Themis Questions
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DAY 1 (Tuesday)
1. What is a daimon? 2. What is a dromenon? 3. What is a titan? 4. What is a kouros; Who are the Kouretes? 5. What is a dithyramb? 6. What is the origin of the sacred? 7. What is the meaning of "Le sacre est le pere de Dieu?"* 8. What is mana? 9. Discuss, using Harrison' thesis concerning the origin of the gods, her statement: "This vague force in man and in almost everything is constantlly trembling on the verge of personality." (Harrison, p. 67) |
DAY 2
1. What is magic? What is a tool? What is a totem? 2. What is the difference between a sacrifice and a sacrament? What is the significance of this difference?* 3. Explain the symbolism on the Hagia Triada sarcophagos. |
DAY 3
1. What is a hero? How do heroes emerge from daimons? (or, why does Cecrops have a tail?)* 2. What happens at Delphi? Why is it important?* 3. What is an Olympian? How do Olympians arise from and also reject daimons and heroes? What kind of society do the Olympians reflect?*
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DAY 4
1. What is the problems with saying that Themis is the mother of Dike? What is the meaning of the myth that has Themis being the mother of Dike?*
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*All starred questions are possible paper topics.