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9 Cards in this Set
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Elements of a Girls' Tragedy |
Prohibition Seclusion Violation of prohibition Threat of punishment/death Liberation |
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Elements of a Girls' Tragedy in relation to Danae |
Not allowed to marry Locked in a tower Impregnated by Zeus Sent out to sea Saved by Dictys the fisherman |
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Typical features of a Greek Hero |
One divine parent one mortal parent Unusual birth story Threatened by a hostile force Showing supernatural powers early on Education in isolation/exile by supernatural creature - in wilderness Quest involving impossible task Slaying of monster/powerful opponent Divine assistance or opposition Returns home transformed Unhappy domestic life Strange/ ironic death Commemorated through song or cult |
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Alternate features of a Greek Hero |
Separation Initiation Return (coming of age) |
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The divided person characteristics |
Hero is greater than the mortals (Pindar's Epinician songs Sometimes bestial, often left in isolation Difficult to understand limits and boundaries Hybris with divine punishment |
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Hybris |
Comparing yourself to the gods Being too big, full of yourself |
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Pindar's Epinician Songs |
Songs about victors of athletic games often involving mention of a mythic Hero |
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Good and bad of Heroes |
Can be a protector Can also be very destructive |
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Difference between the story pattern of Gods and Heroes |
Gods are not subject to death or tragedy Only if they are attached to a mortal Heroes are all subject to tragedy |
