Summary Collaborative Study Guide

Collaborative Study GuideCollaborative Study Guide -- Bolded terms are for the written responses Texts for this exam: Richard Martin’s chapter on Theseus, Selections from Plutarch’s Life of Theseus, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, Euripides’ Medea, two selections from Herodotus, and assigned selections from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Let’s Get This Bread idk if I can when will the bread get me :-( Ayudame same I love all of you :) Is the final in the same lecture hall? ^^^ I believe so, yes (7pm) I looked it up, yes the final is in the same place; Watkins 1000 Is this the new craigslist personals? Jeopardy Questions and Answers are at the bottom GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! Historical-- - there was some true story; but it has been embellished and changed over time ex. Trojan War stories - Trojan War stories - there was some truth in the stories but made more fantastic and embellished to be mystical - there was really a city of Troy and it was destroyed but different details were added onto the story - Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann but no supporting evidence for the events that took place in the mythology Perseus ● Son of a mortal woman Danae and Zeus ● Back story: ○ Danae was married to the king Acrisius of Argos and tried having kids with her but bc they failed so many times, he trapped Danae into a prison ○ When Zeus was roaming the mortal world, he saw how beautiful Danae was (and might’ve wanted to piss off Hera by fooling around) and got her impregnated with Perseus. ○ used himself as golden dust and shimmered himself onto her to impregnate her.(make it rain) (it didn’t rain sorry) ○ King Acrisius was so angry he threw both Danae and Perseus into a box and threw them into the sea ● They landed on an island where they met Polydectes (Hades), who was also attracted to Danae’s beauty ● Polydectes wanted to humiliate Perseus and held a fake wedding and asked for horses for wedding gifts but Perseus could not bring any which made Polydectes abduct Danae 0nlystudents DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUIZLET???? ● To get his mother back, Polydectes sent Perseus to bring back the Head of Gorgon (Medusa) ○ Once her head was chopped, Chrysaor (golden sword) and Pegasus came out of the trunk. ○ Etiology. ■ Poisonous snakes because Medusa’s blood dripped here in the journey Perseus made with the head. ■ Coral was seaweed made into stone because Perseus dropped the head in the water by accident. ■ Mt. Atlas originated because Atlas was turned into stone by Perseus using the head on him. ■ Freud’s interpretation: Sexual fears, Medusa’s look literally “makes you hard.” Cutting her head off equals castration. ● Returns to Seriphos, where he eventually goes to Tiryns. He becomes king here, instead of Athens, because his reputation was stained for killing his grandfather (even though it was accidental). ○ Trope: becoming king in another place, prophecy, killing on accident ○ Trope: “Hero’s life”-- prove self as a hero (heroic quests) by defeating a king or monster on a quest, become king (often founder of dynasty). Similar to Herakles. ● Second heroic task: Andromeda was almost killed by sea monster Cetus. Perseus fell in love with her but she was already promised to marry Phineas. Perseus takes Medusa’s head out and turns Phineas into stone, but Andromeda’s parents also get turned into stone as collateral damage. ○ Trope: maiden in distress, collateral damage ● Perseus accidentally kills his grandfather (Acrisius) in a sporting competition at Larisa in Thessaly because he threw his discus, thus fulfilling the prophecy in an unexpected way Thetis ● Mother of Achilles. ○ Zeus made her marry a mortal because he’d heard she would give birth to someone more powerful than him. ○ Marriage with Peleus (which was technically the beginning of the Trojan War). ■ Apple of Discord story. ● Everyone was invited to the wedding except Eris (“discord”). She came anyway and tried to cause discord (lol). Offers an apple to the most beautiful goddess, uses a mortal - Paris - as judge. Goddesses try to bribe him, Aphrodite offers him the most beautiful woman in the world (Helen). He chooses Aphrodite, so Helen is now promised to Paris. Cindy says i like chiecken 0nlystudents DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUIZLET???? ● Dipped Achilles in the River of Styx, made him invulnerable except for his heel (except for in Homer story) ● A goddess of the sea that can see prophecy(then how did she not see this mess happening?) Plutarch ● author ● Wrote Life of Theseus ● This book describes why Theseus and Herakles are so similar ● He gives it a rationalized approach and states that the reason the two are similar is because Theseus admires Herakles so much that he imitates him Euhemerism ● The idea that the great gods of myth were originally just great men. ● Similar form of rationalization of myths. Historicizing-- - as it’s being told things are changing - over time, sometimes a myth changes in order to reflect the historical context in which it is being told; Hero-myth as a “cultural encyclopedia” - ex. Theseus and Athens - Example: Theseus becomes a democratic leader despite the fact that democracy did not begin in Athens during the time Theseus was created - Hero-myths as culture’s “encyclopedia” - people can add to these hero myths - come to contain all the culture’s knowledge and self-image - Example: aegis sea and mt atlas geographical etiologies, theseus historicizing democracy Medusa -a Gorgon, female figures with frightening appearance -known for having beautiful hair -Poseidon raped her in Athena’s temple and left her alone in the temple -Athena found out and became angry and turned hair into snakes(bitch) -Killed by Perseus. - the only mortal gorgon of the three - If you look at her, she turns you into stone Paris/Alexander ● Dude who kidnapped Helen ○ Why? Let’s go back in time for this ● So there was this royal wedding (between Thetis and Peleus) where all the Greek gods and goddesses were invited. All except for Discord(Eris) which of course pisses her off 0nlystudents DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUIZLET???? ● To cause some….discord, she presented an apple to the “fairest of goddesses” ● Aphrodite, Athena, Hera and probably some other goddesses all got into a fight over who’s the prettiest or fairest or whatever ● They all go to Paris to decide who should get the Apple ● Of course they all try to persuade him with gifts and stuff (hera=political power, athena=greatest warrior, aphrodite=beautiful woman) ● Aphrodite came out with “I can show you who the prettiest woman in the world is?” ● Paris accepts Aphrodite’s proposal and made her the winner of the Apple ● This angers Hera