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Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Boston: Brown & Company, 1940.
Introduction to Classical Mythology (pages 13 - 23)
1.
What is Greek and Roman mythology supposed to show us?
2.
Who created the myths?
3.
What is the first written record of Greece?
4.
With whom does Greek mythology begin and what did he write?
5.
In what image did the Greeks make their gods?
6.
What is the “miracle” of Greek mythology?
7.
What has no place in classical mythology?
8.
What is almost nonexistent in classical mythology?
9.
According to the “most modern idea,” what does a “real myth” have nothing to do with?
10.
What is a myth according to Hamilton?
11.
What does Hamilton say is in the “background” of mythological stories?
12.
As time passed, humankind grew “more conscious of what life demanded of them and what human
beings needed in the god they worshiped.” The amorous Zeus, the cowardly Zeus, the ridiculous Zeus
evolved into what type of god?
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The Olympian Gods (pages 24 – 47)
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Boston: Brown & Company, 1940.
NOTE: Some of the “Animals, plants” and “Objects” sections will be blank.
Name
Zeus (Jupiter)
Hera (Juno)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Hades (Pluto)
Athena (Minerva)
Apollo
Artemis (Diana)
Aphrodite (Venus)
Hermes (Mercury)
Ares (Mars)
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Hestia (Vesta)
Demeter (Ceres)
Dionysus (Bacchus)
Animal, plants
Objects
Attributes(Characteristics), etc.
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Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Boston: Brown & Company, 1940.
The Two Great Gods of Earth (pages 48 - 55)
Demeter:
13.
Who was older, Demeter or Dionysus? Why?
14.
When did her chief festival occur?
15.
When did her great festival occur and how long did it last?
16.
Neither Dionysus nor Demeter were always happy but they both experienced what?
17.
Who was Demeter’s daughter?
18.
Demeter’s daughter was enticed by what?
19.
What does Hades do?
20.
What is Demeter’s reaction?
21.
How long was Demeter in mourning and what happened to the earth?
22.
What was Demeter’s proclamation?
23.
Hermes (Mercury), obeying Zeus’s command, goes to the underworld to persuade Hades (Pluto) to
return Persephone. What does Hades make her eat?
24.
What does Demeter agree to?
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Dionysus: (pages 55 - 64)
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Boston: Brown & Company, 1940.
1.
Upon Semele’s death what does Zeus do?
2.
What happens to Dionysus when he was “near Greece”?
3.
What did the gods of Olympus love?
4.
The worship of Dionysus was centered in what two ideas?
5.
What city did Dionysus go and establish his worship?
6.
Pentheus, the King of Thebes, was the son of Semele’s sister and was unaware that Zeus had saved his
cousin. Pentheus was unhappy with the group of unruly women (Maenads) and wanted them
imprisoned. Who warned Pentheus that Dionysus was a “new god”?
7.
Pentheus goes to the hills to find the Maenads. What happens to him?
8.
People felt completely different about Dionysus as compared to the other gods. What does Hamilton say
the people felt?
9.
At what time of year did Dionysus’ festival take place?
10.
How long did it last?
11.
Demeter suffers because of grief for another. Why does Dionysus suffer?
12.
What assurance did Dionysus give to his followers?