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.