Life & Death:

• Maurizio, Chapter 4 (background): key names & terms:
  • "Death:" Cerberus, Charon, Hades, Styx, Tartarus, Thanatos, Hades' attributes: scepter, throne, cornucopia; Hades' parents: Cronus & Rhea
  • "Life:" Demeter, Demeter's attributes: wheat stalk, torch; Demeter's parents: Cronus & Rhea
  • Eleusinian Mysteries, Demeter, Persephone, Eleusis, Eleusinion (in Athens), Telesterion, mystes, the 2 qualifications to be a mystes (prior to the Persian Wars), i.e. not be a murderer and be able to speak Greek


• Maurizio, Chapter 4 (myths): key names & terms:
  • Homeric Hymn 2: To Demeter, Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Persephone, Eleusis, Underworld, Pomegranate Seeds, seasons, Olympus
  • Sumerian: his mother (Duttur), cow/calf, final meal/beer, Hades (realm of the dead),

Love & Strife:

• Maurizio, Chapter 5 (background): Key Names & Terms:
  • Aphrodite, birth: foam from ... of Uranus or Zeus & female deity, offspring: Eros, Aeneas, Harmonia, attributes (birds, the Erotes), place: Cyprus, Adonis
  • Ares, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, attributes (helmet, spear, shield, greaves)
  • Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, attributes (hammer, tongs),
  • Eros, Plato


• Maurizio, Chapter 5 (myth): key names & terms:
  • Homeric Hymn 5: To Aphrodite, Zeus, Hestia, Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite, Anchises (or Ankhises), Aeneas (or Aineias), island of Cyprus, Troy, fertility, Hermes/slayer of Argos

Wisdom & War:

• Maurizio, Chapter 6 (background) Key Names & Terms:
  • Athena: Metis, Zeus, Hephaestus, Parthenon, glaucopis, attributes (shield, spear, helmet, aegis), Athena Parthenus
  • Poseidon: Cronus, Rhea, contest with Athena, Cult titles: Earth-shaker, Hippius; attributes (trident, dolphin)


• Maurizio, Chapter 6 (myths): key names & terms:
  • Aeschylus, Oresteia, Apollo, Athena, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Orestes, Eumenides, chorus leader of Erinyes/Furies, Areopagus, Athens, miasma
  • Egyptian: midst of the Abyss, Egypt, Esna=Sais, Neith=cow goddess, Re=Khepri/Atum (son of Neith), mankind (from Re's tears), Thoth (emerged from Re's heart), 30 gods (Neith pronounced their names), gods (from Re's saliva), eight

Other non-Greek:

• Leonard & McClure key names & terms:
  • Iroquois: Sky Woman, sorcerer (her husband), corn/3tests for marriage, waterfowl, beaver, turtle, tree of light, Skywoman's daughter, Bud, Sapling, eternal fallling, dreams
  • Hawaiian: Pe-le, Hi-i-aka, Ho-po-e, grove of lehua, Lauai, Prince Lo-hi-au, great sorcerer, Kauai, chanting, Kane-milo-hai


• pdf & web key names & terms:
  • Egyptian (pdf): Anubis, Isis, Osiris, Typhon, Horus, coffin/chest, 5 days
  • Sumerian (web): Inana (or Inanna), Neti, Nishubur, Enki, Eriskigala, the Anuna (7 judges), 7 divine powers, 7 gates

Sources for Essay Questions: use only the actual myths:

• for Demeter, use Hymn 2: To Demeter in Maurizio, pp 163–174
• for Aphrodite and Ankhises, use Hymn 5: To Aphrodite in Maurizio, pp 219–226
• for Athena, Chorus leader of the Furies, use selection from Eumenides and from line 982 (non bracketed line number) to the end of the Eumenides available on-line (click here); or just use on-line translation for both part
• for Apollo, use selection from Eumenides and beginning of play up to line 285 (non bracketed line number) of the Eumenides available on-line (click here); or just use on-line translation for both part.
• for Inana, use on-line transation of her story (click here)
• for Typhon, use pdf in Canvas on Isis & Osiris by Plutarch
• for Pe-le and Lo-hi-au, use selection in Leonard & McClure, pp 124–132
• for Sky Woman, use selection in Leonard & McClure, pp 68–75

Possible Topics for the Essay part of the Exam

• 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 (Demeter, Pe-le, Aphrodite, Inana, chorus leader of the Furies, Athena, Sky Woman) 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.


• 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 (Typhon, Lo-hi-au, Sorcerer, Ankhises, Apollo (from the Eumenides)) 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.