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Worksheets for Mythology Questions and Answers What makes the Greek word mythos difficult to define? Because there is a shift in meaning with that word. Depending on who is using the word it can mean a lot of different things. Mythos is also connected to folktails. How is myth different fr...

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What makes the Greek word mythos difficult to define? - answer Because there is a
shift in meaning with that word. Depending on who is using the word it can mean a lot of
different things. Mythos is also connected to folktails.

How is myth different from history? - answer Myth is a narrative telling of things,
while history at its beginnings is different. Historia is an examination. Examined account
looking at other stories and giving an account to decide whether what is true and what is
false. Give an account between the war of the Greeks and the persians. A myth is just
an account not an examination of anything. When a myth is told it is just told.

How is myth different from religion? - answer Myth is not religion, it may have
religious things but it is not religion.Religion is a body of rituals that people do to
approach god, you don't use mythological stories to approach god.

Give two reasons why the modern distinction between myth/legend/folktale is not
always helpful when discussing Greek myth? - answer The categories overlap, they
are anachronistic (the greeks cannot decide which category their stories fall into), and
they are artificial (up to the writer and the audience to determine which category they fall
into)

Why are there different spellings for the names of Greek gods and heroes? - answer
Both Latin and Greek are declined languages. In a declined language, every time a
noun is used it is spelled with a root and an ending. The root stays the same in all
spellings. The ending varies, based on the part of speech played by that noun in a
particular sentence.

What are the names and dates of the three time periods of Greek myth-
telling (see Buxton p. 8)? - answer The Archaic period: 700-500 BC
The Classical period: 500-323 BC
The Hellenistic period: 323-31 BC

What are the potential origins of Greek myths that Buxton discusses (pp.16-19 - answer
1. Indo-European Societies
2. Near Eastern/West Asiatic Civilization (Assyria, Babylonia, Israel)
3. Africa - Especially Egypt

What is the main point of Buxton's explanation of
Where was Greece? (pp. 19-21) - answer Greek myths fluctuate over a wide area -
geographical
reach becoming more extensive; even when Greeks were

, taken over, the myths lasted, taking on new guises with
undiminished capacity for adaptation.

Based on your reading in Buxton (pp. 22-26), list the different types of
evidence and consider what each can reveal about the use of Greek myths. - answer
Vase Painting - depict specific scenes from Greek myth
Coins - Politico-religious image which encapsulates the identity of the community who
made it.
Mirrors - conjure up an ideal/heroized world to complement the role of

Based on your reading in Buxton (pp. 31-38), give the three ways in which
myths were 'performed' in ancient Greek societies. What makes each
Different? - answer 1. Epic Poetry
2. Choral Song
3. Drama- tragedy, satyr play, or comedy.

what are you call when you are immortal in the greek world? - answer
bread/ambrosia

Based on your reading in Buxton (pp. 38-39), list the different examples of
what Buxton refers to as "written myths." What makes each different? - answer 1.
Texts-to-be-read: Argonavtica
2. New genre of written myth narrative: Metamorphoses
and Library of Mythology
3. Reveal location: - 'history' and 'philosophy'

Give an example of a reception theory approach to 'The Rape of Persephone. - answer
Dante Rossetti took the Rape of Persephone and compared it to his own life.
He painted his mistress (Jane Morris) as Persephone since she was married to a man
that
she didn't want to be with and could only find moments of happiness with Rossetti ( aka
Demeter).

Give an example of a euhemeristic approach to 'The Rape of Persephone.' - answer
In the rape of Persephone, Demeter's search for Persephone represents the anguish
ancient women felt when they 'lost' their daughter to an arranged marriage.

Give an example of an allegorical approach to 'The Rape of Persephone.' - answer
Allegory about seed going into the ground and producing more seeds and there is a
cycle.
Demeter - god mother (not really the meaning but that is what he interpreted it as).
Persephone is satiety/Eleusis = Oulai which is barley seeds. Persephone enters the
Earth (underworld) and sprouts back up thanks to her mother's nourishment.

.Give an example of an etiological approach to 'The Rape of Persephone.' - answer
that when Persephone w Hades, Demeter takes away grain (growing seasons)

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