M 3

Question 1

The Founding of Thebes:

Answer 1

Story: Cadmus seeks guidance from Apollo, who instructs him to follow a heifer to establish a city.
Analysis: Examines the divine prophecy, serpent encounter, and the establishment of Thebes.

Question 2

Divine Retribution and Tragedy:

Answer 2

Story: Actaeon’s fate after witnessing Diana, Semele’s tragic end, and Bacchus’s unconventional birth.
Analysis: Highlights the theme of divine revenge, ironic twists in punishments, and the consequences of transgressions.

Question 3

Tiresias’s Gift and Narcissus’s Tragedy:

Answer 3

Story: Tiresias’s blindness and his prophecy about Narcissus.
Analysis: Explores Tiresias’s compensation for blindness and the ironic fate of Narcissus.

Question 4

Pentheus’s Resistance and Tragic End:

Answer 4

Story: Pentheus’s refusal to worship Bacchus, spying on the rites, and his ironic death.
Analysis: Focuses on the dangers of transgression and the ironic elements in Pentheus’s demise.