ENG 317U

Notes on Homer, etc. and Open Thread for Final Exam

Consider this your open exam thread!
Here are notes on Odyssey, Homer, and GBB.

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Notes and vocab week 5

• Euripedes
• Aeschylus
• taboo
• Pericles
• Thucydides
• Peloponnesian War
• Tragedy
• Chorus
• Catharsis

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Notes and Vocab Week 4

• Pericles
• Peloponnesian War 
• catharsis 
• tragedy 
• hero   

Notes for the Theban plays will be published next week.  

Notes for Week 3

Appended to this post in a zip file. Vocab for week 3 are on the Study Guide. 

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Notes and vocab week 2

Below are some vocabulary terms from this week. My notes are appended in a zip file to the end of this post. 

•  Sacrifice   
•  sacer
• Thusia 
• Chaos
• Prometheus 
• Ovid 
• Gigantomachy 

Additionally, you should be able to name the 12 Olympian deities (plus two) by giving their Greek and Latin names, and at least one major distinguishing characteristic for each. You should also be able to name The Four (or Five) Ages according to Hesiod and Ovid, and give a distinguishing characteristic for each.  

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Vocabulary terms and notes for Week 1, Hesiod's W&D

My notes are appended to this post in a zip file. 

As vocabulary and identifications form a large part of examinations in this class, here are some terms and names to remember and identify (italicized terms are transliterated Greek). 

• Herodotus
• Hesiod  
• Pandora 
• Pausanius 
• Prometheus 
• gnomic, gnome 
• logos
• mythos
• oikonomia 
• Strife 

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