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Decks in this class (27)

key terms canning
Crane,
Eponymous archon,
Prohedria
37  cards
world of the hero key terms
Menos,
Thumos,
Charma
8  cards
Iliad book by book
Book 1 events,
Book 3 events,
Book 4 events
13  cards
characters in Iliad
Son of peleus and thetis greatest...,
Brother to menelaus leader of the...,
Achilles beloved friend and compa...
34  cards
characters in Aeneid
Protagonist of the poem,
Queen of carthage,
Ruler of the retulians in italy a...
37  cards
characters in Bacchae
Son of semele only god in the play,
Grandfather of pentheus and found...,
Old prophet who is abused by pent...
5  cards
characters in frogs
Dionysus slave,
God who decides to bring back a p...,
Is spoken to at the beginning to ...
9  cards
characters in Oedipus the king
Protagonist of the play king of t...,
Queen of thebes mother and wife t...,
Child of oedipus and jocasta
5  cards
Iliad scholarship
Edith hall furor,
William allan furor,
Barker furor
18  cards
Aeneid scholarship
Cowan furor,
Farron furor,
Grandsen
20  cards
Aeneid Book by book
Book 1,
Book 2,
Book 3
10  cards
Theatre
When was it held,
What were prisoners given,
Who was the choregos
39  cards
Tragedy
What did tragedy originate from,
When were satyr plays put on,
What were satyr plays
32  cards
Old comedy
Why is a phallus appropriate for ...,
Where did comedy emerge from,
When was the first comedy perform...
15  cards
Theatre scholarship
Carey festivals,
Higgins attending theatre,
Dover frogs unique
47  cards
Philosophers
When was socrates alive,
What was socrates charged for and...,
Who recorded socrates ideas
21  cards
Rituals and priests
What political significance did p...,
Who employed priests,
What were priests employed to do
14  cards
Sacrifice
What happens in the preparation o...,
How was the animal killed in the ...,
How was the meat handled
14  cards
The Thesmophoria
Where would women set up temporar...,
Why was the location of their she...,
What would be sacrificed on day 1...
12  cards
Athenian Acropolis
Parthenon east pediment,
Parthenon west pediment,
Parthenon doric freeze metopes
15  cards
Delphi
The temple how big was it,
The temple where was the statue kept,
The temple what else was in the n...
22  cards
Olympia
How was olympia easily accessible...,
Who supposedly set up the games,
The altar when was it built
46  cards
religion and society
Household religion what does oiko...,
Household religion who was head o...,
Household religion who would the ...
29  cards
Politics and religion
Truce and oaths,
Truce and oaths sacred truces,
War and battle gods
12  cards
Panathenaia
How often was the great panathenaia,
Who did the panathenaia celebrate,
What was the pompe
21  cards
Personal experience of the divine
Eleusinion mysteries who could at...,
Eleusinion mysteries,
Eleusinion mysteries why were the...
16  cards
Olympic gods
Hesiod when was he alive,
Hesiod what did he right,
Homer what did he right
10  cards

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