greek mythology extra credit

hemartia

error in knowledge

hubris

equation yourself with one of the gods

catharsis

purge of pity and fear

what does a tragedy have to have

must be a movie or play and a big loss

non contingency

the illusion you have controll over the world

epistrmology

1 how much a character knows about their knowledge

2 how does the character act/make their decisions with their knowledge

how does non contingency and confrontation with negation relate

they work off of each other. it leads to tragic demise of charecter

confrontation with negation

forces that are working against the tragic figure

Appolian perspective

reason, order, law, logic, human intelect

Dionysian perspective

side, irritability, anarchy, disorder

primordial deities

• chaos

• gaia

• erubus

• nyx'

• eros

• tartarus

• uranus

The titans

• oceanus, tethys

• hyperion, theia

• coeus, phoebe

• cronus, and rhea

• memory

• themis crius

• iapetus

Zeus

king of all gods

hera

goddess of marriage and childbirth

poseidon

god of the sea

demeter

goddess of harvest and agriculture

Ares

god of war and courage

athena

goddess of wisdom

apollo

god of archery

artemis

god of hunt

aphrpdiete

goddess of love and beauty

hephaestus

god of fire and metal working

hermes

“the messenger” god of trade and luck

9 muses (daughters of zeus and memory)

calliope

clio

erato

euterpe

melpomene

polyhymnia

terpsichore

thalia

urania

the fates

clothos, lachesis, atropos

Three Fates

Clothos (Spin), Lachesis (Determine), Atropos (Cut)

First Axion

murder calls for retribution

Second Axion

Suffering is the only way of learning

Third Axion

Middle ground is always good

Aidos

Shame

Anthropomorphism

Turning into a human being

Arete

Virtue

Aristeia

a warriors exelence

Ate

blindness, madness

Dactylic Hexameter

A long syllable followed by two short

Dolos

Trickery

In Medias res

into the middle of things

Invocation

the start of an epic

Kleos

Imortal Flame

Moira

Portion

Nemesis

Righteous indignation

Nostoi

Return voyages

Penthos

Suffering

Xenia

bond of guest friendship

personification

treating an object as if it were living

What god was born of Zeus and Semele

Dyonisius

Who is zeus’s daughter who rivals him in wisdom

Athena

Is death necessary in tragedy

No, as long as there is a big loss

Did the greek gods get in affairs with the men

Yes

Dionisus

god of wine and ectasy

What greek city is named after Zeus’s daughter

Athens

Cronus and Rhea

Zeus’s parents

What does Cronus do to his children

Eat them

How many brothers did Hercules have to undertake

12

How did Rhea trick Kronos

She gave him rocks instead of Zeus