For this section, students should read Books IV-VI of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Book IV
The death of Pentheus causes virtually all of Thebes to accept the worship of Bacchus. Only the the daughters of Minyas, who prefer to associate with the goddess Minerva, resist the expansion of his cult. To pass the time, these women (who are all weavers), tell a series of...
