Hermes & Hestia:

• Maurizio, Chapter 7
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Hermes, Zeus, Maia, attributes (cap, wand, winged sandals, "slayer of Argus"), deity of (messengers, merchants, travelers, thieves, heralds, escorter of souls to Underworld), Hermes' hill, Herm, Pan, Hermaphroditus
    • Hestia, Cronus, Rhea, virgin, hearth, attributes (veil, branch)
    • Hymn 4: To Hermes, Maia, Zeus, Hermes, Apollo, old man, Apollo's cattle, lyre from turtle, pipes from reeds

From Adolescence to Adulthood:

• Maurizio, Chapter 8
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Artemis, Zeus, Leto, attributes (bow, quiver, wild animals), deity of (wild animals, young girls, childbirth, hunting, dancing), Actaeon, Callisto, Hippolytus, Euripides, Artemis Orthia
    • Apollo, Zeus, Leto, attributes (beardless, long-haired, bow, quiver, lyre, laurel branch), deity of (oracles, prophecy, plague, healing, music, i.e. the lyre), Oresteia, Delphi, Pythian Games, Pythia, Cassandra, Daphne, laurel tree
    • Hymn 3: To Apollo, Apollo, Pytho, Telphousa, lyre, Typhaon, Hera, Zeus, Cretan sailors, Delphi, Olympus, Krisa, dolphin, Delphinios
    • Hymn 27: To Artemis, Zeus, Leto, Apollo, Artemis, attributes (hunting/tracking, bow), dancing, Delphi

Encountering Dionysus:

• Maurizio, Chapter 9
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Dionysus, Zeus, Semele, attributes (wreath, grapes, vines, thyrsus, wine cup), deity of (fertility, wine), Anthesteria, Choes, Chytroi, Ariadne, symposium, satyrs, bacchae, thyrsus (or thyrsos), City Dionysia, tragedy
    • Euripides, Bacchae, Dionysus=Bacchus (Bromius), Cadmus, Pentheus, Agave, Bacchae, messenger, Chorus, Thebes, Cithaeron, thyrsus (or thyrsos) (=fennel rod), women's clothing
    • Hymn 7: To Dionysus Dionysus, Semele, Zeus, captain, helmsman, grape-vines, wine, bear, lion, dolphins
    • Catullus, Attis, Cybele=Cybebe, Gallae, castration

7 great deeds of Ma-ui in Leonard & McClure:

• Key Names & Terms: Ma-ui, Hina-of-the-fire, Hina-of-the-night=Goblin Goddess, old one tooth, short post, tall post, spear, birds, gourd, heat clouds, sky, kite, great island, sun and heavens, fire, immortality

Reminder 1: The only acceptable answers for the fill-in-the-blank questions are the names/terms/etc listed above.

Reminder 2: Source material for essay must be from:

• Hymn 4: To Hermes, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Hymn 3: To Apollo, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Hymn 27: To Artemis, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Hymn 7: To Dionysus, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Catullus, "Attis" (Maurizio's textbook)
• Xenophon, An Ephesian Tale, (Maurizio's textbook)
• Euripides, Bacchae, translation at BacchicStage or Maurizio's textbook for part of the play
• "The 7 Great Deeds of Ma-ui" (Leonard & McClure's textbook)

Possible Essay Topics

• Gentle/Terrible: We have seen that the 'priest' states: "Dionysus ... is by turns a most terrifying and a most gentle god to mortals" (208–210, 406; italics mine). Compare/contrast 1–2 of the following deities with Dionysus (use Bacchae above) with respect to how gentle or terrifying they are to mortals.
  • Apollo in Hymn 3: To Apollo, Maurizio, pp 349–358
  • Cybele in Catullus' Attis, Maurizio, pp 421–423
  • Eros in Xenophon, An Ephesian Tale, Maurizio, pp 374–379
  
  
  FYI: the word for "terrifying," deinos, has an interesting range of meanings: terrible, fearful, powerful (for good or ill), causing "awe," wondrous, marvellous, strange


• Tricksters: For 2 of the following,
  • Hermes (using Hymn 4: To Hermes),
  • Apollo (using Hymn 3: To Apollo),
  • Ma-ui (using "The 7 Great Deeds of Ma-ui" in Leonard & McClure's Myth & Knowing), and
  • Dionysus (using Euripides Bacchae, either in Maurizio or the on-line translation listed above; you may also use Hymn 7, but you must use the play)
  examine how they can be considered tricksters, using at least 2 the criteria set forth on pp 310–311. Make sure you specify which of the criteria you are using (can use different criteria for each individual).


• Liminality: If time travel were possible, and you could go back for a brief time as one of the following — Hermes, Apollo, Pentheus, Dionysus, Ma-ui — which would be your top 2 choices based on which would provide the best opportunity to experience the most interesting degree of reflection/change (for you) related to Turner's concepts regarding liminality (Maurizio, pp 412–413)."
  
  Some things to make sure you do:
  • In your introduction, among other things, rank all 5.
  • In the main body give evidence for your top two choices and also why the 1st is 1st, the 2nd is 2nd.
  • Make sure you give good examples from the actual myths that relate to the ideas expressed on pp 412–413.
  • If you pick Pentheus, then you must use examples from the entire play at BacchicStage
  • If you pick Dionysus, then you must use examples from the entire play at BacchicStage
  • If you pick Apollo, then you must use examples from Hymn 3: To Apollo (you may also use Hymn 4: To Hermes)