Greek Myth XXXIV: Pseudo-Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Book I, Chapter IX – Sons of Aeolus, Melampus, Admetus, Pelias, Argonauts, or Proof That These “Chapters” are Arbitrary

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It’s Medea time!

Discussion Prompts
  1. Does Helle serve a larger purpose than providing the name to the Hellespont? If so, what?
  2. AP Credit: Discuss the relationship between serpents and understanding the language of birds in various myths.
  3. How do you think Alcestis gets out of the underworld? With Persephone’s permission? Or with Heracles’s prowess? Why do you prefer the version you picked?
  4. Discuss women’s agency and patriarchy as seen in Medea’s story.
  5. If you were Medea, would you have returned your father to the throne or taken it for yourself? Why?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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