Hermes & Hestia:

• Maurizio, Chapter 7
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Hermes, Zeus, Maia, attributes (cap, wand, winged sandals, "slayer of Argus"), deity of (messengers, merchants, travelers, thieves, heralds, escorter of souls to Underworld), Chytroi, Hermes' hill, Herm
    • Hestia, virgin, hearth, Cronus, Rhea, Amphidromia (child's naming ritual)
    • Hymn 4: To Hermes, Maia, Zeus, Hermes, lyre (out of tortoise), cattle, Apollo, sacrifice

From Adolescence to Adulthood:

• Maurizio, Chapter 8
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Artemis, Zeus, Leto, attributes (bow, quiver, wild animals), deity of (wild animals, young girls, childbirth, hunting, dancing), Potnia Theron, Actaeon, Callisto, Hippolytus, Euripides, Artemis Orthia
    • Apollo, Zeus, Leto, attributes (beardless, long-haired, bow, quiver, lyre, laurel branch), deity of (oracles, prophecy, plague, healing, music, i.e. the lyre), Oresteia, Delphi, Pythian Games, Pythia, Daphne, laurel tree
    • Hymn 3: To Apollo, Oracle at Delphi, Apollo, Leto, Zeus, Pytho, Hera, Typhaon, Olympos, Cretan sailors, dolphin
    • Hymn 27: To Artemis, Artemis, attributes (hunting, bow), dancing, virgin, Delphi

Encountering Dionysus:

• Maurizio, Chapter 9
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Dionysus, Zeus, Semele, attributes (wreath, grapes, vines, thyrsus, wine cup), deity of (fertility, wine), Anthesteria, Pithoigia, Choes, Chytroi, Ariadne, symposium, satyrs, bacchae, City Dionysia, tragedy
    • Euripides, Bacchae, Dionysus, Zeus, Semele, Pentheus, Agave, Bacchae, Thebes, messenger, thyrsus
    • Hymn 7: To Dionysus Dionysus, changing form, helmsman

7 great deeds of Ma-ui in Leonard & McClure:

• Key Names & Terms: the 7 great deeds themselves, Ma-ui, Hina-of-the-fire, Short Post & Tall Post, tapa, Kuna Loa, Hina-of-the-Sea, Ma-ui Mua, Hina-of-the-night/goblin-goddess

Reminder 1: The only acceptable answers for the fill-in-the-blank questions are the names/terms/etc listed above.

Reminder 2:Source material must be from:

• Hymn 4: To Hermes, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Hymn 3: To Apollo, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Euripides, Bacchae, translation at BacchicStage
• "The 7 Great Deeds of Ma-ui" (Leonard & McClure's textbook)

Possible Essay Questions:

• Time Travel (background): The year is 2116 and time "travel" is now possible in the sense that individuals can "return" to the past where they can experience the past through the eyes of an individual from that time period (think of it as a type of "walk a mile in your shoes"). The professor for your Mythology class has arranged for a "field trip" where each class member can "return" to the "past" and experience life as a deity or a hero. Each class member must present an essay ranking the individuals based on preference since it isn't possible for everyone to "go back" as the same individual.
  
  Prompt: In your introduction, rank the following (Hermes, Apollo, Pentheus, Dionysus, Mau-ui) based on which you would you most like to be and which would you least like to be based on the personality/character, not the power(s) or appearance. In the main body go into the reasons your first choice is first and your last choice is last. Make sure you give good examples from the actual myths which we have covered, not the summaries.
  Note well:
  • If you pick Pentheus and Dionysus, then you need to use the entire play
  • If you pick Hermes and Apollo, then you need to use both Hymn 4: To Hermes and Hymn 3: To Apollo


• Tricksters: For 2 of the following,
  • Hermes (using Hymn 4: To Hermes),
  • Apollo (using Hymn 3: To Apollo),
  • Ma-ui (using "The 7 Great Deeds of Ma-ui" in Leonard & McClure's Myth & Knowing), and
  • Dionysus (make sure your examples are not from lines 640–977)
  examine how they can be considered tricksters, using at least 2 the criteria set forth on pp 310–311. Make sure you specify which of the criteria you are using (can use different criteria for each individual).