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44 Cards in this Set
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"One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die." |
"Death Be Not Proud" |
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"The kingdom is better served with men than with money." |
"The Silver Mine" |
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"We are from one nest. Only he has learned to talk like his master; I like mine." |
"Two Ancient Indian Fables" |
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"Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame." |
"The Dying Christian to His Soul"
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Socrates died from _____. |
drinking poison |
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In "Two Images from The Republic," the world is compared to a ship and a ____. |
cave |
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Odysseus's description of his ____ proved his identity to his wife. |
bed |
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What follows the exposition in the dramatic structure of a Greek drama? |
rising action |
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A weakness or defect which helps to bring about a hero's downfall is a _____.
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tragic flaw
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Something that interrupts a static situation (in a drama) and causes the rising action is called an _____.
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inciting force
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Who wrote Lives? |
Plutarch |
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Who wrote The Republic? |
Plato |
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Mars' Hill was located in ____. |
Athens |
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Argos was a ____. |
dog |
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Who was a blind poet who wrote stories about the ancient Greek gods? |
Homer |
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In "Two Ancient Fables," what did the son want his mother to be turned into? |
a pig |
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What kind of wood was the Kon-Tiki made out of? |
balsa |
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An ____ is a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes of war, love, or death. |
elegy |
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A ____ is a brief, simple anecdote designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters.
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fable
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The stage of a Greek theater is called the ____.
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orchestra
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Who helped Achilles fight against Hector? |
Athene |
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In "The Silver Mine," who listened to the parson's story? |
the king |
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What is a speech or conversation between two or more characters called?
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dialogue |
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What object caused the rift between Baard and Anders? |
gold watch |
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How long was Odysseus gone from his home? |
20 years |
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What stole Gilgamesh's plant that restored youth? |
a serpent |
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What is considered the oldest book in the Bible? |
Job |
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Who said, "Boys, my father will get everything before we can and leave nothing big and brilliant for me, to show what we can do!" |
Alexander the Great |
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Who wrote Iliad? |
Homer |
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Who wrote Antigone? |
Sophocles |
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Who was Aristotle's teacher? |
Plato |
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Siduri |
"woman of the vine" |
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Crito |
friend of Socrates |
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Hector |
Trojan warrior |
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Priam |
king of Troy |
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Utnapishtim
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Sumerian "Noah" figure
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Gilgamesh
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mourned Enkidu |
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Achilles
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heroic Greek warrior |
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
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Telemachus
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son of Odysseus
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Antigone
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buried her brother's body
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Haemon
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engaged to Antigone
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Creon
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king of Thebes
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"We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing." |
"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?" |
