Myth and Religion

How the Greeks used myths to celebrate civilisation over barbarism — the Centauromachy on the Parthenon south metopes and the Amazonomachy on the Temple of Apollo at Bassae.

Preparation of the body, the funeral procession, burial and cremation, grave stelai, and the festivals of the dead. 14 pages · 10 sections · exercises throughout.

Roman burial practices, the role of the familia, tombstone evidence, and a comparison of Greek and Roman attitudes to death and remembrance.

Two 8-mark practice questions, one on Greek and one on Roman death and burial practices.

The funerary process, festivals, sources and remembrance — Greece and Rome, with comparison sections and flashcards. Use this after the booklets.

The myth of Persephone and Demeter as told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter — plot, characters, the underworld, and what the text reveals about ancient Greek beliefs.

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses — plot, characters, the underworld in Roman belief, and how the two cultures saw what waits below.

Plot, characters, the underworld, ancient culture, and Greece vs Rome comparison — with flashcards. Use this after the booklets.