Exam 1

Haves makes boundaries for haves not. Who gets to decide boundaries?

Author of Gilgamesh

Sin-leqi-unninni

King of Uruk.

Ancient Sumerian city where Gilgamesh primarily takes place in.

Uruk

The mesopotoniam written language

Gilgamesh's friend, man from the wild

Enkidu

Guy that built the boat to survive the floods (Not Noah)

Author of the Odyssey

Homer

Greek custom of guest-friendship

Xenia

The Greek word for love and friendship

Philia

A long, detailed comparison in epic poetry, using like or as.

Epic Simile

Descriptive nicknames or phrases used for characters, gods, and objects.

Epithet

an epithet

Queen of Ithaca, wife of odysseus

Penelope

The city where odysseus is from

Ithaca

The sorceress that turned men into pigs.

Circe

The nymph that holds shipwrecked Odysseus captive in Ogygia for seven years.

Calypso

The author of the Ramayana

Valmiki

The seventh avatar of the god Vishnu. Male protaganist in Ramayana/

Rama

Incarnation of Lakshmi, wife/consort of Lord Rama.

Sita

Younger half-brother of Rama. Incarnation of Shesha.

Lakshmana

Main antagonist in the Ramayana.

Ravana

Key monkey-like ally of Rama. Rama's messenger and warrior.

Hanuman

Embodies laws and morals code in ancient India

Dharma

obedience and service to husband.

support and serve each other, especially the heir.

result of previous actions

Krtanta

divine will, fate.

Daiva

Trial by fire

Agni Pareeksha

expressions of poetry

Fu, bi, xing

exposition/narrative

Fu

comparison

Bi

Affective images

Xing