Euripides Studienführer, Klassennotizen & Zusammenfassungen

Quiz Bowl Literature Latest Update Graded A+ Camus Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. Chaucer Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. Paradise Lost Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Milton This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. Faulkner This American author wrote about a woman's murder in "A ...

Homer - Odyssy and Iliad Blind, his works were compiled after is death Iliad - story of Ilium or Troy Odyssey - Story of Ulysses/Odysseus The Argonauts - Story of Jason and the Argus trying to get the golden fleece Pericles - important founder of democracy Greek Historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon Greek Playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides Aeschylus - Father of tragedy Prometheus Bound Sophocles - Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Antigone Euriped...

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 words of love? - agape, eros, philia, storge (4 words of love) From among which three goddesses must Paris choose "the fairest" to give the Golden Apple to? - Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite (Aphrodite won) The story of Hippolytus and Phaedra recalls the story of... - Ovid's Amores? Euripides? (but the myth goes.. Phaedra is married to Theseus but falls in love with his son from another marriage (step-son) named Hippolytus. He rejects her. She clai...

Camus - Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. Chaucer - Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. Paradise Lost - Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Milton - This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. Faulkner - This American author wrote about a woman's murder in "A Rose for Emily." Name this man who wrote ...

Oedipus' biological father - correct answer Laius Oedipus' adoptive father - correct answer Polybus Oedipus' biological mother - correct answer Jocasta Oedipus' adoptive mother - correct answer Merone Where was Oedipus born? - correct answer Thebes Where did Oedipus live with his adoptive parents? - correct answer Corinth What does Oedipus do when he finds out he is adopted? - correct answer He goes to the Oracle of Delphi Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? - correct answer ...

Troy at boundary between Asia and Europe Greeks and Romans did not draw clear distinction b/w myth and history For Herodotus, "mythical" narratives serve as background to "historical" events Not the content of the stories that is untrue, just the way they are told Euhemerist rationalization: kernel of truth behind fabulous accounts Prominence of Trojan Myth Not just ten years of "war" Mythical Chronology Last age heroes Some are sons of gods and goddesses, many more a...

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 words of love? - agape, eros, philia, storge (4 words of love) From among which three goddesses must Paris choose "the fairest" to give the Golden Apple to? - Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite (Aphrodite won) The story of Hippolytus and Phaedra recalls the story of... - Ovid's Amores? Euripides? (but the myth goes.. Phaedra is married to Theseus but falls in love with his son from another marriage (step-son) named Hippolytus. He rejects her. She clai...

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Ritual - Answer-A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Answer-Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Answer-Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Answer-Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Answer-Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Answer...

CLAS 104 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Name of the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld Lethe What does Odysseus do to summon the dead? He digs a pit and fills it with the blood of sacrificial victims What is the punishment of Ixion? Imprisonment on a fiery wheel In the myth of Er, who returns to life as a lion because he remembered the judgment of Achilles' armour? Ajax How did Elpenor die? He went to sleep on a roof and fell off What poet describes the descent of Aeneas into the Un...

Oedipus' biological father - Answer-Laius Oedipus' adoptive father - Answer-Polybus Oedipus' biological mother - Answer-Jocasta Oedipus' adoptive mother - Answer-Merone Where was Oedipus born? - Answer-Thebes Where did Oedipus live with his adoptive parents? - Answer-Corinth What does Oedipus do when he finds out he is adopted? - Answer-He goes to the Oracle of Delphi Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? - Answer-Apollo told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother Where doe...