CC 303/352 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

DR GOFF

STUDY GUIDE FOR IN-CLASS TEST #3

The format is similar to that of the second in-class test. For this test you will prepare FIVE page-length essays, and on the day of the test you will write TWO. Please reread the study guide to the second test for advice on how to structure your essays.

Please prepare the following topics:

1) Discuss Achilles in relation to the heroic paradigm.

2) Discuss two places that Odysseus visits (you may include Ithaca) in terms of their relations with food, hospitality, and women.

3) Compare and contrast autochthony in Athens and Thebes.

4) Compare and contrast the myths of Thebes and Mycenae.

5) Discuss the role of women in the myths of Rome.