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Ritual - A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Founder of greek tragedy. Most famous play=Agamemno Euripides - 3 great tragedians of classical greek. Only 18 of 95 plays survived Sophocles - Wrote Oedipus The King, Antigone, Women of Trachus Apollonius of Rhodes - Wrote the Argonautica about the quest for the golden fleece Homer - Composed the Lliad and the Odyssey about Trojan War. Hesiod - Composed the Theogony about the origin of the gods Vergil - Wrote the Aeneid about an early immigrant to Italy Ovid - Wrote the Metamorphoses about all mythical historyOrder oldest to youngest (Homer, Hesiod, Vergil, Ovid, Apollonius of Rhodes) - 1. Homer 2. Hesiod 3. Apollonius of Rhodes 4. Vergil 5. Ovid *1=oldest, 5=latest Philosophy - Rational injury into the natural world and human ethics. Tragedy - Form of entertainment. Themes: Horror, violence, conflict between sexes. Hymn - A metrical adress invoking God/Goddess by listing cultic names and telling important stories about the diety