Gilgamesh
This character is made to be Gilgamesh's equal
Who is Enkidu?
This old man visits Achilles' tent in Book 24 and connects with the warrior through their shared grief
Who is Priam?
This young witch aids Jason on his quest
Who is Medea?
These two heroes must complete a set of trials as part of their quests
Who are Gilgamesh and Jason?
This term applies to this: "Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles, murderous, doomed…”
What is a proem?
This character civilizes Enkidu
Who is Shamhat?
This prince is chastised by his brother for not contributing enough to the war and instead staying in the bedroom
Who is Paris?
This is the term for a favorite literary device of the Hellenistic poets which explains the origin of something, such as a mountain or temple
What is an aetiology?
These two men are changed following the deaths of their closest companions
Who are Gilgamesh and Achilles?
This literary device is shown here: "I leaned on the top and twisted it, as when a man drills wood for shipbuilding. Below the workers spin the drill with straps, stretched out from either end. So round and round it goes, and so we whirled the fire-sharp weapon in his eye."
What is a simile?
These are the challenges that Gilgamesh must complete to get eternal life (name 2 of the 3)
What are running through the tunnel of the sun, staying awake for seven days, and swimming to the bottom of the ocean?
These three Greeks visited Achilles in Book 9 to convince him to return the the fight
Who are Odysseus, Phoenix, and Ajax?
This is the goddess that helps Jason along his journey because he helped her across a muddy river
Who is Hera?
These epics were not created by a single author
What are the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad?
This literary device is seen here: "Do you remember it, Patroclus, all the Trojans you killed as the gods called you on to your death?"
What is apostrophe?
This character survived the flood and was made immortal by the gods
Who is Utnapishtim?
To whom Achilles directs this: "You’re like a little girl, pestering her mother to pick her up, pulling at her hem
as she tries to hurry off and looking up at her with tears in her eyes until she gets her way.
That’s just what you look like, you know."
Who is Patroclus?
These are the twins who fled their murderous stepmother on the back of a golden ram
Who are Helle and Phrixus?
This crew member of the Argo is the father of the swift-footed hero of another epic
Who is Peleus?
These are the four explanations for similarities between ancient epics of different cultures (name 3)
What are borrowing/influence, common ancestry, polygenesis, and coincidence?
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in these two languages
What is Sumerian and Akkadian?
These are the three women who give laments during Hector's funeral
Who Hecuba, Andromache, and Helen?
This was the ruling dynasty in Egypt while Apollonius was writing the Argonautica
What is the Ptolemaic Dynasty?
Medea is a descendant of this god
Who is Helius?
This term, coming from Greek, refers to a "viewing from the walls," such as when Helen and Priam watch the battle in Book 3 of the Iliad
What is teichoskopeia?