• 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
• 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
• Callisto & Arcas (Greek): Callisto, Arcas, Zeus, Hera, Artemis, the big dipper, the little dipper
  

• Powell, Chapter 9:
• Key Names & Terms: Demeter, Persephone, Kore, Eleusinian Mysteries, Triptolemus, Inanna, Dumuzi, Isis, Osiris, Cybele, Attis, Agdestis, Adonis
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here

Introduction to Heroic Myth:

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

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

• Powell, Chapter 14:
• <>Key Names & Terms: Heracles, Alcmena, Eurystheus, Amphitryon, Megara, Nemean lion, Hydra, Ceryneian deer, Erymanthian boar, Pholus, Chrion, Augeas, Stymphalian birds, Cretan bull, horses of Diomedes, Admetus, Alcestis, Hippolyta, Geryon, Cacus, apples of the Hesperides, Antaeus, Busiris, Cerberus, Metopes, Iole, Omphale, Deianira, Achelous, Nessus, Heraclids
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Movie: key names & terms: Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Hades, Pain, Panic, the fates, Hercules, Alcmene, Amphitryon, Phil, Pegasus, Meg, river guardian, the titans, the cyclops, Thebes, "go the distance", "true hero"
  

• Short Essay Questions: (150-200 words long)
• Would you consider Gilgamesh a true hero? Why or why not? Don't forget to define a true hero.
• Compare and contrast Hades in the movie Hercules and in the Greek myth.(NB if you choose this question, you can't write on the Hercules movie on your long essay)
• Long Essay Questions: (300-400 words long)
• Explain Megara's role in the movie--in what ways is she different from two of the following Greek helping 'women': Medea, Ariadne, Hera, Aphrodite. (NB if you choose this question, you can't write on the Hercules movie on your short essay)
• Examine the evolution of the Hero through Greek literature, starting with the myth of Perseus, continuing with the myth of Heracles or Theseus, and ending with the myth of Jason.