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Mythology Test 2.0
The Hero Journey
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achilles | Greek warrior--hid in girls' school to escape war--kills Hector--is killed by Paris by arrow in the heel |
| Acrisios | Perseus' grandfather--Perseus kills him in Larissa by discus in the foot--chthonian roots, where you meet the chthonian ground |
| Agememnon | Greek warrior and king who was killed by his wife (Clytemnestra) when he returned from Troy--spoke w/Odysseus in the underworld |
| Aias (Ajax) | Competed against Odysseus for Achilles' armor--loses, goes mad, and commits suicide by throwing himself on a sword after slaughtering a bunch of cattle |
| Aigeus | Theseus' father--leaves him sandals and sword--kills himself after T forgets to change sails to white |
| Aiolos | the keeper of winds who gives Odysseus a sealed bag of wind to sail back safely to Ithaca--Ody. f****d it up because his men opened it |
| aither | what the gods breathe |
| Alkmene | Heracles (Hercules)' mother. She screwed Zeus for three whole nights. Amphitryon comes back and she won't sleep with him. She has twins--Heracles and Iphicles |
| Amazons | warrior women--had only one breast--killed their men except to procreate, only raised women |
| ambrosia | what the gods eat |
| Amphitryon | The father of Iphicles, Heracles brother |
| Andromeda | Beautiful daughter of Cepheus and Cassiepeia in North Africe--was going to be sacrificed to Poseidon--Perseus saves (boon) |
| anemos | wind |
| anima | female helper--Athena (P), Ariadne (T), Martha and Kitt'n Britches girl (D), Penelope (O), |
| animus | male helper--Hermes (P), Lewis & Drew &Bobby & Griner & Sheriff & Lonnie (D), |
| Antaeus (Antaios) | a wrestler Herakles beats on the road--Herakles had to lift him off the ground (breaking his chthoninan connection) and crush him |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love--offered Helen to Paris-- |
| Arete | Wife of Akinoos, and Queen of Phaecia. Ody. appeals to her for help |
| Argoes | Land Perseus gave to Megapenthes in exchange |
| Ariadne | Theseus' woman--gives him the thread to get out of the labrynth--umbilical cord of rebirth? he leaves her & Dionysus takes her |
| Athena | Patron goddess of heroes, Helps Perseus with Medusa, helps H. with Nemean Lion, Stymphalian birds, and the underworld. Helps Ody. do everything |
| Atlas | titan who holds up the earth--tricked by H. into getting the apples and holding the earth again |
| Augeas | man who owns the stables H. has to clean |
| axis mundi | Something that connects the two worlds--similar to limen, but physical object--Large fiery tree, lightning struck tree, tree he shot out of, |
| Bobby Trippe | Bobby from Deliverance. Gets raped, doggy style, like Ed had done his wife earlier in the day. Degradation. The experience changes him and ruins his life, essentially. |
| Carl Jung | Dream analysis and individuation--psychological process of integrating the opposites including the conscious with the unconscious while still maintaining their relative autonomy, necessary for a person to become whole |
| Cassandra | Beautiful daughter of Priam and Hecuba. Locrian Ajax steals her at the end of the war and rapes her |
| Cerberus | The 3 headed monster-dog that guards the underworld |
| Cheiron | Wise-man of the centaurs--(H)injured in riot and substituted for Prometheus-- |
| Chrysaor | Small, golden man emerged on Pegasus from stump of Medusa when head removed |
| Clytemnestra | Conniving wife of Agememnon--killed him when he returned by slaughtering him like a sacrificial animal--formed a matriarchy--killed by son Orestes |
| Crete | Island where King Minos brought the Cretan Bull--site of Labyrinth @ Knossos |
| Cypria | 11 books of the epic cycle--judgement of Paris, rape of Helen, and war to the 9th year |
| Daedalus (Daidalos) | Builds labyrinth to imprison Minotaur--has to fly out of prison with son, Icarus, and I. dies in process -- also built cow for Pasiphae |
| Danae | Acrisius's Daughter--gave birth to Perseus -- slept with Zeus and Proteus |
| Danaos | Danaos had 50 daughters--moved to Argos--49 killed their husbands-The one who didn't let to Perseus (like 5 generations down) |
| Deianeira | Herakle's 2nd real wife--gets by wrestling boar--pissed because H. gets Iole, creates poison from Nessus's blood, semen, and olive oil--hangs self |
| Delos | birth island of Apollo and Artemis--site of cults for both |
| Drew Ballinger | Drew from Deliverance. Dies by either being shot/drowned. Left in the other world--doesn't get to go home. |
| Ed Gentry | Hero of Deliverance. Goes into the other world, his mind merges with his enemy, and he emerges improved with the River inside him. |
| Entheogen | vehicles into the other world--Deliverance: cars then canoes-- |
| Epic Cycle | A series of 78 books chronicling the Trojan war from beginning to end |
| Eumaios | Odysseus' swineherd and friend |
| Eurystheus | "The man" that Hercules (Heracles) has to run labors for and return to (remember? he hides in an underground box?)--born same day as Heracles |
| George Holley | the guy who used to work with Ed in Deliverance--after, he hired him back and he became his best friend besides Lewis |
| Geryon | 3 bodies joined @ waist--Herakles shot arrow at sun, sun impressed, gives him Golden cup--in it, he sails there, kills Orthus and Geryon, and brings back red cattle |
| Gorgons | The snake-headed sisters who turn one to stone --the monsters of the Perseus hero journey (Medusa is one) --immortal except Medusa |
| Hector | Trojan warrior--kills Patroclus and pisses off Achilles--fights Ach. in his old armor--merging of the minds (essentially fighting himself) |
| Hecuba (Hekabe) | The wife of Priam--mothered Cassandra |
| Heinrich Schliemann | wealthy man who swore Troy existed and never gave up until he found it (discovered the archaeological site) |
| Helen | beautiful wife of Menelaos, whom Paris stole and started the Trojan war with help of Aphrodite |
| Heracles | Hero--lion skin (man emerging from beast) club, bow, huge muscles, hero journey for ambiguous identity--son of Zeus? has 10 labors |
| herm | protective penis statues common in Athens |
| Hesperides | Nymphs guard the magic garden and apples--First, he wrestles Hereus, Antaeus, and kills Busiris--then he frees Prometheus by giving Chiron (who had been injured in the riot--Herakles gets Atlas to take the apples for him and taking world |
| Hippolyte | Queen of Amazons--Heracles kills after Hera incites riot--steals belt for daughter of Eurystheus |
| Hippolytus | Theseus' son with Hippolyte--Phaedra (T's 2nd wife) tries to seduce and tells T he raped her--T curses Hippolytus, and he is dragged to his death |
| Hydra | Water creature with many regenerating heads--phallic--hydra venom=boon, Iolaus helps and it doesn't count |
| iole | Daughter of Eurytus--Herakles' second conquest--Eurytus denies him though he won shooting contest--steals her after killing Eurytus and sacking city--given to Hyllus |
| Iphigenia | Agamemnon's fairest daughter to be sacrificed before they could sail for Troy to Artemis-- Art. steals and appoints her as priestess |
| Joseph Campbell | Came up with the idea of the monomyth through the hero journey. The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1948). |
| Kalypso | "I shall hide" - nymph whom Ody. was on the Ogygia with for 7 years--promised him immortality, he wanted life and Penelope (husband, not consort) |
| Kerkopes | Small midget bandits that Herakles strung on a pole above his shoulders for punishment, they made fun of his black, hairy ass, and he laughed and let them go |
| Kharybdis | Monster woman who creates whirlpools--close to Scylla and hard to avoid both |
| Kirke | the goddess who turned Ody's men into pigs, then he and them remained with her on the island for a year |
| Laocoon | Priest who warned Trojans the horse was a bad idea--his sons are killed by Apollo sending serpents |
| Laomedon | King of Troy--denies payment to the gods and denies Herakles his daughter Hesione--Herakles promises to sack city |
| Lemnos | Dionysus took Ariadne here: Philoctedes left here with his festering wound |
| Lewis Medlock | the adventurer, outdoorsy, survival of the Deliverance group. Friends with Ed, gets injured and must give Ed the reins to save them all. Stays friends. |
| limen | a threshold between two worlds |
| Martha Gentry | Ed's wife in Deliverance, an anima. Don't know what else to say about her. |
| Medea | the witch wife of Aigeus (Theseus' father) who sends him to fight the Bull of Marathon and tries to poison him |
| Medusa | A Gorgon sister--not immortal--Perseus removes her head |
| Megara | Heracles' wife--has three sons--then he is driven jealous by Hera and kills his three children--after labors, Megara marries Iolus who helped Herakles w/hydra |
| Menelaos | King of Sparta-husband of Helen. Begins Trojan war once Helen is stolen from him |
| Minos | King of Crete who made 7 men and 7 girls be sacrificed to the Minotaur yearly --father of Ariadne (Theseus's woman) |
| Nausikaa | Alkinoos' and Arete's daughter--Phaecian princess--clothes and instructs Ody. when he lands on Phaecia |
| Neoptolemos | Achilles' son who comes, slays Trojans, and kills Priam @ altar of Zeus |
| Nessus | Centaur paid to carry Deianira across river--assaults her--gives her poison when H. kills him |
| Nestor | old ruler of the Argonauts--featured in the Odyssey |
| Nostoi | 5 books in the epic cycle--return of Agamemnon, revenge of Orestes, homecoming of Menelaos and Helen |
| nostos | homecoming--essential for a real hero journey |
| Odysseus | Greek hero--in Troy 10 years, bouncing around islands for 10 years, comes home and seeks revenge on suitors, establishes life and achieves nostos |
| Omphale | 'belly button queen'--whom Herakles is sold into slavery to for killing Eurytus' son, Iphitus--made to wear women clothing (consort) |
| Orestes | Son of Agememnon and Clytemnestra--seeks revenge and kills his mom and Aegisthus (her consort) |
| Ou Tis | 'nobody'. No identity. What Ody. claims his name is in the cave with w/ Cyclopes. No one in the chthonian cave |
| Palamedes | Sent by Menelaos to prove Odysseus wasn't insane--did the whole put Telemachus infront of plow thing--Ody. then framed him and killed him during the course of the war |
| Paris | Trojan prince who stole Helen from Menelaos and started the entire Trojan war--shot Achilles in the ankle and killed him |
| Pasiphae | Minos (king) did not sacrifice the bull, so Pasiphae becomes sexually attracted--bears minotaur |
| Patroclus | Herakles' friend that died fighting against Hector in H's armor |
| Pegasus | Winged horse emerged with Chrysaor out of Medusa's body |
| Peirithoos | Theseus' friend whom they both swear to get daughters of Zeus--gets stuck in the underworld trying to get Persephone--Herakles frees T. |
| Penelope | Ody.'s wife who is faithful to him and helps him become himself (through the bow)--could have reverted to matriarchy, but did not |
| Penthesilea | Amazon warrior--fought Achilles--he killed her and fell in love--must kill the monster, but the monster is tempting--love/hate relationship |
| Philoctetes | Bit by snake--has Herakles' bow and arrows--left on an island--has to be brought back to end the war |
| Phineus | Evil brother of Cepheus (engaged to Andromeda)--tries to stop Perseus' and A.'s wedding--Perseus turns him to stone with gorgon head |
| Pholos | Centaur Herakles stays with to hunt the Erymanthian Boar--Herakles opens the special wine--centaurs go nuts--Pholos accidentally kills himself through an arrow in foot |
| Pittheus | Theseus' grandfather who got his father drunk so he would have grandchildren |
| Poias | Lit the funeral pyre for Hercules when no one else would |
| Polyxena | daughter of King Priam sacrificed when the Greeks won the Trojan war. |
| polytropos | many terms (versatile) |
| Priam | King of Troy--killed by Neoptolemus @ altar of Zeus |
| Procrustes | would fit travelers to an iron bed and either stretch them or cut of the excess (Damastes) --takes away from their identity |
| Proteus | Old man of the sea whom Menalaos wrestled to find out what happened to everyone and how to get home in Ody. |
| Scyros | Island in middle of Agian sea--Theseus died there, Neoptolemus came from there |
| Seirenes | seductresses who try to lure and kill sailors--Ody. had his men tie him to the mast to keep him from doing something stupid--filled their ears with bees wax |
| Silenus | drunken satyr friend of Dionysus who has special future telling powers when drunk? I don't remember this dude. |
| simile | comparing something to another using like or as--used when Ody. spears Polythemus in the eye (compared to a shipmaker drill and tempering iron) and Ody. and Penelope wanting each other like swimmers to an island |
| Sinis | Pityocampus (pine bender) Theseus killed him on the road to Athens--would have people hold two pine trees and be ripped apart--dis-individuation |
| Sinon | the Greek captured by the Trojans who tells them of the Trojan horse |
| Skylla | Sea monster in the Odyssey -- top half woman, bottom half snake, wolf, octopus? crazy mess |
| Telemakhos | son of Odysseus--goes on his own mini hero journey to find out whether Ody. is alive--helps Odysseus take back his kingdom |
| Theseus | hero, son of Aithra+Aigeus/Poseidon. Sword and sandals left under rock. Goes to find father in Athens. |
| Thetis | mother of Hercules |
| totem | animal helper--hawk in Deliverance, owl on tent (D-tears back the veil, revealing reality), |
| xenia | reciprocal guest friendship--the idea of being kind of beggars and hosting them (or non beggars) |
| Consort | One of many lovers of a woman--the greek male DOES NOT want this--no power |
| 10 Labors of Zeus | Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, Cerynitian Hind, Erymanthian Boar, Augean Stables, Stymphalian Birds, Cretan Bull, Mares of Diomedes, Belt of Hippolyte, Cattle of Geryon, Apples of the Hesperides, Cerberus |
| ponoi | chores (labors) |
| erga | deeds (accomplishments) |
| Alcides | Heracles' name before given Heracles by oracles @ Delphi--hera+kaleo=commanded by Hera--hera+kleos=glory of Hera |
| katabasis | 'going under'--leaving your world and going to the other world |
| Herakles' Hero Journey | No nostos, his boon (hydra poison) kills him, immortality as a kind of fake prize? his exceptional status could be a cover for his failure. |
| Perseus' Hero Journey | nostos accomplished, heroo:n established--success |
| Minotaur | Monster of Theseus--birthed by Pasiphae--bull and consort--sacrificial mammal for great goddess and captive sexual male potency |
| Ed's Hero Journey (Deliverance) | nostos accomplished, boon = his integration with nature and the river, specifically, identity established, left a friend in the other world |
| Odysseus' hero journey | Nostos accomplished, |
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