classical lit: 2007-04-01

Test questions

Which birds represent Procne and Philomela? ~ a swallow and a nightingale, respectively
What is the definition of ate? ~ infatuation to the point of ruin
Who is the original artificer/ artisan? ~ Daedalus
Who is the god of sleep, dreams and disguises? ~ Morpheus
What should we avoid at all costs? ~ old people
What is Aristophane's theory about the soul mate? ~ joined together in the beginning then split in half
Tragedy always emphasizes ___________ and comedy always emphasizes___________. ~ individual; community
According to Plato, how does one reach immortality of the soul? ~ knowledge, virtue, or art
Socrates said that everything he learned about love he learned from__________? ~ Diotema
What is Socratic irony? ~ claiming to know nothing, and knowing everything
What does Icarus fail to do that leads to his demise? ~ he flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings
What was the difference between Arachne and Minerva's weavings? ~ the victims of the gods and the good of the gods, respectively
What is the final scene (farthest away) in Velasquez's paining 'the spinners'? ~ The rape of Europa
What does the name Pentheus mean? ~ man of constant sorrow
How is Cademus related to Pentheus? ~ he is his grandfather
What did Ulysses think he deserved the arms of Achilles? ~ he started it all
What Shakespearean play was inspired by Tiresius' and Philomena? ~ Tytus Andronicus
What is a characteristic of New Comedy? ~ boys wants girl
What is anagnorsis? or The moment when Agave brought the head of her son Pentheus to her father and he had to make her realize the truth... ~ recognition/ anagnorsis
What is the first example of framing in the Metamorphoses? ~ Pan and the Syrinx as told by Mercury to Argus
What is grace? ~ the awareness of God's presence in the world
What does omophagia mean? ~ the eating of living flesh
Who is love the child of? ~ Poverty and contrivance
How old will the Metamorphoses be in 2008? ~ 2000 years old
What was Daphne turned into? ~ a laurel tree
What does naso mean? ~ nose
What is Ovid's real name? ~ Publius Ovidius Naso

Friday March 30

ravish and rapture

museum= the muses room

phenomenon= fun animal

ate: infatuation to the point in which you ruin your life

"moral life can never have anything great to it without ate" ~Sophocles

The Wind in the Willows:

Ratty and Mole:

"Pipers at the age of dawn"

Pan and his pipes reminded me of Mr. Tumnus from Narnia:

"We have all heard the music, but we forget until and artist reminds us" ~ Dr. Sexson

"We need to hear not the music of Britney Spears, but the music of the spheres" ~ Dr. Sexson

'Ovidius'= large nose

What did Ovid do to get exiled?

~ he wrote something about sex...

~ he slept with Augustus' daughter

Ovid and 'the art of love'

~aka "how to pick up girls

"it is important to keep changing your mind!" ~ Dr. Sexson

Page numbers of favorite lines:

154

374

256

520 x 2

519

333

336

178

73

135

361

182

93

399

209

244

216

481

515-6

49

522

549

179

359

119

116

298

Wednesday March 28

THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF ART:

~Daedalus and Icarus pg 254
~'unknown arts'
~redeem us from the horror

BUDDHA'S 3 THINGS TO DEAL WITH THROUGH ART:

1) sickness
2) death
3) old age

ZEUS:

~an artist
~transforms the world into art
~imagination has the power to hide us from evil, and proves it though his promiscuity

SHAKESPEARE:

~just as dark and twisty as Ovid
~influenced by Ovid ex- Prospero has stolen his lines
~Titus Andronicus

JAMES JOYCE:

~last book is 'Finnegan's Wake' is a version of Ovid- everyone metamorphoses
~nothing else came close to it
~it's mesmerizing
~ends where it begins
~"Is there any one who understands me?" ~ FW
~'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'
~main character named Steven Daedalus
~adds detail that makes it real
~all the maidens ask to be transformed by their fathers at the end
~the last line stops in the middle of the sentence and picks up at the very beginning
~Daedalus built himself wings to fly away from Crete

"You don't have to understand it, you just have to be there to see it" ~ Dr. Sexson

WEAVING: a metaphor for art

~Penelope
~Arachne
~Philomela

Ovid was the the most cinematic of all writers

"Imagination is keeping all your options open" ~ Dr. Sexson

BIRDS:

~Philomela: