Life & Death:

• Maurizio, Chapter 4
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • "Death:" Cerberus, Charon, Funerary rituals, Hades, Styx, Tartarus, Thanatus, Hades' attributes: scepter, throne, cornucopia; Hades' parents: Cronus & Rhea
    • "Life:" Demeter, Elysian Plain, Demeter's attributes: wheat stalk, torch; Demeter's parents: Cronus & Rhea
    • Eleusinian Mysteries, Demeter, Persephone, Eleusis, Eleusinion (in Athens), Iacchus, Telesterion, mystes, the 2 qualifications to be a mystes (prior to the Persian Wars)
    • Homeric Hymn 2: To Demeter, Demeter, Hades, Persephone, Eleusis, Demophoon
    • Sumerian: Duttur, Dumuzi/Damu, Brewed Beer, Cow/Calf metaphors

Love & Strife:

• Maurizio, Chapter 5
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Aphrodite, birth: foam from ... of Uranus or Zeus & female deity, offspring (Eros, Peitho, Aeneas, Harmonia), attributes (birds, the Erotes), cult titles (Pandemus, Philommedus), place (Cyprus), Adonis, the Adonia
    • Ares, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, Harmonia, attributes (helmet, spear, shield, greaves)
    • Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, attributes (hammer, tongs), Hephaesteion (in Athens)
    • Eros, origins (4 versions), Plato, The Symposium
    • Homeric Hymn 5: To Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Hestia, Aphrodite, Anchises (or Ankhises), Aeneas (or Aineias), nymphs, Dawn
    • Mesopotamian: Ishtar, Kurnugi, Ereshkigal, gatekeeper, 7 divine powers, Annunaki, Dumuzi, Belili

Wisdom & War:

• Maurizio, Chapter 6
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Athena: Metis, Zeus, Hephaestus, Parthenon, Panathenaea, Peplos, glaucopis, attributes (shield, spear, helmet, aegis), aegis, Athena Polias, Athena Promachos, Athena Parthenus
    • Poseidon: Cronus, Rhea, contest with Athena, Cult titles: Earth-shaker, Hippius; offspring (Bellerophon, Theseus, Polyphemus, Pegasus), attributes (trident, dolphin)
    • Aeschylus, Oresteia, Apollo, Athena, Erinyes, Orestes, Eumenides
    • Egyptian: Abyss, Neith (cow goddess), Esna (=Sais) Re (also Atum, Amun, Khmun), Thoth

Other non-Greek:

• Leonard & McClure
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Iroquois: Sky Woman, Sorcerer, Tree of Life, Turtle, Bud & Sapling
    • Hawaiian: Pe-le, Hi-i-aka, Ho-po-e, Groves of Lehau, Prince Lo-hi-au
• pdf & web
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Egyptian (pdf): Plutarch, Osiris, Isis, Typhon, Horus, chest, children, papyrus boats
    • Sumerian (web): Inana (or Inanna), Palace of Gazer, Ereshkigal, gatekeeper, 7 divine powers, Anuna, Dumuzid
  
  

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

  
  

  Possible Essay Questions:

  Unless the topic specifically says so, use only the primary material (i.e. the actual stories) in Maurizio's Classical Mythology in Context and in Leonard & McClure's Myth & Knowing, the pdf in Moodle for Plutarch, the web site for the Sumerian myth of Inanna (click here)

  • Grief:
    • Prompt: Examine some of the similarities and/or differences in the portrayal of grief in Hymn 2: To Demeter (Maurizio 163–174) with 2-3 of the numbered items listed below. In your conclusion hypothesize on the significance of your findings.
      1. Hymn 5: To Aphrodite (Maurizio, pp 219–226) or In the Desert by the Early Grass (Maurizio, 188–194)
      2. "The Fire Goddess" (Leonard & McClure, 124–132) or "Out of the Blue" (Leonard & McClure, 68–75)
      3. The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld (Maurizio, 237–242) or Inana's Descent to the Nether World (web: click here)
  
  
  • Love:
    • Prompt: Examine some of the similarities and/or differences the portrayal of love in Hymn 5: To Aphrodite (Maurizio, pp 219–226) with 2-3 of the myths listed below. In your conclusion hypothesize on the significance of your findings.
      • Hymn 2: To Demeter (Maurizio 163–174)
      • "The Fire Goddess" (Leonard & McClure, 124–132)
      • "Out of the Blue" (Leonard & McClure, 68–75)
      • In the Desert by the Early Grass (Maurizio, 188–194)
      • The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld (Maurizio, 237–242)
      • Inana's Descent to the Nether World (web: click here)
  
  
  • Justice—Familial vs. Civic:
    • Prompt: One way to look at the selection from Aeschylus' Eumenides (Maurizio, 260–266) is that it is attempt to provide a synthesis of an older system (the family determines and carries out "justice") with a newer system (the community fulfills that role). In your essay examine how 1-2 of the numbered items below "sit" with regard to "familial vs civic". In your introduction, give examples of the systems from the selection from the Eumenides. In your conclusion also address whether Aeschylus' synthesis is still a valid approach today.
      1. Hymn 2: To Demeter (Maurizio 163–174)) or Hymn 5: To Aphrodite (Maurizio, pp 219–226)
      2. "The Fire Goddess" (Leonard & McClure, 124–132) or "Out of the Blue" (Leonard & McClure, 68–75)
      3. The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld (Maurizio, 237–242) or Inana's Descent to the Nether World (web: click here)