Download Greek Mythology and Literature Glossary and more Quizzes Art in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Atastalia DEFINITION 1 Self-destructivereckless TERM 2 Metis DEFINITION 2 WisdomZeus swallowed Metis and Athena came out of his head TERM 3 At DEFINITION 3 Goddess of Mischief TERM 4 Dik DEFINITION 4 A moral sense of right and wrong TERM 5 Homeric Question DEFINITION 5 The identify of the composer of the Homer epics TERM 6 Doloneia DEFINITION 6 Way in which the warrior code is preserved TERM 7 Henrich Schliemann DEFINITION 7 Excavated a site that may be historical Troy TERM 8 Xenia DEFINITION 8 Greek hospitality -Treating your guest friendly and not asking who they are -Often Gods pretend to be someone they are not and want to be treated well by humans. -example Bellerophtes TERM 9 Millman Parry DEFINITION 9 Developed the Theory of oral composition to explain the origin of the Homeric poem TERM 10 Bi DEFINITION 10 Physical might of a warrior TERM 21 Zeus DEFINITION 21 King of the godsJupiter to the RomansSon of CronusHusband and brother to HelenFather of SarpedonDefeater of Typhoeus TERM 22 Daedalus and Icarus DEFINITION 22 D manufactures artificial wings for them to fly north.Warns his son not to fly too high because the wax that holds the feathers on his wings would melt, and not to fly too low because the moisture from the sea would absorb into the wings.Icarus doesnt follow his fathers advice- flies too high, falls to his death. TERM 23 Apotheosis of Hercules DEFINITION 23 Were flammable, the fire burned away, till naught that could be recognized remained and none of what his mothers gifts had beenoWears a cloak and it burns him to death TERM 24 Orpheus and Eurydice DEFINITION 24 Orpheus considered first poet- before homerGoes down to gods of underworld and asks gods to return Eurydice to life. Recites some of his poemsEurydices deathOrpheuss love for her, turns around to look for her but sees nothing? TERM 25 Edith Hamilton (1867- 1963) DEFINITION 25 School teacherGather with her friends and in conversations would talk about ancient literature and culture told her to write a bookTranslated the Trojan WomenInvited to Athens, made an honorary citizen of Athens- made speech about importance and appreciation of ancient Greek culture TERM 26 Midas and Bacchus DEFINITION 26 M is a king and saves Bs life. B offers to give M any gift that he wishes him to have. He says that he wants anything that he touches turns to gold. Very early on, Ms daughter runs up to hug him and it turns her to gold. This is part of the universal theme to all these stories and that theme is love. TERM 27 Minos and Ariadne DEFINITION 27 M= king A = daughter Theseus = BF The labyrinth with the half bull half person in the middle. Each year Minos required a sacrifice by the near village each year for one person to go in themaze each year and get killed by the minotaur. One year the kings daughterloves the man who is suppose to go in the maze so she gives him a thread sohe can find his way out. He kills theminotaurbut when he gets out of the mazehe dumps the daughter of the king. The end TERM 28 Cadmus DEFINITION 28 By the instructions of Athena, he sowed the dragon's teeth in the ground, from which sprang a race of fierce armed men, called the Spartoi. By throwing a stone among them, Cadmus caused them to fall upon one another until only five survived, who assisted him to build the Cadmeia or citadel of Thebes, and became the founders of the noblest families of that city.
