PART II: QUOTATIONS & IMAGES
1) Who is speaking in this quote from Sophocles and what event is he describing? What is its significance? (5 marks)
“Now, lady, I will tell you the truth. When on my journey I was near those three roads, there I met a herald, and a man in a carriage drawn by colts, as you have described. The leader and the old man himself tried to thrust me rudely from the path. Then, in anger, I struck the one pushing me aside, the driver, and the old man, when he saw this, watched for the moment I was passing, and from his carriage, brought his double goad straight down on my head. Yet he was paid back with interest: with one swift blow from the staff in this hand he rolled right out of the carriage onto his back. I slew every one of them.”
2) In the wall painting below from the British Museum, who is the female figure who has been abandoned on the shore after escaping from Crete? Who abandoned her? Who finds her? Who does the abandoner go on to marry, and how is she related to the figure in the painting? (5 marks)
3) In this 1889 painting by Barker, who is the female represented? Who visits her island, and which creatures does she help him bypass? (5 marks)
4) Which goddess is this a statue of? Who is her brother? Who spotted her bathing and what was his punishment? (4 marks)
5) Which mythical pairing does this 2006 painting by David Revoy represent? How does the painting evoke the original ancient myth? (4 marks)
6) Who are the three figures in this painting? Describe the story that the scene evokes. (5 marks)
7) In the below passage from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who is being punished (missing name)? Who is doing the punishing? Why is the punishment deemed ‘appropriate’? (3 marks)
“Then, as the goddess turned to go, she sprinkled
[ ] with the juice of Hecate’s herb,
And at the touch of that grim preparation,
She lost her hair, then lost her nose and ears;
Her head got smaller and her body, too;
Her slender fingers were now legs that dangled
Close to her sides; now she was very small,
But what remained of her turned into belly,
From which she now continually spins
A thread, and as a spider, carries on
The art of weaving as she used to do.”
8) In the below passage from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, who is being turned into a laurel tree? Why is this happening? In what ways is this particular mythical story problematic? (5 marks)
“Her prayer was scarcely finished when she feels
a torpor take possession of her limbs –
her supple trunk is girdled within a thin
layer of fine bark over her smooth skin;
her hair turns to foliage, her arms
grow into branches, sluggish roots adhere
to feet that were so recently swift,
her head becomes the summit of a tree,
all that remains of her is a warm glow’
9) Below is one of Eleanor Antin’s reimaginings of Ruben’s ‘Judgement of Paris’. Identify each of the characters in this scene and describe the ways in which Antin evokes their various characteristics/personalities. (14 marks)
PART III: LONG ANSWER
Special note: While answering the questions, your responses should have at least ten clear points/examples.
2.) Who do you think is more justified in their revenge – Medea or Clytemnestra? In your answer, you should include a discussion of BOTH women’s actions, including but not limited to who they sought revenge against, why they decided to enact revenge, and their method of revenge.
5.) Homer begins The Iliad by stating he will speak of the ‘anger of Achilles’. To what extent is Achilles justified in his anger? In your answer, you should justify your opinion with reference to specific examples from the epic.
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