Exam 2 Objective Greco Roman

Homer

Odyssey

Aeschylus

Oresteia

Sophocles

Oedipus Rex

Euripides

Medea

Aristophanes

Lysistrata

Ovid

Metamorphoses

Vitruvius

On Architecture

Vergil

Aeneid

Spartacus(Ancient Name)

A Thracian gladiator who led a major slave revolt against Rome.

Julius Caesar

A Roman general and statesman central to the fall of the Roman Republic.

Cleopatra

The last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt known for her political alliances.

Athena

Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and crafts.

Orestes

Mythic figure who avenges his father by killing his mother.

Orpheus

Legendary musician who tries to rescue his wife from the underworld.

Eurydice

Wife of Orpheus who dies and becomes the focus of his underworld rescue.

Teiresias

Blind prophet of Thebes known for wisdom and foresight.

Medea

Sorceress who helps Jason and later kills their children in revenge.

Jason

Leader of the Argonauts in the quest for the Golden Fleece.

Hercules

Hero known for completing the Twelve Labors.

Achilles

Greatest warrior in the Trojan War.

Chiron

Wise centaur who tutors heroes including Achilles.

Aeneas

Trojan hero who journeys to Italy and becomes ancestor of the Romans.

Howard Fast

Spartacus(novel; 1951)

Dalton Trumbo

Spartacus(screenplay; 1960)

Stan Lee

Black Panther(1966)

Martin Bernal

Black Athena(1987)

Toni Morrison

Beloved(1987)

Derek Walcott

Omeros(1990)

Mary Lefkowitz

Classical scholar known for criticizing Afrocentric theories.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Scholar of African American literature known for The Signifying Monkey.

Michael Eric Dyson

Cultural critic known for writing on race, politics, and Black culture.

Oedipus complex

Psychoanalytic idea of a child's unconscious desire for the opposite sex parent.

Colorblind casting

Casting actors without considering race or ethnicity.

Blaxploitation

Film genre featuring Black protagonists in stylized urban settings.

Historical Revenge Fantasy

Genre where marginalized groups gain fictionalized revenge on oppressors.

Magical Negro

Trope where a Black character exists mainly to guide a white protagonist.

Cultural appropriation

Using elements of another culture without respect or understanding.

Afrocentrism

Movement placing Africa at the center of cultural and historical interpretation.

Afrofuturism

Cultural movement mixing Black culture with futuristic or science fiction themes.

Katabasis

A journey into or through the underworld.

Marcel Camus

Black Orpheus

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Notes Towards an African Orestes

Melvin van Peebles

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song

Spike Lee

Malcolm X, Chi-Raq, BlacKkKlansman

Quentin Tarantino

Inglourious Basters, Django Unchained

Ernest R. Dickerson

Never Die Alone

John Singleton

Baby Boy

Jorge Gutierrez

The Book of Life

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk

Ryan Coogler

Black Panther

Rashid Johnson

Native Son

Demitrius and the Gladiators

A biblical adventure about a Christian slave involved in gladiator combat.

Spartacus(Film)

Story of a slave who becomes a gladiator and leads a rebellion against Rome.

Black Caesar

Crime drama about a Black gangster rising to power in New York City.

Cleopatra Jones

Action film about an agent who fights international drug traffickers.

Achille

A St. Lucian fisherman, haunted by personal and cultural identity, central to the narrative.

Hector

Character in Omeros paralleling the Trojan hero and rivaling Achille.

Philoctete

Character in Omeros whose leg wound symbolizes historical trauma.

Helen

Character in Omeros modeled on Helen of Troy. A woman who becomes the focus of Achille and Hector’s affections, connecting personal and mythic drama.

Omeros

Title figure of Walcott's epic representing the Homeric tradition.

Afolabe

Achille's father in Omeros representing ancestry and memory.

Ben Hur

Fictional Jewish prince enslaved by Rome who seeks revenge.

Sheik Ilderim

Character in Ben Hur who helps by providing horses for the chariot race.

Margaret Garner

Enslaved woman whose story inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved.

Pharoah Sanders

Jazz saxophonist known for spiritual and avant garde music.

Sun Ra

Jazz musician known for cosmic philosophy and early Afrofuturist art.

When did Spatacus(novel) come out?

1951

When did Spatacus(screenplay) come out?

1960

When did Black Panther(novel) come out?

1966

When did Black Athena come out?

1987(BA)

When did Beloved come out?

1987

When did Omeros come out?

1990