Oedipus1. Oedipus Greek hero. Has two mortal parents, Merope and Polybos. “Oedipus” means oed = “swollen” and pous = “foot”; swollen foot because he had the pins in his ankles. Oedipus is told he will kill his father and marry his mother.2. Laios King of Thebes. Him and his wife, Jacasta, go to Apollo to see how they can have children.3. Jocasta Queen of Thebes. Herself and her husband, Laios, go to Apollo to see how they can have children.4. Thebes Laios and Jacasta are the king and queen of Thebes.5. Delphic oracle oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Thought of as a place where you could communicate directly with a god at this place. Often a priest/priestess there to act as an intermediary. Tells Oedipus he will kill his father and marry his mother.6. Apollo God of prophecy. Laios and Jocasta go to Apollo to see how they can have children. 7. Delphi the place where the Oracle of Apollo was. It was thought of as a place where you could communicate directly with a god. Often a priest/priestess there to act as an intermediary.8. Merope Queen of Cornith. Receive Oedipus from a shepherd and raises him as their own.9. Polybos King of Cornith. Receive Oedipus from a shepherd and raises him as their own.10. Corinth Merope and Polybos are the king and queen of Cornith. Oedipus leaves Corinth to “save” his parents, so they wont be in danger of him killing his father, Polybos, or marrying his mother, Merope.11. Creon Jocasta’s brother, Oedipus’ uncle. Becomes King of Thebes when Oedipus kills Laios.12. Sphinx Sphinx is a monster that terrorizes Thebes. He asks a riddle and kills whoever can’t answer it. Oedipus solves the riddle and Sphinx jumps to her death. Creon rewards him kingship and the queen Jocasta. The oracle has been fulfilled; he has killed his father and now married his mother. 13. Sophocles Athenian tragedian. Lived to be around 90 years old. Wrote over 120 plays however we only have 7. 14. Oedipus the King written by Aristotle.15. Aristotle philosopher. Uses Oedipus the king as a model for all tragedies.16. Poetics Literary criticism. Philosopher Aristotle uses this. 17. Hamartia Harmata is not a tragic “flaw”, which was the oldview, but it was a “mistake” made by hero of tragedy. Repeated mistakes lead to their doom.18. Anagnorisis Means recognition. At first the hero can’t really see whats going on and then they have a moment of realization and finally realizes what was going on as seen with Oedipus. 19. dramaticirony audience knows more than characters. This is seen as Oedipus doesn’trealize when he kills the old man, he is really killing his father. 20. Teiresias bilnd prohphet. Finally tells Oedipus he is the murderer. 21. Chiton pins on Jocasta’s dress. After realizing the oracle was true, and seeing Jocasta hung her self, he uses the pins on her dress to gauge his eyes out. 22. Sigmund Freud Austrian psychiatrist. Came up with the Oedipus Complex. According to Freud, all sons want to sleep with their mothers and they’re jealous of the fathers.23. OedipusComplex Created by Freud. It is the sexual desire of son for mother and the jealousy of son for father.24. Herodotus Greek historian. He has a different metaphorical meaning for Greeks. Tellsthe story of Hippias, the exiled Athenian tyrant.25. Hippias exiled Athenian tyrant. Greek historian Herodotus tells his story. Another Oedipus: The Tragedies of Sophocles and Seneca26. Seneca 4 BCE – 65 CE. Roman statesman, philosopher, and author. He was the advisor to Roman Emperor Nero and the prominent Roman Stoic.27. Stoic Seneca was the prominent Roman Stoic. Stoics believe that the world would endin either fire or water.28. Seneca’sOedipus examined themes he thought was important. Had many similarities as well as differences from Sophocles’’ Oedipus.Rig Veda29. Rig Veda oldest literary work of India. Earliest form of Sanskrit language. Rig “praise+ veda “knowledge”; knowledge in the praise of the gods.30. Sanskrit Indo-European language. Related to English, ancient Greece, Latin, and German. The Rig Veda was the earliest form of Sanskrit language.31. Vedic people composed Rig Veda. We think they called themselves the Aryans.32. Agni Vedic god of fire. Binatural god. Controls all possible senses of fire33. Soma Defied sacred drink. We don’t know exactly what Soma was made of but it wasa drink that somehow produced a narcotic, high effect. 34. Indra King of the Vedic gods. God of thunder and war. Avid drinker of soma.35. Vritra Dragon/serpant. Holding back all the waters of the world. Indrud uses her thunderbolts to attack and kill Vritra and then rivers are created.36. Tiamat Sea god who battles a storm god and her waters are released to create rivers similar to Vritra. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are created out of her eyes. 37. Sarama Indra’s dog. Loyal dog that can talk.38. Panis demons who live beyond the River Rasa that encircles the heaven and earth. They stole cattle, and Indra’s dog, Sarama is tracking down the cattle. 39. riverRasa encircles the heavens and the earth. The Panis, or demons, live beyond it. 40. Golden Embryo unknown creator god. Given the title, not the name, as the Golden Embryo. Referred to as Hiranyagarbha. There are a lot of internal contradictions with the golden embryo. 41. Hiranyagarbha is the Golden Embryo. Gold = hirany and womb/seed/embryo/egg = garbha.42. Prajapati creator god. seen in a later addition.43. Purusha comsic giant and primeval male. He is not a human being, he is a god and a giant. Sacrificed to create the universe.44. Aditi female creative force/infinity. we think she is the mother of Indra. Give birth to earth which holds up the sky.45. Daksha male creative force. Aditi vies birth to him and he gives birth to her. Another internal contradiction. 46. Martanda Sun god. one of Aditit’s sons. Rejected by Aditi because the sun dies (sets)every day she thinks it’s defected.47. Yama King of the dead. First moral to reach death realm, succefully making it to the afterlife. 48. Three Days of Soma Ceremony. After cremation the fire burns for 3 days.Chinese Creation and Flood49. Chinese Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China. Distinguished by its high level of internal diversity.50. Shang (or
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