Course Requirements

Midterm Exam: 25%, Oct. 23
Paper or Project: 30%, due Dec. 13
Final Exam: 30%
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 e-mail newsgroup. Class work is a requirement, not an option.

Required Texts

Harris and Platzner, Classical Mythology
Homer, Iliad
Homer, Odyssey
Ovid, Metamorphoses

Reserve Texts

The Bible, 1301
Enuma Elish in Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts, 1303 and 16, copies 1-3
Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to the Literary and Artistic Sources, 1304
Peradotto, Classical Mythology: an annotated bibliographical survey, 1305
Reid, Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, Permanent Art Reserve, 2nd floor
Schefold, Gods and Heroes in Late Archaic Greek Art, 1306
Schefold, Myth and Legend in Early Greek Art, 1302
Van Keuren, Guide to Research in Classical Art and Mythology, Permanent Art Reserve, 2nd floor
Vergil, Aeneid, 1307
see also the BL 300-800 section in Reference, 1st floor

Mythtext: Mythology from all over the World

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Class Schedule (Subject to change)

September

9: Introduction: The nature and functions of mythical thought
11: Introduction: Theories of Myth

READING: CM, Chap. 1, 2

13-18: Cosmogony and Theogony

READING: CM, Chap. 3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 31-33
RESERVE READING: Genesis, Chapters 1-3; Enuma Elish in Ancient Near Eastern Texts

20-25: Creation of Man: The Five Ages

Prometheus: Rebel and Martyr; Man and Titan
READING: CM: Chap. 4, 14; Ovid, Met. 33-43

23RD: PAPER/PROJECT ASSIGNED
27-30 The Gods: Male (Zeus, Poseidon, Hephaestus)

READING: CM: Chap. 5; Ovid, Met. 47-50, 68-72, 81-82, 92-94, 116-117, 278; Homer, Iliad Bk 1:493-600, 16:431-461; Odyssey Bk 8:266-366

October

2: The Gods: Male (Ares)

READING: CM: Chap. 5; Ovid, Met. 47-50, 68-72, 81-82, 92-94, 116-117, 278; Homer, Iliad Bk 1:493-600, 16:431-461; Odyssey Bk 8:266-366
FILM: Clash of the Titans
7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium

4-9: The Gods: Male (Apollo, Hermes)

The Gods: Female (Hera, Aphrodite)
READING: CM: Chap. 5, 7; Ovid, Met. 43-47, 76-81, 167-174, 278-281; Homer, Iliad Bk 1:1-53, 24:322-467; CM: Chap. 5, 6; Ovid, Met. 95-100, 289-296; Homer, Iliad Bk 5:311-430, 14:153-360, 15:1-46

11-16: The Virgin Goddesses (Athena, Artemis)

Dionysus
READING: CM: Chap. 5, 6; Ovid, Met. 89-92, 146-149, 163-175; Homer, Iliad Bk 1:101-222, Odyssey Bk 13:184-351; CM: Chap. 5, 8, 13, 18; Ovid, Met. 100-107

18: Demeter-Kore (Persephone) and the Eleusinian Mysteries

READING: CM: Chap. 6; Ovid, Met. 149-159

21: The Underworld and Hades

READING: CM: Chap. 9; Homer, Odyssey Book 11; Vergil, Aeneid Book 6

23: MIDTERM
25: Orpheus

READING: CM: ; Ovid, Met. 273-276, 299-301

30: The Hero: Perseus

READING: CM: Chap. 10; Ovid, Met. 129-135, 139-146
FILM: Black Orpheus
7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium

November

1: The Hero: Herakles

READING: CM: Chap. 10; Ovid, Met. 245-255

4-8: The Hero: Theseus and Jason

READING: CM: Chap. 10; Ovid, Met. 199-201; Ovid, Met. 187-199

11-15: Myth of the House of Atreus

READING: CM: Chap. 15
FILM: 13: Hercules Unchained
7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium

18-22: Myth of the House of Laius

READING: CM: Chap. 16; Ovid, Met. 85-89, 94-95

25: The Epic Cycles: The Iliad

READING: CM: Chap. 11; Homer, Iliad Books 1, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24; Ovid, Met. Books 12&13 (optional)

December

2-4: The Epic Cycles: The Iliad

READING: CM: Chap. 11; Homer, Iliad Books 1, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24; Ovid, Met. Books 12&13 (optional)

6-11: The Epic Cycles: The Odyssey

READING: CM: Chap. 12; Homer, Odyssey Books 1, 5-13, 16-17, 19, 21-23
FILM: 11: Ulysses
7:30 pm, Davis Auditorium

13: Presentation of Projects and Papers

PAPERS AND PROJECTS DUE