34 Cards in this Set
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Syncretism
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"growing together", Harmonizing of cults and myths into one
Big differences dealt with or ignored in the long run
shown with Christianity and Dionysus' worship in Roman Times
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Ecstasy
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"out of body", part of theater and Dionysus' worship
become something abnormal in the process
ritual madness, music and wild parties/orgies - full of women
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Phanes aka. Eros
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Hatched from Egg mad in Aether by Chronus and creator of everything
Had daughter, Night, - partner in creation and successor
eventually swallowed by Zeus along with its creation
Story from the Orphic bible
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Kantharos
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cup that Dionysus carries around, associated with wine
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Hero Cult
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Cult based on a hero - like Orpheus
more individual and personal - more direct relationship with deity
popular in Roman Empire
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Silenus
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Tutor of Dionysus - a Sileni
Led to Midas getting his golden touch - returned him to Dionysus after Silenus got drunk
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Aegis
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the shield or breastplate of Athena
Had a protective quality - had Medusa's head on it
Part of the story of Pallas - Zeus intervened during their fight with it
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Heinrich Schiliemann
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foundation of modern archeology
Looked for Troy and evidence of the validity of Lliad and its geography
excavated Mycenae - fortress of Agamemnon
often criticized as an "amatuer"
found some good stuff but its validity is questionable
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Athena Polias
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Patron of Athens, had contest with Poseidon for it
Shown in many scenes in the Acropolis
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Labrys
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Minoan double headed axe, sacred object in Crete
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Arachne
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Woman who boasted she was a good a weaver as Athena (bad idea)
had a contest with Athena - there was no fault in her work
This angered Athena who went after her with a sharp object
Athena takes pity on her and turns her into a spider so she can weave forever
story shows earnestness in…
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Cyclopean Walls
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Large walls around palaces and homes of Aristocracy in Mycenea
Seen in excavation of it
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Brauron
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central place of worship for cult of Artemis
for young girls - rite of passage - preparation for adulthood, lived at sanctuary
"play the bear' - from when young girls brother killed a bear
found statues of young girls with small animals
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Spartoi
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-"sown men"
-Athena tells Cadmus to sow dragon's teeth together (Ares' serpent)
-fight until 5 left (including Chthonius)
Become the noble families of Thebes
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Callisto
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follower of Artemis who gets pregnant by Zeus disguised as Artemis
Pregnancy discovered while bathing in a stream
Had a son Arcas - after was turned into a bear by a jealous Hera
Later son almost kills her bear self - prevented by Zeus -> both turned into constelations
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Jocasta
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Mother (and later wife) of Oedipus and wife of Laius
Hangs herself when she realizes what she had done
victim of curse on Laius' family
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Delos
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island of birth of Artemis and Apollo
Home of Apollo and site of one of his sanctuaries
only place that would accept the pregnant Leto
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Riddle of the Sphinx
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"what has one name, 4 legs, 2 legs, and 3 legs?'
answer: a man - said by Oedipus and it wins him the kingdom and mom/wife
Sphinx had been tormenting Thebes with it, eating those who couldnt answer it
Sphinx - woman's head, lion body, bird wings
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Tripod
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What Apollo's prophetess Pythia sat on to deliver her prophecies
also had practical uses - heating/lighting
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Danaë
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Mom of Perseus, follows female version of Propp's structure
slept with Zeus ( he was a gold shower) while she was hidden away
refuses Polydectes later - sort of leads to Perseus' quest
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Asclepius
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son of Apollo who takes over his role as god of medicine/healing
becomes god - center of worship = Epidaurus, guild of physicians - Asclepiadean
Restores sick, blessed savior and miracle worker
method of healing - incubation (sleep in a holy place)
Restores Hippocreates to life after …
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Parerga
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side adventure, seen in labors of Heracles
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Panathenaea
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Games/festival in Athena, minor ever year, and important every 4
People mad special procession up to the Acropolis - food and animal sacrifices
Involved dedication of the peplos - garment worn by women
Woven by young girls, given to Athena Pallas and put on her wooden statue
Establish…
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The Nemaen Lion
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1st of Heracles' labors, needed his pelt
killded by Heracles' club or maybe he strangles it
Heracles used its own claw to skin it for a cloak
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Omphalos
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"navel", archaic stone shaped like an egg, wrapped in wool and worshiped
The stone that Cronus swallowed instead of Zeus
Sat in Delphi - signified the physical center of the Earth
found when Zeus sent out 2 eagles and they met in the middle
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Procrustes - "the stretcher"
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One of the bad guys that Theseus killed
had a hammer, a saw, and a bed - made people fit the bed
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Hermes Argeiphontes
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called this because he killed Argos, the monster that was guarding Io. Zeus ordered him to do this because he wanted her. Hermes had no other way to free her besides this.
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Kibisis
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Legend of Perseus
Magic sac/wallet used to store Medusa's severed head
One of the magical objects he got from nymphs
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Talaria
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Hermes' winged sandals, one of his symbols
gave him the ability to travel and fly and protected his feet
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Erechtheus
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Early king of Attica/Athens, can be thought of as a form of Poseidon
Ancestor of Perseus
Erechteum named after him - altar to Poseidon and Athena both
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Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
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lead to the formation of 1st hermaphrodite
Hermaphroditus is the son of Hermes and Aphrodite
Salmacis tried to rape him and then prayed they'd never by sepatated - combined forever into one being
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The Argo
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Ship of the Argonauts, "swift"
made by Argus with Athena's help
had piece of oak from Dodonas (Zeus' oracle) - had power to speak
Homer calls it "all man's concern"
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Chimera
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horrible monster: lion front, serpant's tail and goat middle, breathed fire
Killed by Bellerophon, its removal increased order in the univers
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Medea
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Follower of Hecate (basically a witch) and niece of Circe
Crazy and scary - kills/dismembers several people
marries jason of Argonauts and causes him a lot of grief at the end
ends up killing his children and running off
Also marries king Aegeus of Thens adn has a son Medus
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CC 303: Exam 2