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Blind poet who lived more than seven hundred years before Christ
Homer
Homer´s two beautiful epic adventures
the Iliad and the Odyssey
“The Death of Hector” is from
the iliad
The word Iliad means
“the tale of Ilios” (Troy)
“Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweat from off them and drank to quench their thirst, leaning against the goodly battlements.
The Death of Hector
King of Troy and father of Hector
King Priam
a daughter of Zeus, goddess of arts and wisdom who supported the Greeks in the Trojan war
Athene
one of Hectors brothers, whom Athene disguised herself as
Deïphobus
The Return of Odysseus
Selection from
Homer; Odyssey
Odysseus disguised himself as
a beggar
Trojan war lasted
10 years
Odysseus was not home for
20 years
Odysseus was
a Greek King
Odysseus wife
Penelope
Odysseus son
Telemachus
Odysseus saught shelter with
Emaeus
any long or extended journey or adventure
odyssey
Odysseus dog
Argos
Homer and the Bible: How books mold nations
Francis Wayland
Theme of: The brevety of life
Not a moment of the brief life should be wasted
Vital spark of heavenly flame!
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame:
the dying christian to his soul
the dying christian to his soul
Alexander Pope
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
Death be not proud
Theme of Elegy for Heraclitus
Death takes away almos everything, but memories and ideas. Those death cannot touch
brief anecdote told in a simple, direct style in prose or verse describing a single incident and designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters
fable
where was Pauls sermon preached
Mars´hill, Athens Greece
form of literature in prose or poetry (or a combination of the two) which uses actors to portray a story´s characters, action, and dialogue.
drama
written instructions designed to aid in producing the play and helping the reader visualize the setting of scenes by giving details of time, place, scenery, props, and the entrances and exits of characters
stage directions
the conversation between two or more characters, or all the speeches of the play taken collectively
dialogue
a speech by one character alone on the stage
soliloquy
a comment made to the audience that the other characters are not supposed to have heard
aside
movements and speech of characters performing or “acting out” situations on the stage, but more than this, it involves the whole pattern of events telling the story
actions
persons who perform the action
characters
arrangement of events
plot
hero
protagonist
opponent
antagonist
dramatic structure of a five act play
exposition, rising action, climax or crisis, falling action, and catastrophe or denouement
something that interrupts a static situation often in the form of a new character
inciting force
drama has traditionally been divided into
tradegy and comedy
the greek theater was divided into:
auditorium, orchestra, and skene
where the audience sat
auditorium
acted as the stage
orchestra
for changing costumes and housing the scenery
skene
group of dancers and singers
chorus
___________;exceptional character, though not perfect, who undergoes a morally significant struggle which ends disastrously
He has a __________, a weakness or defect which along with fate helps bring about his downfall.
tragic hero, tragic flaw
gives the introductory background or exposition
prologue
choral entry ode, the song delivered as the chorus enters the orchestra
parados
after the parados follow
five episodes or scenes separated by choral odes
The odes are made up of three parts
strophe, antistrophe and epode
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