Foundational classical epics and drama such as Homer's epics, Virgil's Aeneid, and Greek tragedy.
37 cards · basic cards · AI-written, checked twice. Edit anything.
- Which epic poet wrote the Iliad and Odyssey?
- Homer
- What is the central conflict of Homer's Iliad?
- The Trojan War between Greeks and Trojans
- Who is the greatest Greek warrior in the Iliad?
- Achilles
- What does Achilles refuse to do for Agamemnon in the Iliad?
- Fight in battle, because Agamemnon took his captive Briseis
- Who kills Hector in Homer's Iliad?
- Achilles
- What is the main subject of Homer's Odyssey?
- Odysseus's ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War
- Who ruled Ithaca while Odysseus was away?
- Penelope, Odysseus's wife
- What creatures in the Odyssey sing a song that lures sailors to their death?
- The Sirens
- What is Polyphemus in Homer's Odyssey?
- A Cyclops giant whom Odysseus blinds
- Which Roman poet wrote the Aeneid?
- Virgil
- Who is the protagonist of Virgil's Aeneid?
- Aeneas, a Trojan prince
- Where does Aeneas sail to establish the foundation of Rome in the Aeneid?
- Italy (Latium)
- What tragic romance occurs in Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid?
- Aeneas falls in love with Dido, Queen of Carthage, but abandons her to continue his mission
- Name the three ancient Greek tragedians.
- Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
- What is a characteristic of Greek tragedy?
- The fall of a noble protagonist due to a tragic flaw or inexorable fate