Greek and Roman Mythology Midterm 1

Hekate and Helios

Eleusis

Metaneira screamed when she saw Demeter dipping her baby into the fire

a cult

Dionysus

A presentation of the tribute money that Athens had collected from its dependent allies, a ceremony that honored those who had benefited the city by giving them an honorary garland or Crown, and a parade of orphans whose fathers had died in battle defending Athens and who had been raised at state expense (all of the above)

choruses were comprised of paid professionals

False

The bind seer who tells Oedipus the truth about his past

A story(muthos) with psychologically important to a communitee/society/culture (Can be factual)

a way of explaining the world, proto-scientific explanation

A women made for Epimetheus who released all the bad things into the world. Curiosity in essence.

Brother to Prometheus. “Past sight” husband to Pandora punished for sins of brother. Gave animals their qualities.

“foresight” made humans and gave them fire. Punished by Zeus

King of the Gods. God of the sky

Saturn. Father of the Gods. Titan of Time. Ate his children.

Mother of the Gods. Wife to Cronos. Saved Zeus by hiding him nd feeding Cronos a rock.

Father of the Titans. Husband to Gaea. Cut up by Cronos.

Jupiter. God of the Sky. Killed Cronos. King of Gods

Juno. Goddess of Marriage. Wife to Zeus.

Neptune. God of the Sea.

Ceres. Goddess of agriculture. Mother of Persephone.

Vesta. Goddess of the Hearth

Dis. God of the Underworld. Husband to Persephone

God of the sun, medicine, music, and Archery

Diana. Goddess of the Hunt, maidens, and Archery

Mercury. God of travelers, messengers, and thieves

having human characteristics

knowing everything

(of a deity) having unlimited power; able to do anything

Origins for Theatre 500 BC. Festival of Dionysus.

From Greek word Tragoidos for "Goat Song”. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

From Greek work Komoidos meaning “Party Song. Aristophanes

Theatre festival in Athens. A competition playwriters would enter 3 tragedies and 1 Comedy.

All theaters in Ancient Greece. The audience was raked, and the stage was flat

Non-professional actors, 12-15 members, danced and sung mostly, didn’t ever leave the stage

Wealthy Citizen who financed the chorus

Chorus Leader

Entrance Song

Choral interlude

part of a choral song

another part of choral songs

Only three people could be talking on stage at one time

costumes were padded to make the characters look bigger. Masks also bigger and made to help with projection.

set piece debate long speeches (rhesis) followed by Stichomythia

long speeches

dialogue between two actors each exchange just one line of meter

crane, or something, that let actors fly in

wheeled platform

flat area of the stage in the center had an alter (thymele)

reversal of fortune

recognition

cleansing of negative emotions

Playwriter, 525-456BC, Acted in own plays, Veteran of Marathon, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, Eumenides

496-406BC, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Strategos-General, 3rd actor?

485-406BC, 19 extant plays, Bacchae, Medea, Surly and unconventional

Comedy, 11 plays

Son of Jocasta and Laius. Abandoned by parents. Adopted. Ran away to avoid the prophesy. Ended up killing his father and sleeping with his mother. Blinds himself and goes into exile.

Wife and Mother to Oedipus. Kills herself when she realizes what had happened.

Oedipus’ uncle/ bro-in-law

Blind prophet, tells Oedipus the truth.

Oedipus’ Father. Dies by Oedipus’ hand on the road. Abandoned Oedipus in the mountains to avoid a prophesy.

The one who gives Oedipus to another kingdom. Tells Oedipus the truth about who he is.

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Delphic Saying, Meden Agan

Delphic saying, Gnothi Seauton

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hierarchical, value based, best refinements of art literature, music, etc., subjective

neutral, relativistic, objective, sum of daily tasks, habits, interactions, actions, priorities, etc.

Tragic Hero. Lots of hubris and self righteous

Oedipus Complex. Believed that people had the primitive desire to kill their father and bed their mother.

prioritized logic.

The polis where Oedipus is born and reigned. Under a curse because someone killed the king.

where Oedipus believes he is from

Oedipus’ adopted father, also a king

Oedipus’ adopted mother

“I know” in Greek. a play on Oedipus’ name. He is said to be clever, solved a riddle. But his name could also mean something like bum foot

A island in Greece. The location of Apollo’s most famous oracle.

A prophetess, said to be given prophesies by Apollo. Sits on a stool in a subterranean cave.

A beast, prohibited the entrance to Thebes would kill anyone who answered the riddle wrong

A foreign ruler. Some who was foriegn born but now rules

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literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters

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written by Aeschylus. About a city who cannot burry the sons who have fallen in battle

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Craftsman, Creator, knowledge, Technology

Io was one of Zeus’ lovers she was turned into a cow, Hera sent a Gadfly to plague and torment Io.

God of fire and blacksmithing. Chained Prometheus, didn’t think it was fair

work of art, written or visual, which uses symbols to convey a hidden meaning: extended metaphor, author driven vs reader driven

gives insight into some natural phenomenon ex. Demeter and Persephone

teaches a moral lesson ex. Trial of Paris

suggests that the myth was based on something real, but the supernatural element is overdone, ex. The Trojan war

God transcends the material sphere, far removed

divine encompasses and inhibits the material world. Everywhere