Life & Death:

• Maurizio, Chapter 4 (background): key names & terms:
  • "Death:" Cerberus, Charon, Hades, Styx, Tartarus, Thanatus, 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)


• Maurizio, Chapter 4 (myths): key names & terms:
  • Homeric Hymn 2: To Demeter, Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Persephone, Hekate, Helius, Metaneira, Keleos, Eleusis, meadow, underworld (murky gloom), Pomegranate Seeds, golden chariot, famine
  • Sumerian: Dumuzi/Damu, his mother (Duttur), Hades, Realm of Death, mountains, Beer, winds

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, the Adonia
  • Ares, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, attributes (helmet, spear, shield, greaves)
  • Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Aphrodite, attributes (hammer, tongs),
  • Eros, origins (4 versions), Plato, The Symposium


• Maurizio, Chapter 5 (myth): key names & terms:
  • Homeric Hymn 5: To Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Anchises (or Ankhises), Aeneas (or Aineias), Dawn, Hills of Ida, Paphos (shrine)

Wisdom & War:

• Maurizio, Chapter 6 (background) Key Names & Terms:
  • Athena: Metis, Zeus, Hephaestus, Parthenon, Panathenaea, Peplos, glaucopis, attributes (shield, spear, helmet, aegis), Athena Promachos, 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, Orestes, Eumenides, Zeus, chorus leader of Erinyes, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Hill of Ares
  • Egyptian: the Abyss, Neith (cow form), Re=Khepri/Atum, Apep, Esna=Sais, the egg

Other non-Greek:

• Leonard & McClure key names & terms:
  • Iroquois: Sky Woman, dead father, Sorcerer, daughter, Bud, Sapling, Turtles' back, Tree of Light/Life, animals: Turtle, Waterfowl, Beaver
  • Hawaiian: Pe-le, Hi-i-aka, Ho-po-e of Lehau, Prince Lo-hi-au, Kane-milo-hai, Kauai, Volcanoes


• pdf & web key names & terms:
  • Egyptian (pdf): Osiris, Isis, Typhon, Horus, chest, royal baby
  • Sumerian (web): Inana (or Inanna), Ninshubur, Neti, the Anuna (7 judges), Dumuzid, 7 divine powers, palace Ganzer, 7 gates, life-giving water & life-giving plant

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, Leonard & McClure's Myth & Knowing, the pdf in Moodle for Isis, Osiris, & Typhon (by Plutarch), and the web site for the Sumerian myth of Inanna (click here)

• Time Travel (background): The year is 2117 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 (Duttur, Inana, chorus leader of the Erinyes, Hi-i-aka, Aphrodite) 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. [Optional: add your second choice]


• Time Travel (background): The year is 2117 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 (Dumuzid/Damu (2 myths), Sorcerer, Ankhises, Orestes) 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. [Optional: add your second choice]