If you are looking for the beginning of the study for Tales of the Greek Heroes then you can go HERE for a brief introduction. At the bottom of the introduction you will find the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. Enjoy!
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What was life like for men in the Golden age? (pg. 17)
What came with the men of the silver age? (pg. 17)
What did Zeus forbid Prometheus to give to man? (pg. 18)
Who were the parents of Hermes? (pg. 18)
Whose help does Apollo enlist to find his cows? (pg. 19)
What did Hermes use to make his lyre? (pg. 21)
What strange thing did Battus see in the night? (pg. 22-23)
How did Hermes stop Apollo from seizing him? (pg. 24)
What roles did Apollo and Hermes gain in this story? (pg. 25)
What did Apollo do after growing “tired of singing”? (pg. 25)
How did Hermes trick Dryope? (pg. 26)
What did Zeus discover concerning Prometheus? (pg. 27)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
If the Golden age of man ended because there were no children, and the silver age of man ended because of the war with the Titans, what age is our current story in?
Cyllene says to the Satyrs, “You will learn by gentleness what you would never discover by force.” (pg. 21) What does she mean by this?
Why are the oaths that Cyllene and Hermes offer to the Satyrs and Apollo deceptive? (pg. 22, 24)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
In this story we see good examples of bad vices like cowardice, deceitfulness, and theft. What value is there, if any, in reading stories which contain examples of vice?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Compare and contrast the making of mankind by Prometheus (pg. 18) with the account of Genesis 2. What is similar and what is different? Why might the differences matter? Why might the similarities matter?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Cowardice, Wisdom, Deception, Love