Please read the passage below and, in the space provided, answer the following questions (writing at least one paragraph per prompt): What myth is represented in this passage? Please tell the full story of the myth, using as much detail as you can. You should include details of the myth both before and after the part of the story shown below. Identify one major theme of this myth. What is another myth you have encountered in this course that shares this theme? In what ways does this second myth address the theme you identified? Explain one thing that this passage teaches us about classical mythology in general. (This can be something about the nature of the gods, their relationships with mortals, or another aspect of the myth—but it should be different than the theme you identified above.) Use one or two specific quotations from the passage to support your answer. “Pallas imitates an old woman: she adds deceiving white hairs onto her temples and weak limbs, which she supports with a walking stick. Then, after she had started to speak, ‘ Give preference to the goddess, reckless girl, and ask for forgiveness in your own words using a voice with some humility ,’ the girl looked at her with defiance in her eyes and set down the threads she was beginning to work, and just barely restraining her hand, she betrayed a dark anger in her expression and she answered Pallas with the following words: “You come, weakened in your mind and spent with too long an old age. I have enough of my own wisdom. Why does the goddess herself not come? Why does she seek to avoid these contests?”

Which was the city of Theseus’ birth?

Which two heroes initially try and avoid sailing to Troy?

Why did Nephele send a golden-fleeced ram to save her children?

What is the meaning of the name of Cupid’s wife, Psyche?

Simplify each of the following completely: a.      b.     c.    

Copy the question on your paper.  I suggest doing this VERTICALLY.  Then Perform the indicated operation (add or subtract) DO NOT make negative fractions when subtracting. Do not change the mixed numbers in the question to improper fractions.   Perform ALL indicated operations using the LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR. All answers must be in simplest form (and written as mixed numbers as needed). NO WORK = NO POINTS  I am grading your work, not the answer.  

At this time, please scan your desk area again.  Slowly scan the WHOLE desktop, including the wall/shelf area behind your computer and the area under your desk Also, please show on the camera where your phone is located.  If you are wearing a smart watch, please take it off and put it with your phone. When you are finished, reset your camera and continue to the next question.   Make sure I can see your whole desk space, your computer keyboard, your face and your hands!

The BEST estimate      of is     and this estimate is   

Put the following fractions in order from least to greatest: