Greek and Roman Research
Mythology Investigation
Greek writers/thinkers: Homer, Sappho, Thucydides, Plato, Sophocles, Euripides, Socrates, Aristotle,
Aeschylus, Epictetus, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Solon, Pindar, Menander, Theophrastus,
Xenophanes
Greek gods/goddesses: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Dionysus, Eileithyia,
Eos, Erinyes, Eris, Eros, Gaea, Hades, Hebe, Hecate, Hephaestus, Hera, Heracles, Hermes, Hestia,
Hypnos, Leto, Moerae, Nike, Odysseus, Pan, Persephone, Pluto, Poseidon, Rhea, Selene, Tyche, Zeus.
Roman writers/thinkers: Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Tacitus, Dante, Petrarch, Cicero, Pliny, Marcus Aurelius,
Juvenal, St. Augustine
Roman gods/goddesses: Venus, Phoebus, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Saturn, Ceres, Bacchus, Lucina, Aurora,
Furies, Discordia, Cupid, Tellus, Dis/Pluto, Plutus/Orcus, Juventas, Trivia, Vulcan, Juno, Hercules,
Mercury, Vesta, Somnus, Latona, Parcae, Victoria, Ulysses, Inuus/Faunus, Proserpina, Dis, Neptune, Ops,
Diana, Fortuna, Jupiter.
This project is intended to provide practice in researching a topic by using online and library sources.
Students will be assigned a Greek and Roman writer/thinker and a god/goddess to use a topic of
research.
The students will find answers to the following questions regarding their topic:
1. Explain the origin of the god/goddess: familial lines, physical description, role in the pantheon.
a. Family-
i. Greek god/goddess:
ii. Roman god/goddess:
b. Description-
i. Greek god/goddess:
ii. Roman god/goddess:
c. Role-
i. Greek god/goddess:
ii. Roman god/goddess:
2. Explain the influence this god/goddess had in the literature and culture of their country of
origin.
a. Greek god/goddess:
i. Literature-
ii. Culture-
b. Roman god/goddess:
i. Literature-
ii. Culture-
3. List the Greek/Roman name for the god/goddess:
a. Roman-Greek:
4. List the sources used for obtaining the above information: MLA Format.