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II. GODS, HUMANS, AND HEROES
Literature of the Western World
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
12/12/2010

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Ruth
Definition
515-300 B.C.E.
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Iliad
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Homer
3000-1200 B.C.E.
in medias res
Dactylic hexameter
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Greek notions of heroism
Definition
Virtue, excellence
Proper action
Honor
Death in battle = honorable
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Hebrew notions of heroism
Definition
Everyday life
No great acts
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Greek stage: Theatron
Definition
Where people sat
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Greek stage: Orchestra
Definition
Where things were acted, the chorus was located
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Greek stage: Eisodos
Definition
Ramps leading off stage left and right
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Greek stage: Skene
Definition
Structure at the back of the stage
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Orestia, Agamemnon
Definition
Aeschylus
525-456 B.C.E.
Added second actor
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Oedipus the King
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Sophocles
496-406 B.C.E
Added third actor
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Medea
Definition
Euripides
480-406 B.C.E.
deus ex machina - deity intervention
Agon - rapid-fire confrontation
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Poetics
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Aristotle
384-322 B.C.E.
Earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory
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Zeus
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Father of gods and men
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Hera
Definition
Wife and sister of Zeus
Goddess of women and marriage
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Athena
Definition
Goddess of war, wisdom, strength, strategy, etc.
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Dionysus
Definition
God of winemaking and grapes, ritual madness and ecstasy
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Peloponnesian Wars
Definition
431-404 B.C.E.
Sparta vs. Athens
Sparta eventually wins
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