2008 Medusa Mythology Exam Syllabus

The International Competition for Mythology Enthusiasts

Supporting Classics Education

“A Plague on Both Your Houses!”

Questions will cover the stories, characters and family trees associated with the Houses of Atreus and

Cadmus, examples of which include but are not limited to the following:

House of Atreus

• Tantalus

• Pelops, Niobe

• Oenemaus and Hippodameia

• Atreus v. Thyestes

• Agamemnon and Menelaus

• Cassandra

• Iphigenia

• Helen of Troy

• Clytemnesetra

• Aegisthus

• Orestes and Eumenides

• Electra

House of Cadmus

• Zeus and Europa

• Cadmus & Harmonia

• Spartoi

• Semele, Agave, Autonoe, Ino

and their children

• Labdacus, Laius & Jocasta

• Amphion & Zethus

• Tiresias

• Oedipus & Sphinx

• Seven Against Thebes

• Creon

• Antigone & Haemon

• Epigoni

This syllabus is intended as a starting point for studying only.

It is NOT intended to outline the entire contents of the Examination.

QUESTION SOURCES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

Primary:

Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology; Aeschylus, Oresteia Trilogy (Agamemnon, The

Libation Bearers, Eumenides); Sophocles, Theban Trilogy (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus,

Antigone); Euripies, Bacchae

Secondary:

T. Bulfinch, The Age of Fable; P. Grimal, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, E. Hamilton,

Mythology; M. Grant & Hazel, Who’s Who in Classical Mythology, M. Morford & Lenardon,

Classical Mythology; S. Hornblower & Spawforth (eds.), Oxford Classical Dictionary