CLT 3378 05 Exam 2 Terms While I believe these terms to be accurate I cannot be help responsible if they are not Good luck Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Son of goddess Ninsun and King Lugulbanda Kills the giant Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven Unug City that Lugulbanda and Gilgamesh are king of Walls around Urug were built by Gilgamesh Akkadian Mesopotamian Civilization Made up of Assyrians and Babylonians Uruk Akkadian name of Unug Bilgames is king of Uruk Bilgames Akkadian name for Gilgamesh Bilgames is king of Uruk Ninsun Goddess Mother of Gilgamesh Lugalbanda King of Unug Father of Gilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh Babylonian myth Comprised of 12 tablets Belit ili Creates Gilgamesh and Enkidu Also known as Aruru Mami and Nintu Enkidu Created by Aruru Belit ili Gilgamesh s second self second self The hero s equal The hero s second self usually dies Shamhat Prostitute acquired by hunter from Gilgamesh Sleeps with Enkidu which civilizes him Ishtar Goddess of sex Sees Gilgamesh naked and wants to sleep with him but gets rejected Humbaba Giant Protector of the Pine Forest Killed by Gilgamesh Ellil boss of the gods Gave Humbaba his job as protector of the forest Shamash Sun Prayed to by Gilgamesh Sends 4 winds to immobilize Humbaba Bull of Heaven Sent to wreak havoc on Uruk by Anu after pleas from Ishtar Killed by Gilgamesh Utnapishtim Only human to acquire immortality Gives sleep test to Gilgamesh to see if he can become immortal but he fails Siduri Alewife beer seller Tells Gilgamesh to find Urshanabi in order to find Utnapishtim Urshanabi ferryman across the sea Takes Gilgamesh to Utnapishtim Apsu reservoir of freshwater between earth and the underworld Gilgamesh crosses Apsu to reach Utnapishtim in the underworld ring composition a story starts and ends with the same thing The Epic of Gilgamesh has ring composition because it starts and ends talking about how Gilgamesh built the walls or Uruk with his bare hands Nature Wilderness Represented by Enkidu Culture City Uruk Represented by Gilgamesh Structuralism Part of Modern Critical Theory The human mind thinks in terms of binary opposites Tale of Bulaqiya Tale of Buluqiya Arabic myth One of 300 stories in The Thousand and One Nights The Thousand and One Nights Arabic collection of 300 myths Contains the Tale of Bulaqiya Arabian Nights Another name for The Thousand and One Nights Arabic collection of myths Arabic Language of The Thousand and One Nights Islam Religion of Arab countries The Thousand and One Nights set in pre Islam time Sassanid Arabic empire from 224 651 CE Mohammed died during the reign of the Sassanids frame story Begins and ends an entire collection The frame story of The Thousand and One Nights is about Scheherazade stopping the murders of Shahriar Shahriar the Sultan king Marries virgins and kills them because his wife cheated on him Sultan an Arabic King Vizier the sultan s righ hand man Father of Scheherazade Scheherazade daughter of sultan s vizier Volunteers to marry Shahriar to stop his murders Shahrazad another name for Scheherazade Volunteers to marry Shahriar to stop his murders Sulaiman prophet Owner of powerful ring in Tale of Bulaqiya Isle of Seven Seas location of Sulaiman s ring The seven seas must be crossed to get to the ring Yamlika Only person who knows ring s location Tries to talk Bulaqiya and Affan out of getting ring by offering plant of eternal youth Affan Bulaqiya s guide to the ring Dies because Bulaqiya says a protective spell backwards Hasib Yamlika acts as narrator to Hasib in The Tale of Bulaqiya imbedded narrative story within a story within a story Yamlika acts as a narrator to Hasib in The Tale of Bulaqiya Allah name for God in Islam Forbid Adam from eating from the tree of knowledge which is guarded by a giant in The Tale of Bulaqiya Achilles Trojan War war between the Greeks and the Trojans Fought at Troy for 10 years Peleus Father of Achilles Married to Thetis a Nereid Thetis Nereid Mother of Achilles Married to Peleus Eris Binatural goddess of discord disharmony Only goddess not invited to wedding so she crashes it and brings a golden apple for the most beautiful woman Hera Zeus s wife Claims golden apple for herself Bribes Paris with political power Athena Zeus s daughter goddess of military wisdom Claims golden apple for herself Bribes Paris with military glory Aphrodite Zeus s daughter goddess of love beauty Claims golden apple for herself Bribes Paris by promising him the most beautiful woman in the world Paris shepherd and prince of Troy Chosen by Zeus to decide who gets golden apple Chooses Aphrodite Alexander another name for Paris shepherd and prince of Troy Chosen by Zeus to decide who gets golden apple Chooses Aphrodite Troy location of the Trojan War Also know as Ilium Menelaus King of Sparta Wife Helen is stolen by Paris Helen Queen of Sparta Daughter of Zeus Most beautiful woman in the world Stolen by Paris Sparta Military city state in Greece King is Menelaus and Queen is Helen Xenos Greek for guest host Sacred relationship in Greek Culture Xenia Greek for hospitality Sacred in Greek culture Violated by Paris when he steals Helen Agamemnon Brother of Menelaus Most powerful king in Greece Mycenae Sends rescue party for Helen Mycenae City state in Greece King is Agamemnon Homer Greek poet Author of The Iliad oral poetry Composed extemporaneously on the fly Possible that Homer was an oral poet Epithets A recurring descriptive word or phrase added to someone s name Used to add syllables in The Iliad Iliad Greek story about Ilium aka Troy Written by Homer Ilium Greek for Troy Location of the Trojan War in medias res means in the middle of things Written by Roman poet Horace because the Iliad starts in the middle of the action Greeks called themselves Hellenes in post Homeric times Called themselves Achaeans Argives and Danaans in Homeric times Hellenes what the Greeks called themselves Post Homeric Achaeans what the Greeks called themselves Homeric times Apollo god of healing and disease Sent plague into Greek camp Chryses Priest of Apollo Prays to Apollo to send plague because Agamemnon is holding his daughter Chryseis captive Chryseis daughter of Chryses Held captive by Agamemnon Calchas Greek prophet Tells Agamemnon that he needs to give Chryseis back to end the plague geras gerata spoils of war Determines how much tim honor someone has tim honor while alive Determined by someone s gerata Achilles greatest Greek warrior Son of Peleus and Thetis Demands that Agamemnon give
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