Metamorphoses Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This summary is made about the content that we have learned in the first semester of year 1. I made a list of the Pagan Gods, which is very easy to learn by heart. Furthermore, Ovid's Metamorphoses is summarized and the Renaissance is discussed.

This note is a comprehensive and detailed one. It gives an in-depth overview of the book Ovid's metamorphoses. You'll need it!

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 g...

Praxis 5039 Questions and Answers Already Passed Paradox a contradiction or dilemma Myth A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. Essay A piece of prose writing, usually short, that deals with a subject in a limited way and expresses a particular point of view. Malapropism the unintentional misuse...

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with All Correct Answers A traditional pattern of action is a...? - Answer-Ritual Stories whose actors are ordinary people or animals...? - Answer-Folktale A story of the great deeds of humans, heroes, and heroines or the events of human past is a...? - Answer-Legend Traditional tales about gods and heroes is a...? - Answer-Myth A belief and the course of action that follows is...? - Answer-Religion Apollonius of Rhodes - Answer-Wrote the Argonautic...

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 - 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...

Baroque Art The Loves of the Gods - correct answer Carracci -located in Farnese Palace -hired by Cardinal Farnese -scenes of love from Ovid, Metamorphoses Carracci - correct answer -Brothers, studio on Bologna -Tried to create drama of immeasurable heaven -inspired ceiling frescos -used Di sotto in su -used Quadratura created The Loves of the Gods, Farnese Palace define:Quadro riportato - correct answer wall mural on a curved ceiling *viewer must stand in a particular spot for...

Baroque ArtThe Loves of the Gods - correct answer Carracci -located in Farnese Palace -hired by Cardinal Farnese -scenes of love from Ovid, Metamorphoses Carracci - correct answer -Brothers, studio on Bologna -Tried to create drama of immeasurable heaven -inspired ceiling frescos -used Di sotto in su -used Quadratura created The Loves of the Gods, Farnese Palace define:Quadro riportato - correct answer wall mural on a curved ceiling *viewer must stand in a particular spot for i...

Paradox - a contradiction or dilemma Myth - A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. Oxymoron - A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. Essay - A piece of prose writing, usually short, that deals with a subject in a limited way and expresses a particular point of view. Malapropism - the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds sim...