• Powell, Chapter 8:
• Key Names & Terms: Hestia, Aphrodite, Cypris, Hermaphroditus, Priapus, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Anchises, Artemis, Potnia Theron, Niobe, Orion, Actaeon, Athena, Arachne
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Powell, Chapter 9:
• Key Names & Terms: Demeter, Persephone, Kore, Eleusinian Mysteries, Inanna, Dumuzi, Isis, Osiris, Cybele, Attis, Agdestis, Adonis
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Leonard, Chapter 2: Key Names & Terms
• The Fire Goddess (Hawaiian): Pe-le, Lo-hi-au, Ho-po-e, Hi-i-aka
  
• White Buffalo Calf Woman (Brule Siouz): Standing Horn, Ptesan-wi, White Buffalo Calf Woman
  
• The Courtship of Inanna & Dumuzi (Sumerian): Inanna, Dumuzi, Nishubur
  
• A Taste of Earth (Vietnamese): Au Co, Dragon Prince (Lac Dragon)
  
• Kali Beheaded (Hindu): Kali

Heroic Myths:

• Intro & Gilgamesh: Powell, Chapter 12:
• Key Names & Terms: hero, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Utnapishtim, Ishtar, Siduri
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here

• Perseus: Powell, Chapter 13:
• Key Names & Terms: Acrisius, Danae, Perseus, Polydectes, Gorgons, Medusa, Andromeda
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here

• Heracles:Powell, Chapter 14:
• Key Names & Terms: Heracles, Alcmena, Eurystheus, Amphitryon, Megara, Nemean lion, Hydra, Ceryneian deer, Erymanthian boar, Chiron, Augeas, Cretan bull, horses of Diomedes, Admetus, Alcestis, Hippolyta, Geryon, apples of the Hesperides, Antaeus, Cerberus, Omphale, Deianira, Nessus,
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Hercules, the movie:
  
• key names & terms: Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Hades, Pain, Panic, the fates, Hercules, Alcmene, Amphitryon, Phil, Pegasus, Meg, the titans, the cyclops, Thebes, "go the distance", "true hero"
• link for movie script (click here)
  

• Theseus: Powell, Chapter 15-16:
• Key Names & Terms: Aegeus, Theseus, Procrustes, Medea, Minos, Minotaur, Ariadne, Hippolytus, Phaedra, Pirithoüs, Centaurs,
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here (Ch15); and here (Ch 16)
  

• Jason: Powell, Chapter 18:
• Key Names & Terms: Pelias, Jason, Chiron, Argo, Lemnos, Phineus, Aeëtes, Medea, Apsyrtus, Creon
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here

• Short Essay Questions: (150-200 words long)
• Compare and contrast the portrayal of Aphrodite in two of the following (as always, detail the significance of your findings):
• The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite in Powell, Ch 8
  
• Ovid's account of Pygmalion in Powell, Ch 8
  
• the selections from Euripides' play The Hippolytus in Powell, Ch 15.

• Long Essay Questions: (300-400 words long)
• Examine the primary (i.e. key or significant) differences and similarities between Disney's Hercules and the actual myth of Heracles as presented in Powell, Chapter 14. As always, detail the significance of your findings. link for movie script (click here)

• Examine the divine interactions ("good" and "bad") in the Heroic myths we have covered in class, looking for patterns and points of dissimilarity. As always, detail the significance of your findings. Limit your discussion to one of the following:
  
• Gilgamesh, Disney's Hercules, and a Greek hero (i.e. Perseus, Theseus, Jason, or Heracles). link for movie script (click here)
• four myths (choose from: Gilgamesh, Perseus, Theseus, Heracles, Jason, and Disney's Hercules) link for movie script (click here)