CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY CC 303/352

DR GOFF

STUDY GUIDE FOR THE 1ST IN-CLASS TEST

This test will consist of two parts. One part consists of 2 (two) questions to which you will write paragraph-long answers (25% x 2= 50%). The second part consists of an essay question (50%). The first part will be completed on the test sheet; the second will be completed in a blue book which you will bring to class. There will be no choice of questions.

Do not tear any pages out of your blue book. If you make a mistake, simply cross it out.

Remember that each in-class test is worth 25% of your overall class grade, if enrolled in CC 303, and 20%, if in CC 352. If you want to achieve your best possible grade for this test, you should pay attention to spelling, punctuation, grammar and syntax, as well as being in command of the material covered in class. If you have doubts about any of these matters you should consult theWriting Center in the Flawn Academic Center or the Learning Skills Center in Jester.

The essay topic is as follows:

Discuss the importance of boundaries and transgressions with respect to the myths of deity X.

The identity of the deity will be given to the class on the day of the test. That is to say, you will not have any choice of deities to discuss. You should therefore review all the deities we have studied.

Do not misspell deity!

Good structure on the level of the essay, the paragraph and the sentence will be rewarded. You need to strike a balance between detailed accounts of myths and intelligent connections between the myths and the issues that they address. You need to have enough material a) to demonstrate that you know what you are doing, and b) to support the arguments that you make. You should know the facts but also be able to organize your knowledge; you should be able to produce arguments about the information and to draw conclusions from it.

The paragraph-answer topics are as follows:

transfer of power	food
relations between the sexes	hospitality
education of the young	metamorphosis

You will be asked to discuss two of these topics with respect to three myths each. Again there will be no choice of topics. You may repeat myths between topics, but obviously if you repeat all your myths you will not get a very good grade because you will not have demonstrated mastery of the material.

Study List:

Know about these figures: their births, attributes, the main points of any myths connected to them. Be aware of how mortals and divinities interact, and of the contradictions and paradoxes that structure the Greek gods. Pay attention to the details of the rituals that we have discussed in relation to various deities. Go over the readings and the various tables or charts that appear in the Reader. Quiz each other, practice writing plans for the essay or short answers for the paragraphs, and go to the SI sessions.

Ouranos, Gaia, Kronos, Rhea, Zeus, Metis, Typhon/Typhoeus/Typhaon

Prometheus, Epimetheus, Pandora, Io, Lycaon, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Flood, Olympia

Hera, Poseidon, Caenis, Cleobis and Biton

Athena, Teiresias, Arachne, contest with Poseidon, Parthenon, Artemis, Callisto, Actaeon, Hippolytos, Niobe, Arkteia,

Apollo, Daphne, Hyacinth, Sibyl, Cassandra, Marpessa, Marsyas, Asclepius, Coronis, Pythia, Delos, Delphi

Dionysos, Pentheus, Semele, Agave, maenad, satyr

Demeter, Persephone, Erysichthon, Demophon, Eleusinian Mysteries

Hermes, Hestia, Aphrodite, Anchises, Hephaestus, Ares