A.
For
matching and short answer, you will have a brief practice exercise, the last
meeting before the Quiz. Be there.
In the meantime you can prepare for the following,
ID/discussion questions:
B. Be
able to describe chief features of cult (ritual practices, places etc.)
for
Demeter and
Dionysus
[e.g. Mysteries at Eleusis and Athens, [e.g.
birthplace at Thebes,
telesterion, kykeon,
hiera, priestly families, thyrsus, ekstasis, sparagmos,
Iambe (ritual obscenity), Triptolemos (evangelist)] Dionysia at Athens (and drama)]
C. Outline
2 out 3: [I’ll pick 3 of the four and you will do
2]
(1) two versions of a hero's journey to the dead (Odysseus,
Orpheus, Er, Aeneas):
how
they got there, what they saw, etc.
(2) two versions of the 'Great Goddess and her lost beloved'
(Inanna
& Dumuzi; Isis & Osiris; Cybele & Attis)
(3) Hippolytus: identify key
characters and summarize the plot.
(4) Bacchae: identify key
characters and summarize the plot.