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MythologyPart Five Study Guide

Instructions: Answer the following questions about Chapters 17through 19of Mythology in complete sentences. Due November 9, 2012.

  1. Who was Tantalus and what was his wrongdoing? How was he punished? How was his story connected to the curse on the house of Atreus?
  1. What wrong did Tantalus’ son, Pelops, do? Why?
  1. What wrong did Niobe, Tantalus’ daughter, do? How was she punished?
  1. What tragedies did Pelops’ sons, Atreus and Thyestes, endure? How as the curse involved?
  1. Identify these members of the House of Atreus: Agamemnon, Menelaus, Aegisthus, Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra.
  1. Identify the reasons for Agamemnon’s death according to the two versions Hamilton gives.
  1. Who killed Cyltemnestra and why? How was her murder carried out?
  1. How was Orestes absolved of guilt? Why was the curse on the House of Atreus lifted?
  1. According to Euripides, how was Iphigenia saved from being sacrificed?
  1. How did Iphigenia and Orestes meet?
  1. How did Iphigenia, Orestes, and his cousin Pylades escape from the Taurians?
  1. What events led Cadmus to find the city of Thebes?
  1. Describe the tragedies that befell Cadmus’ four daughters.
  1. What fate did Cadmus and his wife, Harmonia, suffer? What does their fate reveal about suffering inflicted by the gods?
  1. How was Oedipus related to Cadmus?
  1. What prophecy was told about Laius’ son? How did king Laius try to prevent fulfillment of this prophecy?
  1. How was Laius reportedly killed? Why wasn’t his death investigated?
  1. What was the Sphinx? How did Oedipus answer the Sphinx’s riddle and conquer the creature?
  1. What prophecy was told to Oedipus? How was it fulfilled?
  1. How did Oedipus and Jocasta learn what they had done? How did they react to their discovery?
  1. After Jocasta’s death, how were Oedipus and his children treated by the Thebans? What happened to the Theban throne?
  1. Why was Oedipus banished? Which daughter went with him into exile? Which daughter stayed in Thebes? Why?
  1. Under what circumstances did Oedipus die? How did his sons die?
  2. Creon took over as ruler when Oedipus’ sons and his own son died. How did Creon then violate his sacred duty town Polyneices?
  1. Who buried Polyneices and with what result?
  1. Why did Theseus lead an army against Thebes? What was the outcome of the war?
  1. Why did the sons of the chieftains march against Thebes ten years later? What was the outcome of this war?
  1. Describe the first King of Attica.
  1. How did Athena and Poseidon compete to become the protector of Athens? Who won?
  1. Who was Tereus and what was his wrongdoing? How was he punished?
  1. How was Philomela freed? How did Procne and Philomela escape from Tereus after their revenge on him?
  1. Who were Procris and Cephalus? How did Cephalus deceive Procris? What did Procris do when she learned of the deception?
  1. How did Cephalus win back Procris’ love? How did Pocris die?
  1. What was the fate of Procris’ sister, Orithyia?
  1. Why was Procris’ sister, Creusa, so sad?
  1. How was Creusa’s son restored to her?