women to be feared - 8

Question 1

How does Medea met and fell in love with Jason

Question 2

What happened to make Medea turn against Jason and her plot to get revenge on him

Question 3

What happened to remove Cleopatras brother from power and establish her as the sole ruler of Eygpt

Question 4

Describe Cleoatra’s relationship with Julius Caeser and Mark Antony

Question 5

Describe the story of Cleopatras suicide, according to Plutarch

Question 6

Explain why the greeks thought of Medea as a ‘barbarian;

Question 7

Explain how Euripides characterised Medea in his play, Medea

Question 8

Explain how Medeas behaviour went against the expectations for a ‘good Greek women’

Question 9

Explain why the idea of being ruled by a foreign monarch would have terrified the Roman people

Question 10

Explain how Virgil presents Cleopatra in the Aneneid

Question 11

Explain how Cleopatra’s behaviour went against the expectations of a ‘good Roman woman’