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)
Why did Zeus not know about Typhon’s existence until he was full-grown? (pg. 59)
Describe Typhon, what did he look like? (pg. 60)
What do we learn in this story about the relationship of gods of the Greeks and the gods of the Egyptians? (pg. 60)
How did Typhon immobilize Zeus? (pg. 61)
What became of Europa? (pg. 62-63)
How did Prince Cadmus help Zeus? (pg. 63-65)
How did Zeus defeat Typhon in the end? (pg. 66)
What two characters got married in this story? (pg. 67-69)
What is the name of the city which Cadmus founded? (pg. 68)
Describe the “Elysian Fields.” (pg. 69)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation/Comparison of the Text)
Why would the Titon, Typhon, desire to destroy the Immortals? (pg. 60)
How do we see another case of situational irony in this story? (pg. 62)
What might we infer about the King of Phoenicia from the command he gives to his three sons? (pg. 63)
Why is the story of Typhon’s defeat and imprisonment under the mountain a good example of “myth”? (pg. 66)
The text says that when Electra left the enchanted island it “was no longer enchanted, now that Harmonia had left it.” (pg. 67) What does this imply?
Finish the analogy: Sheol is to Hades as the Elysium Fields are to ________?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
This story ends with a marriage and a happy life, culminating in a blessed afterlife. (pg. 68-69) What is your idea of a perfect happy ending to a story? What makes for a “happy ending”?
Is it ever appropriate to end stories in tragedy, misery, and hopelessness? Why or why not? Defend your answer with reason.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
How is the ending of the Bible in some ways similar to the ending of this story? What is notably different? Read Revelation 19:6-9 and Revelation 21 and give your answer.
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Deception, Myth, Wilderness vs. Civilization, Love, Happiness