Aeneid
This Carthaginian queen kills herself after being abandoned by the titular character
Who is Dido?
The poet who wrote Beowulf was a member of this religion
What is Christianity?
The writers of the Popol Vuh spoke this language
What is Quiché?
The Tale of Genji was written during this period of Japanese history.
What is the Heian period?
These two epics were not written by a single, specific person
What are Beowulf and Popol Vuh?
These three generations of Trojans escape the sacking of their city
Who are Anchises, Aeneas, and Ascanius/Iulus?
Grendel loses this appendage during his fight with Beowulf
What is Grendel's arm?
The gods tried to make humans out of this thing, but it disintegrated and dissolved
What is mud/earth?
Who is Domitian?
These two epics contain depictions of queens
What are the Aeneid and Beowulf?
This goddess relents after Jupiter agrees to a name change
Who is Juno?
This character knows that Beowulf is going to die to the dragon before the fight begins
Who is Beowulf?
Seven Macaw and Zipacna are punished for this quality
What is "self-magnification"?
This was the type of poetry Ovid wrote before writing the Metamorphoses
What is elegy?
These two epics contain descriptions of the underworld
What are the Aeneid and Popol Vuh?
You will find this simile in the first book of the Aeneid. Name three figures, within the text or outside of it, to whom it likely refers:
Just as riots often fester in great crowds when the common mob goes mad; rocks and firebrands fly, their fury provides weapons; but if they see a man of weight in piety and service, they hush and wait to hear him; he guides their minds and soothes their hearts with words—
Who are Neptune, Aeneas, and Augustus?
These are two epithets assigned to women (give 1)
What are "cup-bearers" and "peace-weavers"?
Hunahpu and Xbalanque use the help of this animal to trick the lords of Xibalba
What is a mosquito?
The following quotation form the Thebaid is an example of this literary device:
Now, you savage one, what kind of day was it, when you alone, free in your palace, knew you were the law, that others were inferior to you, and no head rose but yours?
What is apostrophe?
These are three of the four explanations for similarities between epics
What are borrowing/influence, common ancestry, polygenesis, and coincidence?
Fill in the blank. Anchises is speaking:
"My child, don’t ask about the great grief of your people. The fates will offer us the merest glimpse of him; they won’t let him live long. Would the Romans seem too powerful to you, O gods, if he were ours? What mighty groans of men the Field of Mars will send to our great city! What a funeral you’ll see, Tiber, as you pass his tomb’s fresh soil! No other Trojan boy will so exalt the hopes of his Latin forefathers, not will the land of Romulus ever boast his life again— his piety, old-time honor, and unconquered strength. He’d have no equal in a fight...Unhappy boy, if you can change your cruel fate, you’ll be a true _________."
Who is Marcellus?
The term for the value of a man's life, paid to his family if he is killed
What is "weregild"?
This character becomes pregnant by getting her hand spit on
Who is Blood Moon?
The creation of this during the Heian period led to rise of women's literature, such as the Tale of Genji
What are Hiragana and Katakana (new writing scripts)?
These are the two codices that the manuscripts of Beowulf and Popol Vuh
What are the Nowell Codex (Beowulf) and Dresden Codex (Popol Vuh)?