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hemartia

error in knowledge

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hubris

equation yourself with one of the gods

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catharsis

purge of pity and fear

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what does a tragedy have to have

must be a movie or play and a big loss

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non contingency

the illusion you have controll over the world

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epistrmology

1 how much a character knows about their knowledge

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

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how does non contingency and confrontation with negation relate

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

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confrontation with negation

forces that are working against the tragic figure

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Appolian perspective

reason, order, law, logic, human intelect

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Dionysian perspective

side, irritability, anarchy, disorder

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primordial deities

  • chaos

  • gaia

  • erubus

  • nyx'

  • eros

  • tartarus

  • uranus

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The titans

  • oceanus, tethys

  • hyperion, theia

  • coeus, phoebe

  • cronus, and rhea

  • memory

  • themis crius

  • iapetus

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Zeus

king of all gods

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hera

goddess of marriage and childbirth

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poseidon

god of the sea

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demeter

goddess of harvest and agriculture

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Ares

god of war and courage

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athena

goddess of wisdom

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apollo

god of archery

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artemis

god of hunt

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aphrpdiete

goddess of love and beauty

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hephaestus

god of fire and metal working

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hermes

“the messenger” god of trade and luck

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9 muses (daughters of zeus and memory)

calliope

clio

erato

euterpe

melpomene

polyhymnia

terpsichore

thalia

urania

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the fates

clothos, lachesis, atropos

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Three Fates

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

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First Axion

murder calls for retribution

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Second Axion

Suffering is the only way of learning

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Third Axion

Middle ground is always good

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Aidos

Shame

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Anthropomorphism

Turning into a human being

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Arete

Virtue

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Aristeia

a warriors exelence

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Ate

blindness, madness

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Dactylic Hexameter

A long syllable followed by two short

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Dolos

Trickery

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In Medias res

into the middle of things

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Invocation

the start of an epic

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Kleos

Imortal Flame

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Moira

Portion

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Nemesis

Righteous indignation

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Nostoi

Return voyages

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Penthos

Suffering

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Xenia

bond of guest friendship

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personification

treating an object as if it were living

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What god was born of Zeus and Semele

Dyonisius

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Who is zeus’s daughter who rivals him in wisdom

Athena

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Is death necessary in tragedy

No, as long as there is a big loss

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Did the greek gods get in affairs with the men

Yes

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Dionisus

god of wine and ectasy

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What greek city is named after Zeus’s daughter

Athens

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Cronus and Rhea

Zeus’s parents

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What does Cronus do to his children

Eat them

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How many brothers did Hercules have to undertake

12

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How did Rhea trick Kronos

She gave him rocks instead of Zeus

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