I. Please indicate briefly the significance of TEN of the
   following items. 20%

1. Epic simile
2. Parable
3. Prometheus
4. Lethe
5. Golgotha
6. Satire
7. Decameron
8. Philomela(Philomena
9. Orpheus
10.Cain
11.Pheadra
12.Dido

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II. Below are three pairs of items that share certain virtues.
    Please choose TWO of them and compare and contrast what is
    in each pair. 30%

1. Daphne and Apollo / Atalana and Melanion (on Pursuit)

2. Achilles / Hector (as Leaders and Epic Heroes)

3. Achilles / Aeneas (especially concerning thier shields)


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III. Please write a brief and cogent essay in which you assess
     the respective themes as presented in ONE of the following
     sets of works listed. 50%

1. The Iliad, The Aeneid, Lysistrata (on WAR)

2. Exodus, The Odyssey, The Divene Comedy (on JOURNEY)

3. The Book of Job, Oedipus Tyrannus, On the Nature of Things
   (on FEAR, AGONY, and DIGNITY)