AP Literature Flashcards
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| 2807948331 | Apocalypse | The revelation John experiences, of the victory of good over evil, and the end of times | 0 | |
| 2807951097 | Birthplace of Jesus | 1 | ||
| 2807951098 | Gorgons | Monstrous creatures covered with impenetrable scales, hair of living snakes, hands of brass, sharp fangs and a beard (protect the entrance to underworld). | 2 | |
| 2807951482 | Guy Fawkes | Conspirator; planned the "Gunpowder Plot" in 1605 against King James I | 3 | |
| 2807952301 | Lamb of God | Jesus Christ | 4 | |
| 2807952726 | Lazarus | Follower of Jesus, who in the Gospel of John, who is restored back to life by Him 4 days after his death. | 5 | |
| 2807954713 | Lethe River | In Orphism - ancient Greek religious movement - the newly dead who drank from this river would lose their memory of past existence (opposite of Mnemosyne); personification of oblivion | 6 | |
| 2807955611 | Lord's Prayer | Prayer taught by Jesus to his disciplines; "deliver us from evil...lead us not into temptation." | 7 | |
| 2807956036 | Noah and the flood | God's plans to restore Earth to pre-creation chaos by flooding Earth; He sough to remake it through Noah's ark. | 8 | |
| 2807957044 | Odysseus/Ulysses/Trojan Horse/Telemachus | Greek hero who ruled Ithaca; tactician during the Trojan War (planned the construction of the Trojan horse); Telemachus=son of Odysseus | 9 | |
| 2807958183 | Philistine | Hostile to arts and refinement; warred with Israelites over land | 10 | |
| 2807958729 | Prodigal son | New Testament parable of two sons; father splits estate between them, one leaves and wastes the money, the other works the fields. The younger son returns to his Father, begging forgiveness. | 11 | |
| 2807961937 | Psalm 23:4 | "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me." | 12 | |
| 2807963158 | Tempest | Shakespearean play; set on a remote island, where Prospero, Duke of Milan, seeks to restore daughter to power using tradecraft. Contrives a storm to bring his brother Antonio and King Alonso to the island; brings Antonio to understand his baseness, redeems the King, and marries Miranda to Ferdinand (son of Alonso). | 13 | |
| 2807966343 | Troy | City at the epicenter of the Trojan Wars, instigated after Paris took Helen from King of Sparta, Menelaus. | 14 |