CLA219H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dildo, Fellatio, Sophron

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Actium (battle of): 31 bc, the battle in which octavian (future augustus. Caesar) defeats marc antony and cleopatra, annexing egypt to the. Hieros gamos: lit. , sacred (holy) marriage"; refers to a sexual ritual that plays out a marriage between a god and a goddess, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual where human participants represent the deities (wiki) Hymn: a prayer that is sung in meter during religious occasions, often dedicated and invokes a deity; homeric hymns the most well- known greek hymns; song of praise, addressed to deities, talk about their attributes and their life. Iambic poetry: invective, obscene poetry; derived from iambos, the old palace woman who cheered up demeter (greek goddess of agriculture) when persephone was abducted by hades; has a meter. Myth: often synonymous with legend," a type of narrative that usually centers on interactions between the divine and the mortals, and involves supernatural occurrences; formulaic.

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