Heroic Myths:
- "Achilles: The Making of a Hero," Maurizio, Chapter 10
- Key Names & Terms:
- background: 5 traits, Hero cult, Hero shrine, Cleomedes, 4 key conventions of epic
- Heracles, Zeus, Hera, Megara, Heracles's labors, Alcestis, Admetus, Deianira, Nessus, Hyllus
- Theseus, Aegeus, Poseidon, Minotaur, Ariadne, Hippolytus, Pyanopsia
- Oedipus, Jocasta, Laius, Sphinx, Antigone, Colonus
- Achilles, Thetis, Priam, Hector, The Iliad, anger
- Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, Utnapishtim, The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Aeneas, Venus, Anchises, Pallas, Turnus, The Aeneid
- Troy, the movie:
- Key names & terms: Thetis, Apollo, Achilles, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen, Hector, Paris, Odysseus, Patroclus, Andromache, Priam, Briseis, Ajax, Trojan Priest, Nestor, Glaucus
- "Medea: The Making of a Heroine," Maurizio, Ch 11:
- Key Names and terms:
- background: 5 traits, Charilla, Heroine Shrine, Keres, Poene
- Helen, Zeus, Leda, Menelaus, Hermione
- Clytemnestra, Leda, Tyndareus, Agamemnon, Erinyes
- Hecuba, Priam, Hector, Cassandra
- Medea, Aeëtes, Cruesa, Jason, Hera Acraia
- Antigone, Creon, Haemon, 2 brothers
Possible Essay Questions:
- Source material: Maurizio, Ch 10; the movie Troy
- Prompt: You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past (but without affecting the time continuum, i.e. you can't change the past or communicate with individuals), but it has some restrictions. You must submit your request in writing to the portal and demonstrate that you have good cause to visit (or it may refuse your request). Based solely on the sources above, determine and demonstrate whether you would want to go back as Achilles from the movie or Achilles from the text — with a focus on their "character-traits" or "nature." In the main body of your essay, indicate why you rank them in the order you do (i.e. evidence for why your second choice is less desirable than your first). Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting facts (make sure you have good supporting facts from the Iliad in Maurizio, though you may use her descriptions as well).
- Source material: Maurizio, Ch 11; the movie Troy.
- Prompt: You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the past (but without affecting the time continuum, i.e. you can't change the past or communicate with individuals), but it has some restrictions. You must submit your request in writing to the portal and demonstrate that you have good cause to visit (or it may refuse your request). Based solely on the sources above, determine and demonstrate whether you would want to go back as Briseis from the movie or Medea (Euripides' version) — with a focus on their "character-traits" or "nature." In the main body of your essay, indicate why you rank them in the order you do (i.e. evidence for why your second choice is less desirable than your first). Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting facts (make sure you have good supporting facts from the Euripides' Medea in Maurizio, though you may use her descriptions as well).
