Hi 214: Classical Mythology
Final Examination Guidelines
The final examination will have three parts: (1) 12 identification
questions which you choose from a list of 15 (25 pts. total). (2) 5 paragraph-long
essays (identifying, defining or explaining the term) on topics that you choose
from a list of 7 (10 pts. each, 50 pts. total). (3) An essay on the following
topic:
Aeschylus’ "Agamemnon" is an excellent example of a work
of Greek literature that uses myths to illuminate and comment on issues current
at the time the work was composed. Write an essay in which you review the
chief myths that figure in the Agamemnon, discuss the themes that the myths
raise there, and explain how the myths address issues important to the Athenian
audience. Finally, looking back over your study of classical myths this term,
comment on the roles that myths generally played in Greek life.
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