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Mythology Key Terms

All the key terms that were in the mythology quiz. Only the second half.

TermDefinition
Entheogen Something ingested Transports someone somewhere else Can be a drink or a type of food
Ilium (or Ilion) Greek word for Troy Romans changed the name Where the Battle of Troy happened Hector was the prince of the land
Epic cycle The Iliad and The Odyssey and the myths surrounding them
Epithet Something used to describe people Can come after or before Used to fill meter
The Homeric question Who was Homer? Was Homer one person? Is it possible to have such long songs stored in one person's head?
Promachoi Front line soldiers Aren't really covered by the shields
Aiodos Personifications of shame Remind people to have self respect Involved in The Iliad when Achillies drags Hectors body
Menis Divine wrath Big in the Iliad Muse of Wrath Vessel of emotions during the Iliad
Achilles Son of Peleus & Thetis Big warrior in the Trojan War Prophecy about him
Marriage of Peleus & Thetis Marriage caused the Trojan War Parents of Achillies
Xenia Guest host relations Paris violates this when he steals Helen
Helen Sort of the reason for the start of the Trojan War Wife of Menelaus Twin of Clymnestra Zeus is her dad
Timê Honor
Kleos What warriors want Essentially honor Achilles gets his stolen
Hubris Excessive pride or confidence
Rhapsode Essential bards Singers of the big long epics
Agamemnon Brother of Menelaus His second in command during the Trojan War Husband of Clymnestra Makes it home after the Trojan War, however, he dies after
Scamander River that Achillies stabs He gets angry after Achillies fills him (the river) with water He is also the son of Hector
Ajax Gets home from the Trojan War Gets blinded by madness Finds a sheep that he thinks is Odysseus and tortures it Finds out what he did and commits suicide by falling on his sword
Muse 9 daughters of Zeus Give the songs to the bards Music Usually summoned in the beginning lines of the Homeric Hymns
Odysseus
Psychopompos People who take the dead to the underworld Able to traverse the axis mundi Hermes takes men, Hecate takes women
Calypso Keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years Imprisoned on the island by Zeus because she is a Titan Destined to never leave Doesn't want Odysseus to leave
Penelope Wife of Odysseus Trickster hero Fends of lots of suitors while she waits for Odysseus Whole weaving thing
Demodocus Blind poet in The Odyssey Is telling the story of the Iliad to Odysseus
Etruscans Precursor to the Romans Romans borrowed their culture
Lares House spirits Spirits of the ancestors Romans carry the busts of their ancestors in their funeral processions Face masks of the recently dead put on by actors
Penates House gods
Vergil Wrote the Aneid Also an animus in Dantes Inferno Adds subtle shade in the Aneid
Aeneas Main character of the Aneid Major person in Roman mythology
Dido Queen of Carthos Affair with Aneas Commits suicide Aneas sees her in the Underworld, and she turns away sadly
Livy Someone who wrote about Rome during the Roman Empire Lived during the time of Ovid and Vergil Move to create national literature to explain why Rome is special
Romulus Founder of Rome Kills his brother, Remus Mother was raped by Mars Raised by wolves and farmers
Lucretia Very important figure in Roman mythology Gets raped by a god, so kills herself Death gets avenged by Brutus
Brutus Very important in Roman mythology
Isis Wife of Osiris Egyptian mythology Usually depicted with wings and a crown like a sun disc
Osiris Husband of Osiris Egyptian mythology Usually has a long beard and green skin and big long crown and necklace thing
Catabasis Going down to the underworld
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