Wallace World Literature Midterm – Flashcards
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This modern day event originated with the greeks
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Olympics
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"Adopted" mother of Oedipus
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Merope
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Goddess who turned Odysseus's men into swine
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Circe
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Commits suicide over family secret
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Jocasta
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Which of the following was not one of the Five Ages of Man?
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Age of Tears
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This was the mountain that Oedipus was rescued from when he was a baby
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Cithaeron
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Culture known of its feelings of man's inadequacy and Yahweh's omnipotent justice
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Hebrew
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Culture known for its intellectual honesty and curiosity and "knowing thyself"
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Greek
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This flower made men forget home
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Lotus
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Their song lured sailors to death
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Sirens
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Faithful son who's good up to the suitors and then went looking for his father
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Telemachus
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Blind prophet who knows Oedipus's secret
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Tiresias
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Broke his neck in fall from roof; shipmate of Odysseus
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Elpenor
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Considered the priestess, prophecy given, and the place.
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Oracle
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These were the names of Plato's and Aristotle's schools of philosophy
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The Academy and Lyceum
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Oedipus won his royal position by solving the riddle of this creature
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Sphinx
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Called the "Navel of the Universe"
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Delphi
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Created the "Five Ages of Man"
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Hesiod
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King of the Phaeacians
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Alkinoos
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Blind prophet who Odysseus visits in Hades to learn his way home
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Tiresias
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Sent to Delphi to learn of current reason for plague in Thebes
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Creon
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Queen of the Phaeacians
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Arete
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With his epic writings, he developed a universal framework for Greek religion
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Homer
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One-eyed son of Poseidon
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Polyphemus
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What was the answer to the riddle of the sphinx in "Oedipus the King"
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Man
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"Adopted" father of Oedipus
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Polybus
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The Greek drama arose from a festival worshipping whom?
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Dionysis
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Gives Odysseus a bag of winds for his trip.
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Aiolos Hippotades
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Home of the Pythian prophetess.
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Delphi
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Symbol of heritage and civilization for the Greeks.
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eternal flame
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This work was considered the first literary criticism.
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"Poetics"
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mean "to do" or "to act" in Greek.
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drama
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religious philosophy of Hebrew people
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monotheism
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Which of these is not a characteristic of drama?
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murder
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Goddess with whom Odysseus spent seven years just before landing on the island of Phaeacians
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Calypso
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After offending Odysseus at the sports festival, Alkinoos ordered this man to give Odysseus a gift.
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Broadsea
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Grey-eyed goddess, who frequently appeared in disguise
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Athena
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Gives Odysseus a plant to protect him from Circe's spell.
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Hermes
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These were "paid teachers", one of which Socrates claimed never to be.
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Sophists
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Who said, "My name is Nobody; mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nobody."
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Odysseus
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Father of Odysseus
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Laertes
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Served as mentor to Sophocles
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Aeschylus
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Princess who washed clothes after Athena visited her in a dream.
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Nausikaa
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Biological father of Oedipus
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Laius
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God of the sea; sought revenge against Odysseus
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Poseidon
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Religious philosophy of Greeks
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polytheism
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Home to Odysseus
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Ithaca
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When Odysseus' men eat cattle from this god's island, they die.
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Helios
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Gilgamesh's best friend
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Enkidu
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According to the Hebrew Bible, he is the first murderer
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Cain
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This monster is pitiful in death and begs Gilgamesh for mercy
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Humbaba
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"exodus" in hebrew
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Shemot
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Which book of the Pentateuch is called "the time books of Moses"
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Genesis
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This is the tree that Eve eats the apple from.
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Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
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Form of writing that originated on clay tablets using a pointed wooden stick
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Cuneiform
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Ancient culture which originated in present day Iraq
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Mesopotamia
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This is the religious philosophy of the Hebrew people
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Monotheism
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Irregular winds that blow into Palestine from the desert are called:
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Siroccos
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The bible translation is the basis for the Roman Catholic English bible.
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Reims-Douay
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Sacred text of the Hebrew people
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Torah
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Who is credited with producing the first mass produced bible?
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Gutenburg
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"Numbers" in Hebrew
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Bemidar
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Known for feelings of man's inadequacy and God's omnipotent justice
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Hebrew
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This is the Greek translation of the Old testament from the original Hebrew
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Septuagint
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"deuteronomy" in hebrew
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Debarim
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Was the patriarchal flood survivor whom Gilgamesh visited
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Utnapishtim
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Which of the following is not considered an author of Genesis?
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Abraham
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means "sacred carvings" in its land of origin, Egypt
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Hieroglyphics
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He commissioned the Great Bible
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Henry VIII
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Promised land; land of milk and honey
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Palestine
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"leviticus" in hebrew
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Wayyiqra
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Ancient civilization where the first writings of the Old Testament originated while Hebrew people were in Captivity.
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Babylon
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"Genesis" in Hebrew
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Bereshit
