Greek and Roman Myth. - 1520

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definitions
Mythology,
Aition,
Aitiological etiological
27  cards
definitions pt 2
preparing for test 2
29  cards
definitions pt 3
Apotheosis,
Hebe,
Autochthony
24  cards
identifying myths from photos
Danae and the golden shower zeus,
Heracles and the snakes rage of h...,
Leda and the swan zeus
39  cards
modern thinking, -isms & -ologies
What are the three categories of ...,
What is divine myth,
What
30  cards
general facts about the ancients
What is the basis of religion,
How is myth viewed from the persp...,
What are three aspects that can b...
40  cards
general
?
17  cards
names
people or gods or etc.
14  cards
specific myths
What is the brief version of the ...,
Describe the story of ovid s lycaon,
What are the main events that res...
6  cards
related to the story of creation
What is hesiod s book of creation...,
What is the purpose of the hymn t...,
What three motifs of a creation s...
14  cards
lecture 8 & ch. 6
main points: meet the olympians (zeus, hera, poseidon, hades)
23  cards
lecture 9 & ch. 7, 8
main points: apollo (lovers), the homeric hymn to apollo, pan, hephaestus
24  cards
lecture 10 & ch. 8
main points: ares, hermes, the homeric hymn to hermes (the politics of olympus)
29  cards
lecture 11 & ch. 8, 9, 10
main points: finishing the hymn to hermes, priapus, artemis, athena, aphrodite, demeter (the homeric hymn to demeter)
17  cards
lecture 12 & ch. 9, 10, 11 (couldn't attend)
main points: finishing aphrodite, demeter & persephone/kore (homeric hymn to demeter), dionysus
18  cards
lecture 13 & ch. 10, 11,12
main points: dionysus, the afterlife (orpheus, villains, heroes)
26  cards
lecture 14 & ch. 12, 13
main points: afterlife (vergil's underworld), heroism (gilgamesh), argive myth
19  cards
lecture 15 & ch. 13, 14
main points: io, perseus (medusa, andromeda), heracles
16  cards
lecture 16 & ch. 15
main points: heracles (labours & 'death')
21  cards
Heracles' 12 Labours & Side-Deeds
MAIN FOCUS IN STUDYING FOR HERACLES
22  cards
lecture 17 & ch. 16
main points: theseus (athenian heracles)
26  cards
Theseus' 6 Labours
Heracles had labours so, of course, Theseus needs labours.
7  cards
lecture 18 & ch. 17 & 18
main points: cretan myth, thebes
28  cards
lecture 19 & ch. 18 & 19
main points: thebes (oedipus saga, foundation myth), jason & the argonauts
24  cards
lecture 20 & ch. 19
main points: finishing the argonautica (medea, meleager), odysseus' nostos: homer's odyssey
28  cards
The Odyssey: Odysseus' Nostoi
lectures 20 & 21, ch. 22
17  cards
lecture 21 & ch. 20
main points: odysseus' nostoi: homer's odyssey, trojan war (background, key players)
23  cards
lecture 22 & ch. 20, 21
main points: the trojan war (iliad), the sack of troy
26  cards
lecture 23 & ch. 21, 23, 24
main points: roman things, aeneas and vergil's aeneid (the sack of troy from the loser's perspective), roman myth (history as myth)
36  cards

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