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Greek Myth
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Undergraduate 2
02/19/2008

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Term
Perses
Definition

brother of Hesiod

-he was a scoundrel

-seduced by sluts

-got more than his fair share

Term

dike

Definition

justice

judgement

law case

Zeus = justice

Term
hyberis
Definition

insolace

opposite of dike

Term
eris
Definition

strife

good eris - makes men work, competition

bad eris - approves of warfare and battle

Term
Prometheus
Definition

tricked Zeus a gift with oxen bones wrapped in fat-Zeus claims he wasnt tricked and took away ash trees from man

stole fire from Zeus - Zeus gave man pandora

Term
Epimetheus
Definition

names means the afterthought

takes gift from god without thinking

Term
Pandora
Definition

she was a punishment for man

dressed by Athena

Apollo gave her charm

she has a jar containing evil

when jar opens, evil gets out, hope stays in

she was deceptive

Term
pithos
Definition
jar
Term
golden race
Definition

men lived without worry

men didnt age

died peacefully

Term
silver race
Definition

spends 100 years being nursed by mother

called blessed mortals

Term
bronze age
Definition

sprung from ash trees

people flight and kill each other off

Term
4th race
Definition

race of heros

heroes die

divine figures have tombs the can be worshipped

Term
5th age
Definition

iron race

Hesiod's current race

zeus will destroy them when they get gray hair on children

depressing

Term
Hesiod
Definition

name means

he who emits the voice

Term
Hades
Definition

underworld

brother of Zeus

goes by Aidoneos

rapes Persephone and takes her as his wife

gives Persephone pomegranate

Term
Demeter
Definition

associated with earth and grain

sex with Zeus to birth Persephone

lies to Kaleos

was the caretaker of Demophoon

Term
Athena
Definition

crafts, skilful thinking, war

dislike's Odysseus

keeps Tele and Odd in line

turns Odd to a beggar when he reaches Ithaca

disguises herself as Mentor, Mentes

Tells Pepelope to make Odd jealous and to weave a death shrowd

Term
Aphrodite
Definition

sex

daughter of Dione

marries Anchises,a mortal

lied to Anchises

Term

Dionysus

Definition

god of wine

goes by Bacchus

between: drunk/sober, sainty/madness, ritual/possession, reality/illusion

fig tree, pine, ivy

From asia

associated with theater, tradegy plays

captured by people and they dont believe he is a god

feminine, transvestite

possibly twice born by Semele
Term
Poseidon
Definition

god of ocean/earthquake

doesn't like Odd

father of Cyclops

Term
Agamemnon
Definition

father of Iphigenia

tells Iph that she is to marry Achilles, but lied and killed her

return home is bad

his wife and her lover kill him

Term
kenning
Definition

funny way of saying something

Term
Apollo
Definition

first part of him called Delian, 2nd part is Pythion

son of Leto, brother of Artemis

arrow/bow - social integration and war

kills Tityos

Term
Leto
Definition

mother of Apollo and Artemis

has labor pains for Apollo for 9 days

killed by tityos

Term
Delos
Definition

where Apollo is born

heard bad things of Apollo

Term
Delian maids
Definition

maids on Delos that performed poetry

mimic speech of ordinary men

Term
Pythion
Definition
2nd part of hymn to Apollo
Term
Telphousa
Definition

Apollo wants to build oracle there

tells Apollo to go somewhere else

lies to Apollo

Apollo puts rocks over Telphousa

Term
Kastalion
Definition
where Apollo kills a she-dragon
Term
Typhaon
Definition

daughter of Hera to ocunter Zeus birth to Athena

was birthed to overthrow Zeus

Term
Krisa
Definition

she-dragon raised by Typhaon

killed by Apollo

Term
delphis
Definition

dolphin

Apollo transforms into a dolphon

leaps on Cretan pirate ship and converts to priests

Term
Pythia
Definition

remale priest of Apollo

would go into possession and began speaking hexameters and the other priests would interpret it

Term
Eleusian Mysteries
Definition

if you talk about it you die

lasted a week in the fall

Term
Keleos
Definition

king of the Eleusinians

husband of Mentaneira

father of Demophoon

Term
Mentaneria
Definition

wife of Kaleos

mother of Demophoon

throws Demo on ground

Term
Iambe
Definition

maid of Kaleos and Metaneria

tries to humor Demeter

Term
Demophoon
Definition

son of Kaleos and Metaneria

taken care of by Demeter

Demeter wanted him to me immortal

given honor by Demeter and play games after his death

Term
Aeneas
Definition
most famous Trojan hero

given to Anchises as a son
Term
Eros
Definition
love/body
Term
Kyprian.Kythera
Definition
refers to Cyprus
Term
Hestia
Definition
god of harth
Term
Anchises
Definition

had sex with Aprhodite and lost his balls

given Aeneas as compensation

Term
Ganymede
Definition

abducted by Zeus

takes him to olympus to be a server

Zeus makes him not age

Term
Eos
Definition

dawn

had affair with Tithinous(mortal)

Zeus gives him immortality but he still ages

Term
Tithinous
Definition

had sex with Eos

made immortal but still ages

Term
Memnon
Definition

apparent child of Tithinous and Eos

killed by Achilles = hero

Term
Hermes
Definition

messenger

last born god

opposite of Hestia

god of all theives

son of maia

gives antidote to Odd

Term
chtonic
Definition
live under the earth
Term
Maia
Definition
mother of Hermes
Term
satyrs
Definition
often drunk, have extended phallus, sex, wise
Term
Silenus
Definition

taught some stuff by Silenus about sex or something

 

was a satyr? 

Term
Kybale
Definition
asia minor goddess compared to Rhea
Term
Rhea
Definition
sister of Zeus
Term
Semele
Definition

sex with Z

 

asks Zeus to show his normal form and gets zapped like a mother fucker 

Term
Plato
Definition

mania

 

posession 

Term
Kleos
Definition
glory
Term
nostos
Definition
homecoming
Term
Telemachus
Definition

son of Odd

 

visits Menelaos and Noster

 

drugged by Helen

 

reminded by Athena to not forget his father 

Term
polytropo
Definition
man with many sides = Odysseus
Term
noos
Definition

mind

 

habits, customs, ways of thinking 

Term
psyche
Definition

breath of life, spirit 

Term
algea
Definition
pain
Term
nostolgia
Definition
pain on return
Term
Noster
Definition

has wisdom

 

visted by Tele 

Term
Menelaos
Definition

visited by Tele

 

tells Tele that suitors want to kill him

Term
kubernetes
Definition
means pilot = Odd
Term
Mentes/Mentor
Definition

disguises of Athena

 

means remind or something 

Term
Helen
Definition

wife of Menelaos

 

drugs Tele

 

almost fucked up Trojan horse by whispering names of soldiers in the voices of their wives 

Term
Lotus eaters
Definition

have no intention of destroying men

 

give Odd's men flowers to eat

 

eating flowers makes them lose memory etc 

Term
self referentiality
Definition
how does epic poetry talk about epic poetry
Term
Phemios
Definition

sings songs of suitors, Troy, battle songs

 

in Ithaca

 

Penelope wants to hear him sing about nostos - memory of Odd 

Term
King Alkinoos
Definition

noos

 

king of phaeacians 

 

makes everyone play games for Odd 

Term
Demodocus
Definition

sings while people at the phaeacians place

 

says he learned his songs form delphi

 

makes Odd cry 

 

asked to sing of the Trojan horse by Odd 

Term
Nausikea
Definition

phaeacian

 

finds Odd when arrives there

 

 

Term
phaeacians
Definition

not war like

 

nice

 

do not mix with mortals

 

love feasting and dancing

 

sailors

 

conected to sea = Poseidon

 

utopia island 

Term
Polyphomos
Definition
Cyclops Odd kills
Term
utis
Definition
means nobody
Term
Aeolus
Definition

god of wind

 

 

Term
Circe
Definition

turns Odd's men into animals

 

associated with magica drugs

 

sex with Odd

 

said there is noos in Odd

 

tells Odd he has to go to Hades 

Term
Elpenor
Definition

one of Odd's men that got drunk and died o Circe's island

 

tells Odd he has to appease Poseidon 

Term
Ajax
Definition

not happy about odd

 

?? 

Term
Tityos
Definition

manhandled Leto

 

killed by Apollo

 

punishment in Hades is an eagle eating his liver 

Term
Tantulus
Definition

not allowed to eat water of food

 

served god his son as a meal 

Term
Sisyphos
Definition
has to push a rock up a hill
Term
Herkles
Definition

hero that turned into a god

 

his soul is not in Hades, just his image 

Term
Sirens
Definition

women that sing blah blah blah

 

 know about everything, about Troy

Term
Skylla
Definition
6 headed monster that killed people
Term
Charybdis
Definition
cyclone
Term
Helios
Definition

not to eat cattle on island

 

 

Term
Aineias
Definition
last hero. found rome
Term
Ino
Definition
gives Odd viel at sea
Term
Clytemnestra
Definition

wife of Agamemnon

 

killed him 

Term
Arete
Definition

married to uncle

 

mother washes clothes 

Term
Mnemosyne
Definition
muses
Term
Hephaestus
Definition

boring god

 

god of blacksmith 

Term
Altinoos
Definition
main suitor
Term
Priam
Definition
killed by Neoptolomus
Term
Neoptolomous
Definition
Achilles's son
Term
Gaia
Definition

gave sickle to son

 

castrate Ouranos 

Term
Calypso
Definition
wanted odd to stay with her
Term
Ares
Definition
war god
Term
Eurylochus
Definition
sailor of Odd
Term
Kronides
Definition
another name for Zeus
Term
Thetis and Pelus
Definition
birthed Achiilles
Term
Patroclus
Definition
best friend of Achilles
Term
Paris
Definition

wife of Helen of Troy

 

kills Achilles 

Term
psuke
Definition
spirit or soul
Term
Kalliope?
Definition
muse with a beautiful voice
Term
Anu?
Definition
sky god
Term
Gaia
Definition
earth
Term
Tartenus
Definition
between earth and hades
Term
Ouranus
Definition

heaven

 

castrated by Kronos 

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