Terms
People
Iliad
Oedipus
Aeneid
100
in the middle of things
What is media res?
100
fights to defend the honor of his friend who was killed by Hector
Who is Achilles?
100
Priam is old and reminds Achilles of his father
Why does Achilles show Priam empathy?
100
she knows that Oedipus is her son
Why does Jocasta hang herself?
100
Aeneas and Creusa have a strong bond that when she dies he goes mad and she must come to him as a spirit to comfort him
What is Aeneas and Creusa's marriage like?
200
"Sing oh Goddess of the Rage of Achilles"
What is the invocation?
200
is a hero who fled to Italy to form a colony
Who is Aeneas?
200
that humans are not in control of their own lives and fate controls all
What is the analogy of the two jars of fate?
200
they show that Oedipus has "no reverence for the temples of the gods
What does Oedipus' actions toward Tiresias show?
200
by carrying his father on his shoulders from the burning city
How did Aeneas rescue his father?
300
represents the ideas of a culture
What is a culture hero?
300
first thespian
Who is Thespis?
300
to give his son a noble name
Why does Hector go to fight instead of staying with his wife?
300
the way he says he can solve the problem, the way he turns on Creon and Tiresias, his refusal to see the truth
What is an example of how Oedipus shows his hubris?
300
Venus says they are responsible for the fall of Troy
Who are the gods?
400
when the audience knows more than the characters
What is dramatic irony?
400
he is a passive character who is agreeable to the questions Socrates asks of him
Who is Glaucon?
400
he is king and rules more men than Achilles
What makes Agamemnon more powerful than Achilles?
400
Jocasta believed that many men attacked Laius
What is the false information given that makes Jocasta believe that Oedipus could not have killed the king?
400
she believes her husband is too old to fight and because fighting the Greeks is a useless fight
Why does Hecuba try to prevent Priam from fighting?
500
A very typical example of a certain person or thing
What is an archetype?
500
wisely stopped Achilles and Agamemnon from fighting
Who is Nestor?
500
rage
What is the major theme of the Iliad?
500
he is repenting and because he hates himself
Why does Oedipus blind himself?
500
he is compared to a snake
Who is Pyrrhus?
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