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CLAS230
Classical Mythology
Department of Classics,
Monmouth College
Sample Map/Geography Quiz
Part I MAP
Directions: Find each of the following ten places on the map
provided. Click
here
for a sample map.
ATHENS / CORINTH / DELPHI / MYCENAE /
DELOS/ CRETE /
THEBES / ITHACA / SPARTA /
THESSALY / TROY
Part II GEOGRAPHY
Directions: Provide
some significant information about each of the places in Part I.
Relate each
place to a specific athletic event or activity. Be sure to
explain what this information adds to our knowledge of sport and recreation in the ancient world.
Here are some examples of appropriate answers:
Troy: According to Euripides' Trojan
Women, the Greeks killed Hector's son Astyanax
here after the fall of Troy.
Delphi:
According to Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus received
an oracle here about killing his father.
Sparta: According to Euripides' Trojan
Women, Menelaus took Helen back here after the
Trojan War.
List
of Places you should know for this quiz
This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his
students at Monmouth College. If you have any
questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.
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