Heinrich Schliemann

1. In the 1870’s Heinrich Schliemann claimed to have uncovered/discovered what city? (the answer) 2. Final questions In the 1870’s Heinrich Schliemann claimed to have uncovered/discovered what city? According to Bishop Ussher, what is the exact date of creation? According to Professor Eric Cline, what occurred in 1177 BC? According to class lecture what is the exact date of Odysseus’s return to Ithaka? What does polytropos mean? What is a mentor? How do we get the term? Who is Eurycleia? Who is Argus? What is the story of Penelope’s weaving? Who is the god who opposes Odysseus in the poem? How does Penelope know for sure that the stranger is, in fact, her husband Odysseus? How does Lysistrata propose to end the fighting? What is the origin of Athenian drama? (Hint: a god’s festival) According to Lysistrata, how is it that women have the necessary skills to govern? Describe a physical characteristic of the bard Demodocus. What Greek lyric poet is referred to as “The Tenth Muse”? What was the name that Catullus uses to address his beloved? Who was Alexander the Great’s tutor Who is Elpenor? Why is Odysseus able to resist Circe’s potion? Name a famous niece of Circe? What is a sortes Virgilianae? What is a famous quotation from Laocoön? Who is Lavinia? Who was Augustine’s mother, and what is her significance to your school? What was Augustine’s first reaction to his initial reading of the Bible? (Hint: He compares his readings to Cicero.) Why does Augustine steal the pears? What was the story of Daedalus and Icarus? What is ekphrasis? Provide some famous literary examples. What is the name of the Beowulf manuscript? Explain the name. Why is Hamlet distraught at the beginning of the play? Who is Dante’s guide in the Inferno? Who Dante’s beloved? Name the poetic circle that Dante joins in Circle One (Limbo): What physical characteristic did the poet John Milton share with the legendary Homer? What was Prince Hamlet’s age during the play? Provide specific textual details. Margaret Keenan was the first woman to receive the Covid 19 vaccine in England earlier this week. Who was the man in England?   38 to 50. Explain the location/significance of the following passages. You must answer both components to receive full credit.   I would prefer to be a workman, hired by a poor man on a peasant far, than rule as king of all the dead.     Of all living, breathing, thinking creatures, women are the most absolutely wretched.     Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined to fast in fires . . .   . . . The play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.   The lady doth protest too much methinks.   The rest is silence