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Mythology
Edith Hamilton
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Overview
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Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Introduction to Classical Mythology
Part One, Chapters I–II
Part One, Chapters III–IV
Part Two, Chapters I–II
Part Two, Chapters III–IV
Part Three, Chapters I–II
Part Three, Chapters III–IV
Part Four, Chapters I–II
Part Four, Chapter III— The Adventures of Odysseus
Part Four, Chapter IV — The Adventures of Aeneas
Part Five, Chapters I–II
Part Five, Chapter III; Part Six, Chapters I–II
Part Seven, Introduction & Chapters I–II
Characters
Character List
Zeus
Odysseus
Oedipus
Medea
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
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Context
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Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Introduction to Classical Mythology
Part One, Chapters 1-2
Part One, Chapters 3-4
Part Two, Chapters 1-2
Part Two, Chapters 3-4
Part Three, Chapters 1-2
Part Three, Chapters 3-4
Part Four, Chapters 1-2
Part Four, Chapter 3- The Adventures of Odysseus
Part Four, Chapter 4 - The Adventures of Aeneas
Part Five, Chapters 1-2
Part Five, Chapter 3; Part Six, Chapters 1-2
Part Seven, Introduction & Chapters 1-2
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What is a more accurate descriptor than "author: for Edith Hamilton?
Illustrator
Collector
Biographer
Poet
2
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Approximately how many years after Homer did the Romans write the pieces referenced by Hamilton?
300
100
1,000
2,000
3
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Myths largely emerged from ___, which encouraged intellectual and artistic pursuits?
Athens
Delphi
Corinth
Sparta
4
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Which war gave Athens its first great glory, proving itself as a naval power?
The Peloponnesian War
The Trojan War
The Greek War
The Persian War
5
of 5
In 358 B.C., who began a conquest that eventually brought all of Greece under his rule?
King Philip of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Xerxes I
Caesar
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