Syllabus: This schedule is
subject to change and addition. Check this page regularly for the
most recent version and for helpful links and extra materials.
Reading assignments are to be done BEFORE the
day they are listed.
WORD LISTS for each lecture will appear here as
links prior to the class day for you to print and bring to class.
BC = BCourses reading GM = The
Greek Myths (Graves)
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CLASS DATE |
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Jan 20 |
Introduction; Definitions and interpretations of myth |
BC - Vernant, Myth and Society in Ancient Greece, "The Reason of Myth" |
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Jan 22 |
Greek chronology, culture and religion |
BC - Powell, "Chapter 2: the Cultural Context of Classical Myth;" Garland, Religion and the Greeks, "Accessing the Supernatural" |
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Jan 27 |
Creation Myths; Emergence of the Olympians; Ages of Humankind |
Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days; GM: Section/Chapter 36, 38-39 |
| Jan 30 |
No
Class |
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Feb 3 |
Olympians I: Zeus, Hera, Hephaistos,
and Ares (Sanctuary of Olympia) |
BC - Vegetti, “The Greeks and Their Gods,” 254-271, 277-283 and Iliad 1:530-643, 14:149-366, 16:455-496; Odyssey 8:287-389; GM: 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20, 23 and 29 |
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Feb 5 |
Olympians II: Poseidon and Athena (Athenian Acropolis) |
BC - Woodford, "Part 1"; Iliad 2:477-487, 13:11-69, 24:650-671; GM: 16 and 25 |
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Feb 10 |
Olympians III: Aphrodite, Artemis, and Apollo |
Shelmerdine, Hymn to Aphrodite and Hymn to Apollo; Iliad 24:650-671; Euripides, Ion; GM: 11, 18, 21, 22, and 77 |
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Feb 12 |
Olympians IV: Hermes and Demeter (Eleusis) |
Shelmerdine, Hymn to Hermes and Hymn to Demeter; GM: 17 and 24 |
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Feb 17 |
Hades and the Underworld; Orpheus, Asklepios, and Mystery Religions (Epidaurus) |
BC - Vegetti, pp. 271-277 and Aeneid Book VI; Odyssey Book 11; |
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Feb 19 |
TEST 1 |
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Feb 24 |
Dionysus and the Greek Theater; Heroes, Heroines, and sagas |
Shelmerdine, Hymn to Dionysus; Euripides, The Bacchae and Alcestis; |
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Feb 26 |
House of Cadmus I |
Sophocles, Oedipus the King; GM: 56-59, 76 and 105 |
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Mar 3 |
House of Cadmus II |
BC - Woodford "Part 2" |
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Mar 5 |
House of Aeolus |
Apollonius
of Rhodes, Argonautica; Euripides, Medea; |
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Mar 10 |
House of Danaus I |
GM: 60 and 73 |
| Mar 12 word list |
House of Danaus II |
Shelmerdine, Hymn to Herakles
pp.150-151; CR- The Shield;
Iliad 19:97-147; Life of Herakles GM: 118-120, 122-134, 142, 145 and 146 |
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Mar 17 |
Theseus I |
GM: 95-97 |
| Mar 19 |
Theseus II and Cretan Myths |
Euripides, Hippolytus; GM: 88, 90, 98, 100 and 104 |
| Mar 24/26 |
No
Class - Spring Break |
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Mar 31 |
TEST 2 |
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Apr 2 |
Homer and the Bronze Age; Intro to the Trojan War |
BC - Palaima, "Linear B Sources"; Iliad Intro to Lombardo tr. pp. xvii-xxix and xlviii-lviii; Euripides, Iphigeneia at Aulis GM: 62 and 158-161 |
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Apr 7 |
Trojan War |
Iliad Books 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 19, 22, 23 and 24 |
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Apr 9 |
The sack of Troy and the Returns |
Odyssey Book 8 519-565; BC - Aeneid Books 1 &
2;
Euripides, The Trojan Women; GM: 164-169 |
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Apr 14 |
House of Atreus |
Aeschylus, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Furies; GM: 108-111 |
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Apr 16 |
The Odyssey I |
Books 1-8 |
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Apr 21 |
The Odyssey II |
Books 9-16 |
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Apr 23 |
The Odyssey III |
Books 17-24 |
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Apr 28 |
Roman religion and mythology |
BC - Harris and Platzner "Chapter 18: The Roman Vision"; Selection from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Books 14 and 15 |
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Apr 30 |
Roman myth con't |
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May 7 |
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May 13 |
TEST 3 |
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