Research Topics for Antigone

Research Journal

Zeus (Zooz)

Olympus

Oedipus (Ed-i-pus)

Laius (Lay-us)

Jocasta (Joe-ka-sta)

Tiresias

*Thebes (This is a place. Use the questions for Places listed at the bottom of the page)

Athena (A-thee-na)

Apollo (A-pa-low)

Ares (Air-eez)

Demeter/ (De-mee-tur)/Ceres (Se-reez)

Haphaestus (Ha-fee-tus)

Aphrodite (Afro-die-tee)

*Semele (Sa-me-lee)

Bacchus (Bach-us) /Dionysus (Die-o-ny-sus)

Danaë (Da-na-ee)

Perseus (Pur-see-us)

Pelops (Pell-ops)

Tantalus  (Taunt-a-lus)

Hecate (Heck-a-te)

Sphinx (Sfi-inks)

Guiding Questions:

  1. Who is this person/god?
  2. What is he/she/it famous for?
  3. Is this person a god or a hero or other?
  4. What human quality do they represent? (Remember our definition of Allegory/Fable) For instance:  Diana, the huntress represents chastity. Venus is the goddess of love, therefore she represents love
  5. Does this person/god have a specific image or icon (i.e. a symbol that represents who they are?) For example: Poseidon (god of the sea carries a triton, which looks a bit like a pitch fork or garden rake.

**Niobe (Nye-o-bee

**Dirce (Dir-see)

**These names have two histories:

  1. What is their original association or beginning?
  2. What do these people become and why?

Greek Burial Rights:

  1. What did the Greeks value most life or death and why?
  2. What are the three stages of burial?
  3. How were the dead dressed or prepared to pass to the next phase of death?

*Hades (Hay-dees) Hades has two roles one is a person and the other a place (be prepared to talk about both)

*Acheron (Ak-ron)

*Styx

 *These are names of places:

  1. Where is this place located?
  2. What is it also known as?
  • Alternatives:

Muses

The Furies (also called Erinyes)