Homer
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| the Homeric question |
aoidos |
formula; oral composition |
rhapsode |
| panhellenism |
dactylic hexameter
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Iliad:
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| proem |
menis |
geras |
time |
| kleos |
Homeric simile |
ecphrasis |
akhos/penthos ("grief") |
| Achilleus (akhos + laos) |
Agamemnon |
Menelaos |
Diomedes |
| Aias (x2) |
Odysseus |
Helen |
Priam |
| Paris/Alexandros |
Hektor |
Aineias/Aeneas |
Sarpedon |
| Andromache |
Hekabe/Hecuba |
Briseis |
Nestor |
| Patroklos |
Meleager/Kleopatra (including the meaning of her name) /Phoinix
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Iliad gods:
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| Muse |
Thetis |
Zeus |
Hera |
| Athene |
Aphrodite |
Apollo |
Poseidon |
| Hephaistos |
Hermes (Argeïphontes)
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Odyssey:
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| nostos |
polytropos Odysseus |
Ithaka |
the suitors |
| Helen's drug, ne-penthe |
Phaiakians |
underworld |
ring composition |
| Cretan lies |
Odysseus' scar
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Odyssey people
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| Odysseus (odussomai) |
Outis "Nobody" |
Telemachos |
Penelope |
| Laertes |
Phemios |
Demodokos |
Agamemnon/Orestes/Aigisthos/Klytaimestra |
| Eurykleia |
Eumaios |
Kalypso (kalupto) |
Nausikaä |
| Alkinoös |
Polyphemos |
Autolykos
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Argonautika
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| aetia/aetiology (poetry about "origins") |
Alexandria, the library of Alexandria |
Hellenistic |
Callimachus
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| Aristotle's criteria for good epic |
the role of the gods |
the poet's relationship to the Muse |
Jason |
| Herakles |
Hypsipyle |
Hylas |
Amykos |
| Phineus |
Erato |
Eros |
Medeia |
Aiëtes
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Apsyrtos |
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Catullus 64
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Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
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the ecphrasis: Ariadne |
Achilles in the song of the Fates
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Aeneid
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role of the gods
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Aeneas, pius Aeneas, pietas |
Anchises |
Ascanius/Iülus (ancestor of the Julii/Julius Caesar/Augustus) |
| Troy |
Rome |
Carthage |
Dido |
| Creusa |
Turnus |
Evander |
Cacus |
| Pallas |
Lavinia |
Sibyl |
shield of Aeneas |
battle of Actium
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Antony |
Cleopatra |
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Metamorphoses
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metamorphosis |
characterization of the narrator |
creation as metamorphosis |
narrative technique (e.g., stories within stories) |
"one continuous song from nature's first / remote beginnings to our modern times"
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"retelling" of Iliad and Aeneid |
apotheosis |
the epilogue |
Met. characters (from major stories discussed in class) e.g.:
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Jupiter/Lycaon
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Deucalion and Pyrrha |
Apollo/Daphne |
Phaethon |
| battle at wedding of Perseus and Andromeda |
Arachne |
Medea |
Daedalus |
| Achelous / Pirithoos / Lelex (contrasting responses to stories in book 8) |
Hercules |
Orpheus |
Pygmalion |
| Myrrha |
Achilles |
Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs |
Ajax and Ulysses (battle over arms of Achilles) |
Pythagoras and his philosophy
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Omeros
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| terza rima |
Achille |
Hector |
narrator |
| Helen |
Dennis and Maud Plunkett |
Philoctete |
Ma Kilman |
Seven Seas |
St. Lucia |
"O-mer-os" (meaning of the name) |
Afolabe |
| griot |
Battle of the Saints |
W. Homer's "The Gulf Stream" |
narrator's father (Warwick) |
| the swift |
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