CL 220: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
      MWF 11:15-12:10
      BO 281

      Prof. Leslie Mechem, Harder Hall 208C, x5464
      Office Hours: MWF 10:10-11:00 or by appointment

      Required Reading:
       

      • Morford and Lenardon, Classical Mythology
      • Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days
      • Homer, Iliad and Odyssey
      • Ovid, Metamorphoses
      • Grene and Lattimore, Greek Drama I
      • Euripides, Bacchae
      Reserve Reading:
       
      • The Bible
      • Enuma Elish in Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts
      • Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to the Literary and Artistic Sources,
      • Peradotto, Classical Mythology: an annotated bibliographical survey
      • Reid, Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts
      • Schefold, Gods and Heroes in Late Archaic Greek Art
      • Schefold, Myth and Legend in Earlly Greek Art
      • Van Keuren, Guide to Research in Classical Art and Mythology,
      • Vergil, Aeneid
      • see also the BL 300-800 section in Reference, 1st floor
      Requirements for the course:
       
      • Midterm                                25%, Oct. 23
      • Final                                      30%, Dec.
      • Paper or Project                    30%, due Dec. 11
      • Class Work                            15%
      NOTE: Class work includes class attendance and participation. Participation means coming to class having done the reading for the day and ready to engage in discussion. Also included in class work is participation in the Chatroom. Class work is a requirement, not an option.
       

       

      CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)
      SEPTEMBER

      9                Introduction: The nature and functions of mythical thought

      11              Introduction: Theories of Myth

            READING: CM, Introduction
             
      14-18         Cosmogony and Theogony
            READING: CM, Chap 1 & 2 to p. 57; Hesiod, Theogony; Ovid,  Metamorphoses 31-33
            RESERVE READING: Genesis, Chaps. 1-3; Enuma Elish
         
      21-25         Creation of Man: The Five Ages
            READING: CM, Chap. 2 p. 57-end; Hesiod, Words and Days, lines 1-212 and Theogony, lines 512-616, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound; Ovid, Met. 33-43
         
      28-Oct.2    The Gods: Male (Zeus, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Ares)
            READING: CM, Chap 3-5; Ovid, Met. 47-54, 68-72, 81-82, 92-94, 116-117, 278; Homer, Iliad 1:578-735, 16:499-548, 18:430-720; 21:435-494; Odyssey 8:300-410
         
      OCTOBER

      5-9            The Gods: Male (Apollo, Hermes)

            READING: CM, Chaps. 9-10; Ovid, Met. 43-47, 76-81, 167-174, 278-281; Homer, Iliad 1:1-60, 24:382-549
             
                 The Gods: Female (Hera, Aphrodite)
            READING: CM, Chap. 7; Ovid, Met. 94-100, 289-296; Homer, Iliad 5:347-494, 14:187-421, 15:1-59
         
      12-16         The Virgin Goddesses (Athena, Artemis)
            READING: CM, Chaps. 6 & 8; Ovid, Met. 89-92, 146-149, 163-175; Homer, Iliad 1:119-261, 21:533-590; Odyssey 13:212-400; Euripides, Hippolytos (optional)
             
                  Dionysos
            READING: CM, Chap. 11; Ovid, Met. 100-107; Euripides, Bacchae
         
      19-21         Demeter-Kore (Persephone) and the Eleusinian Mysteries
            READING: CM, Chap. 12; Ovid, Met. 149-159
         
                        The Underworld and Hades
            READING: CM, Chap. 13; Homer, Odyssey 11; Vergil, Aeneid 6
         
      23              MIDTERM

      28              Orpheus

            READING: CM, Chap. 14; Ovid, Met. 273-276, 299-301
         
      30              The Hero: Herakles
            READING: CM, Chap. 20; Ovid, Met. 245-255
         
      NOVEMBER

      2-4             The Hero: Perseus

             READING: CM, Chap 19; Ovid, Met. 129-135, 139-146
         
      6-11           The Hero: Theseus
            READING: CM, Chap 21; Ovid, Met. 199-201
             
                  The Hero: Jason
            READING: CM, Chap. 22; Ovid, Met. 187-199
         
      13-16          Myth of the House of Atreus
            READING: CM, Chap. 16; Aeschylus, Agamemnon
         
      18-20          Myth of the House of Laius
            READING: CM, Chap. 15; Sophocles, Oedipus; Ovid, Met. 85-89, 94-95
         
      23               The Epic Cycles: The Iliad
            READING: CM Chap. 17; Homer, Iliad 1, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24
         
      DECEMBER

      2                 The Epic Cycles: The Iliad

            READING: CM Chap. 17; Homer, Iliad 1, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24
         
      4-9              The Epic Cycles: The Odyssey
            READING: CM, Chap. 18; Homer, Odyssey 1, 5-13, 16-17, 19, 21-23
         
      11               Presentation of Projects and Papers