Latin 2: 3rd Quarter Culture Project
Topic: Mythology
Due Date: Monday March 3, 2003

Some myths from which to choose you project:
Rape of the Sabine Women
Baucis and Philemon
Achilles
Ceres and Prosepina
Daedalus and Icarus
Hercules
Medusa
Midas
Orpheus and Eurydice
Pyramus and Thisbe
Perseus and Andormeda
Theseus and the Minotaur (ariadne)
Aphrodite and Adnois
Cinyras and Myrrha
Romulus and Remus
Cronus (Roman Saturn)
Narcissus
Pygmalion
Phoenix

Uisng on e of the myths above, choose one of the following projects. You grade will be based on accuracy, completeness, bibliography, neatness, and originality.
N.B. No late project will be accepted; you may turn them in early BUT NOT LATE!

1. Impaersonate a major mythological charator, e.g. Daedalus, Echo, Hercules, etc.
2. Make a comic strup or a book about the major events of one of the myths.
3. Research a myth and then write a diamante, acrostic, or cinquain poem about a key mythological character. See Mrs. Lynn for examples.
4. Invent a card game based on "Old Maid" using mythological charaters/monsters as pair topics.
5. Define each of the following terms and explain where they came from: Echo, Narcissism, Icarian Sea.
6. Do a report on monsters in mythology and illustrate. Do a least three different monsters. Possible choices: Hydra, Chimera, Minotaur.
7. Explain what is meant by mythology: how did myths come into being and what was their purpose? Select one f the myths above, write about it, and tell why it did or did not appeal to you.

A complete bibliography is to be included. Use hard sources as well as the internet!

Information Sources:

The WHHS Library has MANY mythology books on reserve for your class: use these first! They also have better and more complete versions of the stories that you need. Some good web sources are:

Encyclopedia Mythica- An online encyclopedia to all the world's mythologies.USE THIS FIRST!

Other possibilities are:

Greek Mythology- Designed as a supplement for a college course, this has short descriptions of good and goddesses. Use Encyclopedia Mythica for more complete information.

Greek Mythology Online- Brief descriptions of gods and goddesses.

Greek Gods and Goddesses- Brief descriptions of the major gods and goddesses, with their Roman names and the symbols usually associated with them.

The Odyssey Online- Part index, part online book, this has a keyword index to important events and people in the Odyssey

http://www.bulfinch.org/- Bulfinch's Mythology on the Web. This is a searchable version of the text (for the print version, we have four copies in the WHHS Library); many good stories.