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What is an archetype?
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They are recurring patterns of imagery, character types, or themes. For example: Medea is the archetype of a woman betrayed.
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What is ate`?
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Rash behavior or blind recklessness
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What is Nemesis?
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Form of reribution and revenge
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How is myth the basis of other literature?
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Stories of Mythology have become the background to other modern stories
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What does arete mean?
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excellence or superior ability
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What is a hubris or hybris?
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Excessive pride in ones superior ability
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What are two characteristics of the hero story?
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-Unusual Birth
-Raised by other than his original parents -overcomes monster, and reclaims his home -strenght |
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Who are the Muses?
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-9 Spirits that inspire artists and musicians
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Who is Thanatos?
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God of Death
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