updated8-15-05

Chapters 6, 7, 8:  REPORTS ON THE OLYMPIAN GODS
preparation time:  2-4 hours

due:   Monday,  September 12
               Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Apollo, Hephaestus, Ares, Hermes, Pan, Iris

         Wednesday, September 14
               Hera, Hestia, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter, Aurora

        Monday, September 19
            Persephone, Medusa, The Muses, The Fates, The Furies (often called The Eumenides, The Erynies)

Go to Deities Treasure Hunt for information on how to do your research in the Library.

Gather information about your subject.
            Look in the textbook chapters
            Look in the index for additional references
            Look at electronic resources
                        for information sources held at UNM–LA
                        for information sources held at other libraries
                        for information sources available on the web or internet
            Browse the UNM–LA shelves/stacks

1. Prepare a 5-10 minute oral report about the Olympian or other deity on which you are focusing.
          Who is s/he?
          Parents and how conceived?
          Major spouse(s) and/or lover(s)?
          Major offspring

2. What are the deity's major attributes?
           Interests or concerns?
           Special powers?
           Special symbols, weapons, etc?

3. How was the deity worshipped?

4.  What major myths are associated with the deity?  
            Tell one of them and mention the others. 

5. What interesting themes or motifs do the myths reveal about the deity?
            (eg. Aphrodite's myths often have the theme of the destructive nature 
            of sexual attraction) 

6. How is the deity represented in the artwork of the times?  
             Find and copy a picture of one such work of art
             Point out how the artwork depicts the qualities in 1-5 above

7.  Prepare a one- or two-page handout for the class.  Do 20 copies.  I will do the copying for you if you give the report to me in time.
             Use the deity's name as the title
              Put the picture of the artwork somewhere in the handout
              Summarize the points listed above
              Choose a short reading assignment from the textbook for your classmates
              Write a question that would require a short paragraph answer.  
                    Make the question focus on some important aspect of your deity

Some web/internet sites you may like to visit are

http://pantheon.org/mythica
www.hygeia.com/goddess.html
http://has.brown.edu/~maicar/
http://prenhall.com/divisions/hss/app/powell 
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/