CV final

in medias res

into the middle of things

menis

anger, wrath of the gods

heroic code

glory/kleos

kleos

glory

kudos

glory for accomplishing great deed

gera

prize

time

honor

Homeric simile

Xenia

guest friendship

hubris

pride

fate

higher power (both gods and mortals), only Achilles has choice

supplication

acknowledge power, bad to reject

Aristeia

moment prowess

Achilles (Illiad)

betrayal/loss of honor, moral injury

Agamemnon (illiad)

loses prize (Chryeis) takes Achilles prize (Briseis)

Apollo(illiad)

sends plague for release of Chryseis, side with Trojans, knocks off Patroclus armor

Briseis(illiad)

Achilles’ prize, taken by Agamemnon (why retreats from war)

Nestor(illiad)

tries to get Agamemnon and Achilles to reconcile, too old for combat

Thetis(illiad)

sea nymph, Achilles mother (married to Peleus), turns to Zeus for help

Zeus(illiad)

refuses to join war, somewhat interferes because of Thetis (Trojans)

Odysseus(illiad)

ambassador to Achilles, doesn’t argue to join

Hera(illiad)

queen of gods, supports Greeks

Hephaestus(illiad)

innovation, supports greeks

Menelaus(illiad)

tries to retrieve helen, almost kills Paris

Paris(illiad)

Trojan prince, married to Helen, saved by Aphrodite

Hector(illiad)

Trojan prince, powerful warrior

Helen(illiad)

most beautiful woman, reason for war, refuses Aphrodite

Priam(illiad)

king of troy

Athena(illiad)

goddess of wisdom, supports greeks

Ares(illiad)

god of war, supports Trojans

Aphrodite(illiad)

supports Trojans, protects Diomedea as charioteer

Hecuba(illiad)

trojan queen

Andromache(illiad)

wife of hector, ideal marriage

Astyanax(illiad)

hector’s son, murdered by being thrown over city walls

Book 14/15 (illiad)

Dios apate, seduction of zeus (hubris), stakes of gods/mortals

Book 16 (illiad)

Aresteia and death of Patroclus (hector), Sarpedon (archetype father god), fate vs will

Book 18 (illiad)

Shield of Achilles, Ekphrasis (describe art-chance for commentary), agriculture/fates/world values

Book 19 (illiad)

achilles returns to battle, briseis monologue/lament (mourn for Patroclus/world)

Book 21 (Illiad)

Achilles rage, trojan slaughter (kills son of Lycaon, son of Priam, who he sold into slavery)

Book 22 (Illiad)

Duel and death of Hector, clash of fate (Apollo/athena)

Book 23 (illiad)

funeral of Patroclus

Book 24 (illiad)

ransoming hector, Priam in greek camp (supplication)

Eleos

mercy/compassion (not obligated for enemies)

Catabasis

journey to underworld

Ekphrasis

describe art-chance for commentary

Aristeia

dramatic scene of heroic moments

Sarpedon

son of zeus (couldn’t step in to save), killed by patroclus

Cebriones

son of priam, slave

Xanthus

Achilles’ horse, immortal

Balius

achilles’ horse, immortal

Lycaon

priams son, sold to slave, begs to achilles but killed

Xanthus

river (gods name), scamander (humans), two springs

Deïphobus

son of priam/Hecuba, athena impersonated, killed by achilles

Hermes

priam’s charioteer, supports trojans

Aeschylus

90 play (7 surviving), fought in battles, wrote oresteia

Oresteia

connected triology, complex language, choral performance

Agamemnon(play Oresteia)

first play, homecoming, killed by Clytemnestra/aegisthus

Libation Bearers(Oresteia)

2nd play, Orestes/electra libation at tomb, kills Clytemnestra/aegisthus (furies punish)

Eumenides(Oresteia)

first murder trial (furies prosecution/apollo defense), furies terrifying

Electra(Oresteia)

daughter of Agamemnon/Clytemnestra, saved brother Orestes, helped kill mom/lover

Orestes(Oresteia)

son of Agamemnon, gets revenge for father, put on trial

Clytemnestra(Oresteia)

murders her husband with help of Aegisthus, avenge daughter iphigenia, murdered by son,

Agamemnon(Oresteia)

returns home with cassandra, stabbed in bathtub

Iphigenia(Oresteia)

sacrificed by Agamemnon for battle

Aulis(Oresteia)

Greek town (seaside), preformed by

Calchas(Oresteia)

seer, tells to sacrifice iphigenia

Artemis(Oresteia)

offended by Agamemnon, forces Iphigenia background

Signal fires(Oresteia)

announces fall of troy and the return of agamemnon

Red carpet/tapestry scene(Oresteia)

Clytemnestra makes agamemon walk on robes, honor/foreshadow (like blood), women’s cleverness

Cassandra(Oresteia)

seer, no one believes visions of hers and agamemnon’s death

Third speaking actor(Oresteia)

used more efficiently, speaks words of apollo/gods

Aegisthus(Oresteia)

Clytemnestra’s lover, helps kill Agamemnon (revenge for father Thyestes)

Messenger Speech(Oresteia)

tells of death (Agamemnon/Cassandra)

ekkyklema(Oresteia)

reveals corpses of Agamemnon and cassandra

Justice(Oresteia)

law of retaliation (little compassion)

Revenge (Oresteia)

continuous cycle (Clytemnestra, Orestes)

Areopagus(Oresteia)

setting of trial set up by athena

Council/Court(Oresteia)

murder trial has jury (100+), tie to defendant, 12 in play

Recognition scene(Oresteia)

anagnorisis, Electra and Orestes recognize

Pylades(Oresteia)

keeps orestes after Clytemestra’s affair, helps kill Clytemnestra

The Furies(Oresteia)

terrifying (cause passing out, early labor), justice against Orestes

Delphi(Oresteia)

trial occurs at temple of Apollo in Delphi

Pythia(Oresteia)

priestess of apollo, invocation over Orestes

Apollo(Oresteia)

visions to Cassandra, defends Orestes

Athena(Oresteia)

judge, determines not to kill Orestes

Trial by jury(Oresteia)

100+, tie to defendant

persuasion(Oresteia)

Athena’s rhetoric

Eumenides (kindly minded ones)

furies

Panathenaic Procession(Oresteia)

festival, panathenaea, play competitions

Ajax (Ajax)

offended by not receiving armor, tries to kill leaders, kills himself

Salamis(Ajax)

Island where ajax is from, prince of

Achilles(Ajax)

after death fight over armor

Odysseus(Ajax)

gets armor, convinces men to give ajax funeral

Athena(Ajax)

gives ajax false visions

Tecmessa(Ajax)

ajax’s concubine, pleads with ajax to not leave her/child

Teucer(Ajax)

ajax’s half-brother, told by prophet keeping ajax in tent is keeping him alive

Menelaus(Ajax)

decides to give armor to Odysseus, doesn’t want to bury

Agamemnon(Ajax)

decides to give armor to Odysseus, critiques Ajax

Chorus(Ajax)

soldiers and sailors dependant on leader

Three Actor Rule(Ajax)

have to switch actor/body to keep rule