Read the two accounts of different sacrifices in the Odyssey (3.430–63 here and 11.22–48 here). Which one is Olympian and which one chthonic? How can you tell?
In Their Own Words 2.2
Read lines 316–459 of Aristophanes’ Frogshere. What can we learn about the Eleusinian Mysteries from this passage?
In Their Own Words 2.3
Read Herodotus 5.62–3 here and then 5.91 here. What does this story indicate about the potential corruptibility of the oracle?