Prof. Leslie Mechem
Ladd 211, x5464
Office Hours:
MWF 10:00-11:00 |
| WEEK |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT |
| Sept. 16 |
Theories of Myth |
Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chap. 1, Chap
16 |
| Sept. 23 |
Cosmogony and Theogony |
Vernant, The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks
"At Man's Table: Hesiod's Foundation Myth of Sacrifice" |
| Sept. 30 |
Creation of Man: The Five Ages |
Vernant, The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks,
"At Man's Table: Hesiod's Foundation Myth of Sacrifice" |
| Oct. 7-14 |
The Gods |
Classical Mythology
Homeric Hymn to Apollo and Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
| Oct. 21-28 |
The Goddesses |
Hippolytos
For the 28th: Choose 2 chapters from the following readings; Blundell,
The Sacred and the Feminine, Chaps. 2, 3, 4, 5
Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chaps. 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Nov. 4-11 |
The Panhellenic Hero: Perseus; Herakles; Theseus; Jason |
For the 4th: Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chaps. 5-7
For the 11th: Medea
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| Nov. 18-Dec. 2 |
The Dysfunctional Family:
House of Atreus,
House of Laius |
Burkert, Greek Religion (selected readings)
Burkert, Homo Necans (selected readings)
Slater, The Glory of Hera, Chaps. 3, 7 |
| Dec. 9 |
The Epic Hero: Achilles and Odysseus |
Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chap. 2, 3
Zeitlin, "Figuring Fidelity," in Playing the Other: Gender
and Society in Classical Greek Literature |
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