First, remember that the vocabulary test (units 1-3 plus classical roots) has been moved to Monday/Tuesday, October 19/20.
Monday/Tuesday:
Bring your Norton Anthologies. We will read the background of Ovid (683-684). You will then read Ovid’s story of Creation (684-686) and The Four Ages (686-687). Answer the following questions:
- When did Ovid live?
- What happened to Ovid in A.D. 8?
- How many books are in Metamorphoses?
- What existed before the earth?
- What is the aether?
- List each of the four ages and what characterized each age.
Next, from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, read “The Quest for the Golden Fleece.” Answer these questions:
- Who was Athamas?
- Who was Nephele? Why was she afraid for the life of her son?
- Who was Ino? What is the name of her father? What was his title?
- Who was Phrixus?
- How does Ino trick Athamas to murder his own son?
- What happened instead of a sacrifice?
- Who was Helle? What happened to her?
- What happened to the boy?
- What were the Colchians like?
- Who was Aetes?
- What happened to the ram?
- What was so special about that ram—in terms of its appearance?
- What was Pelias?
- Why might Jason hold a grudge against Pelias?
- Of what must Pelias be afraid?
- Why is Pelias afraid when he sees Jason?
- How does Pelias answer Jason’s demand to give up the throne?
- What must Jason first do in order to reclaim his throne?
- What was the name of Jason’s ship?
- What had the women of
- Who was Hypsipyle? What had she done with her father?
- Who was Hylas? What distracted him? What eventually happened to him?
- Who were the Harpies?
- What are the Symplegades? How do the Argonauts escape?
- What is the name of the country of the Golden Fleece?
- Which two goddesses decided to employ Cupid? What is Cupid to do?
- How does King Aetes feel about foreigners?
- What other trial does Aetes put Jason through?
- How does Medea help Jason and his men survive this trial?
- What does Medea beg the Argonauts to do?
- What does Jason promise Medea?
- Who is Apsyrtus?
- What does Medea do to him? Why?
- How did the Argonauts survive Scylla and Charybdis? What are Scylla and Charybdis?
- What happened on
- While Jason has been away, what has happened to Jason’s father and mother?
- How does Medea bring about the death of Pelias?
- What other gifts did Medea possibly give to Jason?
- Jason and Medea had how many children?
- What does Jason do to anger Medea?
- What does Jason say to “add insult to injury” to what he is about to do to Medea?
- How does the story end?
Each student should be ready to answer any of these questions, complete with page numbers (if necessary) by the beginning of the next class (Thursday or Friday).
Bring your grammar books and workbooks on Thursday/Friday.
Thursday/Friday:
Question and answer session on the assigned reading (graded). All students are responsible for all the information about these stories.
Make sure you have your Hacker's Rules for Writers books and workbooks. Turn to page 138 and begin reading 18: Find the exact words. Read 18a, 18b, and 18c. Do exercise 18-1 in your book. Do exercises 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 in your workbook (pp. 41-43).
Homework: Study for your vocabulary test. It will be on Monday/Tuesday, October 19/20.
