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Perseus Power Exercises
Advanced Level
Introduction to Perseus
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Note:
There are many different ways to go back to web pages you have
viewed using various browser menus and buttons. One method is
suggested in this exercise but please use the method with which
you are most comfortable.
1. Open your browser and go
to the Perseus web site, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu.
2. Click on the "Texts"
button on the home page.
3. Click on the "Ancient
Greek Texts" icon.
4. How many Greek authors are
represented?
5. In the list of authors, click
on "Homer."
What texts are listed under
Homer? _____________________________
6. Click on "Odyssey."
Does the text look like the
Greek alphabet that you have already seen? ____
Why not? __________________________________
7. From the "Version"
menu, choose "English Loeb" and click on the "Change
now" button.
8. Click on "Poseidon"
in line 20.
9. Click on the arrow next to
"Vases."
What is the vase name (e.g.,
Toledo 1961.26) for the second vase from the Louvre? ______________________________
10. Click on the vase name of
the second Louvre vase.
What shape of vase is this?
_________________
11. Click on "Images"
at the top of the page to view a list of images for this vase
and then click on the image archive number of a scene depicting
Poseidon.
12. From the "Go"
menu in Netscape or from the "File" Menu in Internet
Explorer, select "Perseus Lookup Tool" to return to
the search for "Poseidon."
13. Under "Perseus Encyclopedia
entries," click on "Poseidon."
Write down 3 facts about Poseidon
from this page.
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
14. From the "Go"
menu in Netscape or from the "File" Menu in Internet
Explorer, go back to Odyssey 1.1 (English version).
15. Read down to the end of
the first paragraph and click on "Zeus."
16. Click on the arrow next
to "Perseus Encyclopedia entries," and then click on
Zeus (#2).
What Greek author tells us he
was the son of Cronos and Rhea? _________
What two (2) authors tell us how Athena was born from his head?
1. _______
2. _______
17. Click on the Back button
on your browser to return to the search for "Zeus."
18. Click on the arrow next
to "Sculpture."
19. Click on the sculpture name
"Boston 63.2755."
What period does this piece
come from? __________________
20. View all of the images for
this piece.
