1. (Short Answer) How does Sophocles characterize the 3 main roles in Philoctetes? Are their characterizations consistent with what you already knew about them? What are your opinions of them?
2. (Long Answer) Based on your understanding of Foley's article, what do we know about the Eleusinian mysteries?
3. (Long Answer) You have one day remaining in this class. Drawing on everything you've learned about the ancient Greeks and Romans, how does our modern society compare? Have we progressed? If so, how? If not, why? Have we regressed? Is there any real purpose in continuing to study their cultures? Did you find anyway to relate to the material we read? If so, which works and how? If not, what do you think made it difficult to connect to?
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