians def
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Battle of Ensues
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Agamemnon's "girl"
Achilleus' girl |
Chryseis; Briseis
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Who does Hektor kill?
Who does achilleuss kill? |
Patroklos
Hektor |
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Achilleus' best friend
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Patroklos
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cause of troy's destruction
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by design and the will of gods
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Father who wants daughter back from Achilleus
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Chryses
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Ach mom
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Thetis
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Who comes and checks ach anger (two gods)
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Athena and Nestor
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Who does paris duel
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Meneleas
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Who tells Helen to watch Pari's duel (goddess)
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Iris
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God who helps trojans
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Aphrodite
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Hektor's Wife
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andromache
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God that insists AG to state and fight in the ILIAD
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Dimedes
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Who does Ag send to ach to bride to come back
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Odysseus, Great Ajax, Phoenix
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Greeks 1st and greatest poet; author of the Iliad
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Homer
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When was homer bornd and where
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8th C BC Asian Minor; smyrna
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Where did homer live; die?
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Chios, Ios
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Distrnction of homer
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Blind
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Melesigines
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Homer's real name
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nymph (Kretheis)
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Homers mom
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River Meles
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Homers dad
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wrote Iliad and Odyssey
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Homer
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larger than life figure from history or legend
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Epic Hero
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Achilleus' flaw
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anger
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cyclical journey, faces adversaries that try to beat him, makes allies, returns home transformed
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role of epic hero
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how epic stories were passed down
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orally, repeition
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Atreus' son
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Agamemnon
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Iliad; makes new armor for achilleus
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Hephaestuss
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Hermes role in the illad
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guides priam through achaen camp
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Achilleus' father
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Peleus
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father figure to achilleus
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Pheonix
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prophecy for achillies's death
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soon after hektors death
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what does ag blame argument with ach on
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Delusion
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what strange thing happens when achilleus prepares for battler
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horse speaks
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hero-in-battle, comradship motif, vast setting, action consists of deeds of great valor, supernatural forces, style of stustained elevation and ground simplicity (language)
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epic poetry structure and form
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recounts deed with a measure of objectivity, "survival of society" is involved. (book 6 hektor talks with mom and wife)
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epic poetry form and structure
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invokes a muse
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epic poetry
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opens with state them
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epic poetry
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opens narrative "in medias res"
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epic poetry
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what does "in medias res" mean?
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"in the middle of things, ex: iliad-9th year in war
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what does epic poetry frequently use in their pomes
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use of simili and metaphor
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the use of meter, diction, and events
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epic petry
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what kind of meter is used in epic poetry
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diactylic hexameter
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dactyl basic rythmic unit, or metron of hexameter verse
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dactylic poetry
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