Questionnaire of 'The Powerful Voice'

1.- Who was Publius Ovidius Naso?

He was a Roman poet
2.- What year were you born in?

March 20, 43 B.C.

3.- How was his life?
He had three wives. He married the first one very young, but eventually it was
deemed neither worthy nor useful, which makes one think that
did not belong to the same social rank and did not give him children in his short

marriage. It is not known for sure which of his two first wives.
is referred to as a native of the country of the rocks. His second marriage was
short also, but in this one he had a daughter from whom he had two grandsons. The

news about his third wife, Fabia, are much older. With her he had
another daughter, and for her Ovid felt great affection. It was a mix with her between

father and literary teacher.

4.- What profession should he/she have according to his/her social position?

Law
Who wrote 'The Metamorphoses' and what themes does it address?
Ovid, The work unfolds chronologically from the origins of
world up to the very time of the poet, moving from mythical times to
a fully historical time. The theme that gives the book its name,
metamorphosis, serves to center more than two hundred stories around it
shape-shifting, among which are some of the most famous myths
famous figures of Western culture: Apollo and Daphne, Jupiter and Europa, Echo and

Narcissus, Diana and Actaeon, Pyramus and Thisbe, Hyacinth, Pygmalion, etc.

Who wrote 'The Remedies of Love', and what is its theme?

It is written by Ovid and gives advice on how to stop being in love with someone.

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7.- What was Roman society like during the time of Ovid?
It was a very modest society and the works of Ovid were not very well received.
views since they deal with a topic that was not very common to talk about back then
era, sex.
8.- Which works of Ovid are mentioned in this play?
I. The Art of Loving
II. Remedies for Love
III. Heroids
9.- Menciona cinco obras escritas por Ovidio
IV. Loves
V. The Art of Loving
VI. Remedies for Love
VII. Cosmetics for the female face
VIII. Heroines
10- Why does Ovid feel that he has an unpayable debt to his father?
For everything he left him when he died and did not dedicate himself to something worthy.

11.-Which Emperor ruled Rome during the time the work takes place?
Cesar Augusto
12.- Which of these authors rewrote "The Art of Loving":
A. Virgil
B. Ovidio
C. Catullus
D. Dante
13.- Who did the Romans know as Phoebus?
To the God of the Sun

14.- Who was Daphne?

A woman to whom love did not please and did not want to fall in love.
nobody.
15.- Which monster did Phoebus kill?
Snake named Python who lived in Delphi
16.- What are the Pythian Games?
Similar to the Olympic Games, some examples are wrestling and the
driving of cars to those who would be winners were awarded a
oak crown.

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17.- Who is the God of Medicine?
Asclepius.
18.- Which God did Phoebus offend, and how was his offense punished?
To the goddess Cupid, I shoot an arrow at Phoebus, making him fall in love with Daphne and
it's one of heartbreak, so to speak, making what they had a love
unrequited.
19.- What did laurel symbolize for the ancient Greeks and Romans?
Make a victory notable.
20.- Who was Pygmalion and what gift did the muses grant him?
King of Cyprus, Do not fall in love unless it is with someone perfect.

21.- Why didn’t she want to get married?

Because no one was perfect

22.- Who is Galatea?
Statue carved in ivory by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life.
23.- What miracle did Venus grant to the king of Cyprus?
Convert the statue carved into a person
24.- What is Algamatophilia?
Consistent in feeling sexual desire towards a statue, doll, mannequin or
another similar figurative object.
25.- Who turned their lover into a cow and why?
Zeus for infidelity
26.- How did Zeus seduce Leda and who were born from that union?
Zeus descended from Olympus in the form of a swan towards Leda, while she
the maiden walked along the Eurotas river, later Leda gave birth to Helen
Apollux, who would be children of Zeus.

27.- ¿Qué consejos les da Ovidio a los hombres? (tres ejemplos)

I. Complimenting
II. Provoking jealousy

III. Give proofs of affection

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28.- ¿Qué consejos da Ovidio a las mujeres? (tres ejemplos)
I. Ask your lover for what they can give you

II. Simple but elegant hairstyle

III. Go out to show oneself

29.- How would you describe inspiration?

Lighting that a divinity or a supernatural force provides to
a person
30.- What does Ovid call the powerful voice?
The inspiration of Ovid to write.
31.- Who listens to "the Voice"?
Ovid and everyone

32.- What is freedom?

Faculty and right of individuals to choose responsibly their
own way of acting within a society.
33.- How can a man be truly free?
Exercising their decision consciously.
34.- How to know if the voice has chosen you?
Follow her
35.- What is vocation?
Inclination or interest that a person feels inside to dedicate oneself to
a certain form of life.
36.- What is talent?
special intellectual capacity or aptitude that a person has for
to learn things easily or to develop with great skill
an activity.
37.- In this work of fiction based on real life; the poet Ovid finds himself in
a crossroads and must make a decision. What is it?
If you are willing to condemn yourself and live in misery for the sake of freedom

38.- Who does Ovid see in the snow, in a dream?

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39.- How does Ovid die?
Exiled
40.- Would you be able to sacrifice a life of comforts and luxuries for doing
what you love?
Yes
41.- What differences do you find between dramatic genre and narrative?
A narrative is only responsible for recounting the relevant facts in a way
complete and concrete, as seen for example in short stories; while
the dramatic genre emphasizes both narration and the
actions and emotions of its characters.
42.- What resources does a staging use to transport us in
time and space?
Diseño y producción
43.- What technological resources are used in theater?
For the movement of elements on the stage, and complete changes of
scene, the largest theaters have ways to control the
movement that uses different automated or non-automated mechanical resources;
from the pulley system with which the different curtains work, to
the control panels for positioning and moving objects that serve
as props, and panels that serve as the background of a scene.
In the theater, elevators and moving platforms are used, as well as the
important lighting and sound resources to create the atmospheres
correct to the tone of each acted scene.
The lamps used have specific powers and ranges according to the
artistic purpose they help with; there are lights that are used in a way
addressed to a character or element to highlight its prominence in
that moment and help the audience focus all their attention on it
element. Likewise, it creates an atmosphere of tension by not allowing anything to be seen.
more around that single point. This is just an example of recursion
of the lighting in the theater.
44.- What differences do you find between a play and a movie?
Setting, Acting, Sound, Lighting, etc.

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In ancient Greece, there was already technology to enhance the works.
that were represented in their majestic theatrical spaces, on occasions
Up to 20,000 people attended in an open space. Mention two methods.
used by the ancient Greeks for such purposes.
Sound and Acting
45.- What are The Heroides?
It is one of the elegiac poems composed by Ovid before his exile.
It is a collection of love letters written and addressed to his
loved by the female characters of mythology and literature.
46.- Who were Penelope and Odysseus?
Penelope is a character from the Odyssey, one of the two great poems
epics attributed to Homer.
Penelope is the wife of the main character, the king of Ithaca, Odysseus. She
She waits for twenty years for her husband to return from the Trojan War.
For this reason, it is considered a symbol of marital fidelity.
While Odysseus is away, Penelope is courted by several men.
those who settle in the palace and abusively consume their
banquet estate, while they wait for the queen to choose one of them.
To maintain her chastity, Penelope tells the suitors that
she will accept a new husband when she finishes weaving a shroud for him
King Laertes, father of Odysseus. To prolong this for as long as possible.
task, Penelope unravels at night what she weaves during the day; without
embargo, a woman betrays her, so she is forced to finish the task,
the moment when Odysseus returns and kills the suitors.

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 47.- Look for the meaning and the root of the following words, phrases, and places.
from antiquity:
I. "Spare me, I will never versify, father"
II. Amazon: From the Latin Amazon, -onis,
Town of women descended from Ares and Harmony, who
they governed themselves without the help of men.
III. Androgynous: From the Latin Androgynus,

Indeterminate sex.

IV. Host: FromHost, king of Thebes, in whose absence Zeus took his form to
to seduce his wife Alcmene, from whom this union conceived Heracles.
V. Arcane: From the Latin Arcanus,

Secret of great importance.

VI. Augustus: From the Latin Augustus.

What inspires or deserves great respect and veneration for its majesty and excellence.

VII. Cittern: From Latin.

Cithara.Ancient musical instrument similar to the lyre, but with a resonating box
made of wood. Modernly, this box has a trapezoidal shape and the number of its c
Strings vary from 20 to 30. Played with a pick.

VIII. Cursi: Etymology. Discussion

Said of a person: Who aims to be elegant and refined without achieving it

IX. Delphi: From the Latin Delphi

The Oracle of Delphi, located in a large sacred site dedicated to the god Apollo,
It was one of the main oracles of Ancient Greece.

X. Delos: Small Greek island of the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea.

XI. Hatching: From Latin Eclos
Sprout, manifestation or sudden appearance of a cultural movement or other phenomenon
historical, psychological, etc.

XII. Erinyes: Etim Disc

Female personifications of revenge that pursued the guilty of
certain crimes.

XIII. Rugged: From the Latin scabrōsus.

Said especially of a terrain: Uneven, full of obstacles and hindrances.

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 XIV. Ether: From Latin Aether
Apparent sphere that surrounds the Earth.

XV. Exanimate: From the Latin exanimis.

No sign of life or lifeless.

XVI. Hermaphrodite: From Latin Hermaphroditus

That has both sexes.
XVII. Homer: Homer is the name given to the ancient Greek bard who is traditionally
He is attributed with the authorship of the main Greek epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey.
XVIII. Ictus: From the Latin Ictus

Vascular-origin brain disease that occurs suddenly.

XIX. Imponderable: The in-2 yponderable.

Unforeseeable circumstance or one whose consequences cannot be estimated.

XX. Jason:
Hero of Greek mythology.

XXI. Laconia: From Latin Lacedaemonĭus

Native of Lacedemonia, country of ancient Greece.

XXII. The Graces: In Greek mythology, the Charites, better known as the three
Thank you, they were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, and human creativity.
and fertility.
XXIII. Lira: From the Latin Lyra

Musical instrument used by the ancients, composed of several tight strings in

unmarking, which were pressed with both hands.

XXIV. Medea:
Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, king of Colchis, and the nymph Idia. She was a priestess of
Hecate, whom some consider to be her mother and from whom she is supposed to have learned

the principles of witchcraft junto with her aunt, the goddess and sorceress Circe.

XXV. Metamorphosis: From the Latin Metamorphōsis

Transformation of something into another thing.

XXVI. Mythology: From late Latin mythologĭa

Set of myths of a people or a culture, especially of the Greek and Roman.
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 XXVII. Muses: From Latin. Musa
Each of the nine deities that, according to the myth, inhabited, led by Aplo,
in Parnassus or in Helicon and they protected the sciences and the liberal arts.
XXVIII. Naiads: From the Latin Naĭas

Each of the nymphs that resided in the rivers and in the springs.
XXIX. Nymphs: From the Latin Nympha

Each of the fabulous deities of the waters, forests, jungles.

XXX. Nymphomaniac: From Latin nympha-mana
Woman affected by a dysfunctional intensification of the desire for sexual gratification

XXXI. Olympus: From Greek Ὀ λύμπος Ólympos.

Abode of the gods of paganism.
XXXII. Oracle: From the Latin oracŭlum.
Especially in Greco-Roman Antiquity, the response that a deity would give to
a consultation, through an intermediary and in a sacred place.
XXXIII. Parnassus: From Latin Parnāsus
Set of all poets, or those from a specific people or time.
XXXIV. Parricide: From the Latin parricidium.
Death given to a close relative, especially to the father or mother.

XXXV. Pentesilea: Amazon queen. She was the daughter of Ares and Otrera. According to Quinto...

Esmirna was the sister of Hipólita, which raises a chronological issue, given
that Hippolyta, according to tradition, fought with Heracles or with Theseus, thus
one or two generations earlier.

XXXVI. Perjury: From Latin perjure.

False oath

37. Piton: Horn that begins to emerge in some animals, such as the lamb, the kid.
XXXVIII. Polygamy: From the Late Latin polygamĭa
State or condition of the person, animal, or plant that is polygamous.

XXXIX. Dining Room: From Latin Triclinĭum

Each of the beds, typically suitable for three people, in which the ancients...
The Greeks and Romans reclined to eat.

XL. Dizzying: From the Latin vertiginōsus.

What causes vertigo.

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48.- Research the Latin names of the following Greek gods and their
attributes
Greek Name Latino Attribute
Eros Cupid Arrows
Aphrodite Venus Dove
Hera Juno Peacock
Zeus Jupiter Eagle, Scepter and Lightning

Artemis Diana Arch and Stag

Apollo Febo Arch, Lira and Laurel
Dionysius Baco Grapes, Vines
Mars Mars Wolf and Bird
Hermes Mercury Petaso, Caduceus, Wings in
the feet
Hephaestus Volcano Hammer and Sickle
Hades Pluto Double pointed spear
Athena Minerva Arch, Lira and Laurel
Poseidon Neptune Trident

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