Mythology: Timeless Tales Of Gods And Heroes - Honors 9 English Summer Reading Assignment - 2012 Page 6

Honors 9 English

Summer Reading Assignment

2012

Part Five: The Great Families of Mythology

Chapter 17, The House of Atreus

35. How do Tantalus and Niobe fit the definition of a “tragic” family?

36. How does Agamemnon’s family fit the definition of a “tragic” family?

37. What is Clytemnestra’s motivation for murdering Agamemnon when he returns home from the

Trojan War?

38. How the curse on the House of Atreus end?

Part Five: The Great Families of Mythology

Chapter 18, The Royal House of Thebes

39. How do Cadmus and Harmonia cause sorrow for their children and grandchildren?

40. What was the “riddle of the Sphinx” and the answer to the riddle?

41. What does the prophet Teiresias reveal to Odysseus?

42. How do Oedipus’ children fit the definition of a “tragic” family?

43. Briefly explain the conflict between Eteocles and Polyneices.

44. How does the House of Oedipus come to an end?

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