Myths of the Olympian gods: Male Deities
- Powell, Chapter 7
- Key Names & Terms:
- birth: Leto, Hera, Zeus, Delos, Apollo
- oracle: Telephusa, Delphi, Pytho, Pythia
- loves: Cassandra, Sibyl at Cumae, Daphnê, Coronis, Asclepius
- go to Powell's web site (Ch 7): click here
- Powell, Chapter 8 (also 7 in 4th-6th editions)
- Key Names & Terms:
- Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon
- Hermes, Zeus, Maia, Apollo, Argus, caduceus, psychopompos
- go to Powell's web site (Ch 7): click here
Myths of "The Trickster" (Leonard & McClure, Ch. 5)
- Ga: Anaanu, God, bees, python, leopard
- Yoruba: Ajapa, Aja, oba
- Wasco: Coyote, grizzly bears, 5 wolves, big dipper
- Apache: Coyote, rosehips, crows, dead buffalo
- Iroquois: Coyote, Saucy Duckfeather, Magpie Woman
- Blackfoot: Coyote Man, Coyote Woman. medicine bags
Myths of the Olympian gods: Female Deities
- Powell, Chapter 9 (8 in 4th-6th editions):
- Key Names & Terms:
- Hestia, hearth, Dionysus
- Aphrodite, Cypris, Hermaphroditus, Pygmalion, Cinyras, Myrrha, Anchises, Aeneas
- Artemis, Zeus, Leto, Potnia Therôn, Niobê, Actaeon, from L & M Ch 3: Callisto, Zeus, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Hera
- Athena, Zeus, Arachne, Poseidon, aegis
- sample questions at his web site: click here
- Powell, Chapter 10 (9 in 4th-6th editions):
- Key Names & Terms:
- Demeter, Persephone, Hades, Pomegranate, Eleusis, Rhea
- Eleusinian Mysteries (& class notes): Telesterion, Eleusis, Eleusinion, Agora, fish, pomegranate, kykeon
- Inanna, Dumuzi, Enki, food of life, water of life
- Isis, Osiris, Typhoeus or Seth, Biblos, fish
- Cybele, Zeus, Agdestis, pomegranate, Attis, self-castration
- Aphrodite, Adonis, Myrrha
- sample questions at his web site: click here
Possible Essay Questions:
- Compare/contrast the gender roles and the conflict between genders for all of the following:
- Apollo and his loves (Powell, Ch 7),
- the Pygmalion & Myrrha myths (Powell, Ch 9),
- the Iroquois Coyote Myth (L & M, Ch. 5)
- the Blackfoot Coyote myth (L & M, Ch. 5)
and, in your conclusion, relate to society today. FYI: don't organize based on myths but based on points of comparison or contrast.
- What are some of the things that the first thirty lines or so of the Homeric Hymns to Apollo, Hermes, Artemis, Aphrodite, & Demeter (all in Powell) tell us about Greek society? Make sure you organize based on "themes" not based on the Homeric Hymns, that you give specific examples from at least 3 specific Homeric Hymns.
