Prof. Leslie Mechem
Ladd 211, x5464
Office Hours:
MWF 10:00-11:00 |
| WEEK |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT |
| Sept. 19 |
Creation of Man: The Five Ages |
Vernant, The Cuisine of Sacrifice Among the Greeks,
"At Man's Table: Hesiod's Foundation Myth of Sacrifice" |
| Sept. 26 |
Bodies of the Gods |
Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chap. 1 |
| Oct. 3-10 |
The Gods |
Classical Mythology
Homeric Hymn to Apollo and Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
| Oct. 17-24 |
The Goddesses |
Hippolytos
For the 24th: 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 |
| Oct. 31-Nov. 7 |
The Panhellenic Hero: Perseus; Herakles; Theseus; Jason |
For the 31st: Vernant, Mortals and Immortals, Chaps. 5-7
For the 7th: Medea
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| Nov. 14 |
The Dysfunctional Family:
House of Atreus,
House of Laius |
The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides
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| Dec.28-5 |
The Epic Hero: Achilles and Odysseus |
For the 28th: Vernant, Mortals and Immortals,
Chap. 2 and Blundell, The Sacred and the Feminine, Chap. 6
For the 5th: Zeitlin, "Figuring Fidelity," in Playing the Other:
Gender and Society in Classical Greek Literature |
| Dec. 12 |
Final Wrap-up |
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