1. What do historians, archeologists, and anthropologists think happened to create the Ancient Greek culture?

Do they think that there once was a matriarchal culture in what is now Greece? Where did the patriarchal culture come from? What happened when the different cultures mixed?

2. One of the humorous elements of The Arkadians is the telling of the somewhat dull events that would eventually form the basis for spectacular myths of epic adventure. Select a well-known Greek myth and make up a not particularly heroic story-behindthe-story.

3. How many Ancient Greek myths can you identify in The Arkadians?

Which myths are they? How has Alexander changed them?

4. How do myths originate? What are their sources? How do they evolve?

5. Fronto declares, "Conflict, struggle, suspense—that's what's needed to make a tale move along." Does The Arkadians have these elements. Where in the...