CLAS 104

CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Spring 2019
Final Exam Study Guide
Instructions:
a) This Exam is worth 50% of your final grade
for CLAS 104.
b) This Exam is made up of 100 Multiple Choice
questions (100 X 1 mark each).
c) This Exam covers content from Modules 13-
22.
d) This PowerPoint contains a slide/s for each
of Modules 13 – 22, indicating the “Important
Events, People & Concepts/Things/Places” in
each Module that students should take notes
on in order to prepare for the Final Exam.
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 13
Events:
People:
Odysseus Aeneas
Tiresias Sibyl of Apollo
Charon Hades
Concepts/Things/Places:
Justice/Judgement at death Cerberus
Vergil’s idea of Reincarnation Plato’s view on myth
Punishment in Hades/Tartarus/Hell Hero’s journey
Plato’s idea of Reincarnation Patriotic Myth
Stoicism & Myth
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 14
Events:
Seven Against Thebes
People:
Europa Cadmus
Laius Jocasta
Creon Oedipus
Tiresias Antigone
Ismene Eteocles
Polynices Theseus
Concepts/Things/Places:
Spartoi Curse of Pelops
Sphinx Feminine Masculine hero
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 15
Events:
Trial of Orestes
People:
Tantalus Pelops
Atreus Hippodamia
Thyestes Pelopia
Aegisthus Agamemnon
Clytemnestra Iphigenia
Orestes Cassandra
Concepts/Things/Places:
Curse of the House of Atreus Punishment of Tantalus
Curse of Myrtilus Thyestian Feast
Furies/Eumenides Areopagus
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 16
Events:
The Judgement of Paris Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Wrath of Achilles
People:
Thetis Paris
Priam Hector
Hecuba Helen
Agamemnon Menelaus
Odysseus Ajax the Greater
Achilles Patroclus
Aeneas Glaucus
Diomedes Sarpedon
Cassandra Nestor
Briseis Sinon
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 16
Concepts/Things/Places:
”kallisti” hereditary guest-friends
“arete” Bow of Heracles
The Trojan Horse
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 17
Events:
“I am Nobody” Penelope’s test for Suitors
Penelope’s test for Odysseus Slaughter of the Suitors
People:
Diomedes Idomeneus
Philoctetes Neoptolemus
Telemachus Calypso
Penelope Suitors
Lotus Eaters Polyphemus
Laestrygonians Telegonus
Telemachus Circe
Concepts/Things/Places:
“Nostoi” Island of Aeolus
“Homophrosyne” “periphron”
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 18
Events:
Golden Rain of Zeus Punishment of Danaus’ 49
People:
Perseus Acrisius
Danae Dictys
King Polydectes Graeae
Pegasus Chrysaor
Medusa Andromeda
King Cepheus Queen Cassiepea
King Megapenthes of Tiryns Io
Aegyptus and Danaus Hypermnestra

Concepts/Things/Places:
Divine gifts for Perseus
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 19
Events:
Panathenaia Festival 6 Labors of Theseus
Battle with the Amazons Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
Theseus and Pirithous “katabasis”
People:
Cecrops Erichthonius
Ion Aegeus
Theseus Medea
King Minos Ariadne
Queen Pasiphae of Crete Daedalus
Icarus
Concepts/Things/Places:
“Autochthonous” The Bull of Marathon
The Minotaur “Aegean Sea”
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 20
Events:
Snakes of Hera The Madness of Heracles
12 Labors of Heracles Heracles’ Death and Apotheosis
People:
Amphitryon Alcmena
Heracles Megara
King Eurystheus Iolaus
The Cercopes Meleager
Deianira Achelous the river-god
Eurytus Iole
Nessus the Centaur Queen Omphale
Concepts/Things/Places:
“Athloi” Heracles’ bow, club & lionskin
“Parergon”
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 21
Events:
Curse of the women of Lemnos 3 Impossible Tasks
Death of Pelias Death of Creusa and Creon
People:
Nephele Ino
Helle Phrixus
Aeson Pelias
Jason Phineus
Aeetes Medea
Apsyrtus
Concepts/Things/Places:
Hellespont Colchis
Iolcus The Golden Fleece
“beware of a man with one sandal” The Argo
Talos
 Important Events, People &
Concepts/Things/Places in Module 22
Events:
Rape of the Sabine Women Founding of Rome
People:
Horatius Cocles Mars (and his symbols)
Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitoline Triad
Asclepius Janus
Vergil Aeneas
Iulus Dido
Remus Romuls
Latinus Turnus
Rhea Silvia Tarquinius Superbus
Concepts/Things/Places:
Assimilated Gods Aeneid
Jupiter’s ritual purification sacrifice Sibylline books
 AVE ATQUE VALE
aka
“Hale and Farewell”