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First Meeting: Friday, Dec 2nd Conrad’s Room

MEDUSA MYTHOLOGY CLUB Meets Every Friday Morning FRIDAYS 7:45–8:30 from 7:45–8:30

First Meeting: Friday, December 2nd Meet like-minded students interested in Greek and Roman mythology! Prepare together for The Medusa Mythology Exam, an “International Competition For COACHES: Mythology Enthusiasts”. The 2016 Exam theme is “The Rise and Fall Of the

Titans” – get ahead and see the resources on the back! Katrina McLane, GT Come to our first meeting to learn about this exciting opportunity! [email protected]

Jocelyn Conrad, Lang Arts [email protected] Fountain Middle School 515 North Santa Fe Ave Jessica Wykstra, P.E. Fountain, CO 80817 [email protected] Phone (719) 382-1580

2016 Medusa Mythology Exam “The Rise and Fall of the Titans”

Note Bene: For this exam, Olympians will only be included on a question when they are part of a story that stems from a Titan.

The exam will cover the following:

The six male Titans: Oceanus, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus and Cronus (the youngest).

The six female Titans (Titanides): Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe and Tethys.

Titans and their offspring: Iapetus + Asia (his niece, daughter of Oceanus and Oceanus + Tethys: Tethys) OR Clymene:  nautical Oceanids, including Styx, Asia, Electra,  Atlas Doris, Eurynome, Metis and others  Prometheus Coeus + Phoebe:  Epimetheus  Asteria Cronos + Rhea:  Leto (mother of Artemis and Apollo)  the six older Olympians Hyperion + Theia” Themis + her nephew Zeus (his second wife):  Eos  Moirae  Helios  Horae  Selene  Astraea Crius + Eurybia:  the River Eridanus' water nymphs  Astraeus  (perhaps) the Hesperidae  Pallas Mnemosyne + her nephew Zeus:  Perses  The nine Muse

Primary sources Secondary sources On-line sources (English translation of these sources are readily available.) Apollodorus, The Library Bulfinch, Thomas, Greek and Classical Mythology, 9th ed. Roman Mythology (www.classical mythology.org/) Hesiod, Theogony D’Aulaire, Ingri, and Theoi Greek Mythology Homer, The Iliad D’Aulaire, Edgar, Book of (www.theoi.com) Greek Myths Homeric Hymns Grant, Michael, and Hazel, Ovid, Metamorphoses John, Who’s Who In Classical Mythology Plutarch, Lives Hamilton, Edith, Mythology: Vergil, The Aeneid Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Grimal, Pierre, The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology

Morford, Mark, and Lenardon, Robert J., Classical Mythology

Oxford Classical Dictionary

Tripp, Edward, Handbook of Classical Mythology