Flashcard: Ancient Greece and Rome: Cultural Foundations — 10 carte

Mythology — origin stories?

Explain cosmos, gods, humans

Mythology — purpose?

Explains cosmos, gods, humans

Prometheism — role?

Human quest to surpass divine limits

Prometheism — symbol?

Human progress; Prometheus steals fire

Socratic school — focus?

Self-knowledge and dialectic method

Homeric epics — works?

Iliad and Odyssey, foundational Western literature

Greek tragedy — focus?

Catharsis, fate, moral dilemmas

Philosophical schools — examples?

Socratic, Platonic, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Stoic

Key myth phrases — Achilles’ heel?

Weakness or vulnerability

Greek architecture — landmarks?

Parthenon, Mount Olympus, Agora, Theatre of Dionysus