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Card 6

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Lefkowitz claims that 'any character in Euripides who expresses 'philosophical' notions about the gods does so out of ___________ and gods still retain their ___________ ______.

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Card 7

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In the play Trojan Women, ancient commentators did not hesitate to describe to Euripides the notion of being an atheist but Lefkowitz reminds us of what?

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Card 8

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Hecuba and the women of Troy doubt what?

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Card 9

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Ancient biographers believed Euripides was a pupil of ________ who was said to have been tried in Athens for impiety.

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Card 10

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The lines in The Bacchae which are thought to have been Prodicean where apparently said by whom?

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Card 11

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Lefkowitz argues Tiresias(or Prodicus') arguments are worthless because 'what the god Dionysus wants is ____________________'

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Card 12

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Lefkowitz says 'to argue Pentheus is the sensible defender of rational order does not correspond with the facts of the play because Pentheus' conduct is neither sensible nor rational. So the issue of the play is not irrationality vs enlightenment but ____

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Card 13

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As a dramatist Euripides' purpose is what?

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Card 14

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Mortals complain about the gods, what do they say?

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Card 15

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What is the law among gods set down by Zeus?

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