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), Caduceus, Anthesteria, Hermes' hill, Herm
    • Hestia, virgin, hearth, Cronus, Rhea, Amphidromia (child's naming ritual)
    • Unknown, Homeric Hymn 4: To Hermes, Maia, lyre (turtle), cattle, Apollo, Zeus, pipes
    • Egyptian: Unknown, "The Hymn to Thoth," Re, Thoth, bark, Ennead

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), Potnia Theron, Actaeon, Callisto, Hippolytus, Euripides, Hippolytus, Brauronia, Artemis Orthia
    • Apollo, Zeus, Leto, Asclepius, 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
    • Unknown, Hymn 3: To Apollo, Apollo, Pytho, Telphousa, Leto, Zeus, attribute (lyre), dolphin, cretan sailors
    • Unknown, Hymn 27: To Artemis, Artemis, attributes (hunting, dancing, golden bow), virgin, Delphi
    • Xenophon, An Ephesian Tale, Eros, Anthia, Habrocomes, oracle, marriage, festival/temple of Artemis

Encountering Dionysus:

• Maurizio, Chapter 9
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Dionysus, Zeus, Semele, attributes (wreath, grapes, vines, thyrsus, wine cup), deity of (fertility, wine), Anthesteria, Ariadne, symposium, satyrs, maenads, bacchae, City Dionysia, dithyramb, tragedy
    • Euripides, Bacchae, Dionysus, Thebes, Pentheus, Agave, bacchae, lion, mask
    • Catullus, Attis, Attis, Gallae, Cybele, lion

Tricksters, non-Greek:

• Leonard & McClure
  • Key Names & Terms:
    • Ga: Anaana, swarm of bees, leopard, python
    • Yoruba: Aja, Ajapa, yams, Oba
    • Lipan Apache: coyote, rose hips, 2 crows
    • Blackfoot: Old man coyote, coyote woman
    • Norse: Thor, Loki, Brokk/Eitri, Mjollnir

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 and in Leonard & McClure's Myth & Knowing

• Gentle/Terrible:
  • Prompt: We have seen that the 'priest' states: "Dionysus ... is by turns a most terrifying and a most gentle god to mortals" (208–210, 406) [FYI: the word for "terrifying," deinos, has an interesting range of meanings: terrible, fearful, powerful [for good or ill], causing "awe," wondrous, marvellous, strange]. Examine 2–3 of the following myths and argue how similar the deities in them are to Dionysus in this respect.
    • Hymn 4: To Hermes, Maurizio, pp 296–309
    • Hymn 3: To Apollo, Maurizio, pp 349–358
    • Hymn 27: To Artemis, Maurizio, p 358
    • Catullus' Attis, Maurizio, pp 421–423
    • Xenophon, An Ephesian Tale, Maurizio, pp 374–379


• Time Travel:
  • Background: You have come into possession of a time portal that will allow you to visit the "past" from within the mind of an individual (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). Remember, the portal is very particular about whom it lets go through and requires a request that contains good argumentation and good supporting facts.
  • Prompt: From the individuals below and based on the individual's "character-traits," determine and demonstrate which 3 you would choose to go back to the "past" as. Also indicate why you would pick your first choice as first, your second choice as second, and your last choice as last.
    • Hermes—use Hymn 4: To Hermes, Maurizio, pp 296–309
    • Apollo—use Hymn 4: To Hermes and/or Hymn 3: To Apollo, Maurizio, pp 296–309 and 349–358
    • Dionysus—use Euripides' Bacchae and Hymn 7: To Dionysos, Maurizio, pp 401–411 [you may use the web translation for the Bacchae if you wish: click here]
    • Pentheus—use Euripides' Bacchae, Maurizio, pp 401–410
    • Attis—use Catullus' Attis, Maurizio, pp 421–423