If you are looking for the beginning of the study for Tales of the Greek Heroes then you can go HERE for a brief introduction. At the bottom of the introduction you will find the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. If you would like to see the growing list of available book studies you can go HERE. Enjoy!
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
From where did the Nemean Lion come? (pg. 128)
How did Heracles finally kill the Nemean Lion? (pg. 129)
What was the second labor? (pg. 130)
What was the difficulty of fighting this particular beast and how was it overcome? (pg. 131)
Who owned the “Hind with the golden horns”? (pg. 132)
Why did the Erymanthian Boar kill Adonis? (pg. 133)
What happened to Pholus the Centaur? (pg. 134)
How did Heracles successfully clean King Augeus’ stable in just one day? (pg. 135-136)
What were the “Stymphalian Birds” said to be capable of doing? (pg. 136)
What did the palace at Cnossus have that no one else would have for three thousand years? (pg. 137)
Where did the Minotaur live and what was offered to it every year? (pg. 138)
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
Create a syllogism with the mood and figure of AOO - 2 using terms derived from this story.
Create a syllogism with the mood and figure of EAE - 1 using terms derived from this story.
Create a syllogism with the mood and figure of EIO - 3 using terms derived from this story.
*This assignment assumes students are learning Aristotelian logic. If you want to learn more about how to pursue that go HERE.
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
In this chapter we see Heracles begin to undertake the various “labors” as an atonement “for the terrible things he had done” (pg. 123) after he killed his children when he was made to go mad (crazy) by Hera’s doing. Should someone be held responsible for the things they do when they are not in their right mind? If nuance is required, as opposed to a forthright “yes” or “no”, what conditions would you put on your answer?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Judges Ch. 14. What similarities and dissimilarities do you see?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Cowardice, Courage