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Tuesday Thursday
Aug 24


Intro to the course; The Nature of myth.

Tuesday Thursday
Aug 29 31
The Nature of Myth: Maurizio, Ch 1

Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.1–2 (excluding The Theogony)


Sept 5 7
No class: Dr. Leuci is sick

Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.2, The Theogony, pp 55–76, Ch 2.3 (this includes a passage from Genesis); Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Norse); Ch 3 (Vietnamese)
12 14
Flood Myths: Maurizio, Ch 3.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Hindu, Norse, Mayan)
Zeus and Hera: Maurizio, Ch 3.1–2
Paper 1 due
19 21
Demeter & Hades: Maurizio, Ch 4.1 (excluding Hymn 2: To Demeter)
Hancock Symposium

26 28
Mother Goddesses: Maurizio, Ch 4.1 (Hymn 2: To Demeter), 4.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Iroquois), pdf (Egyptian)

Exam 1


Oct 3 5
Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares: Maurizio, Ch 5.1 (Hymn 5: To Aphrodite), Ishtar myth (click here); Leonard & McClure, Ch 3 (Hawaiian)
Athena & Poseidon: Maurizio, Ch. 6.1 (myth), 6.2, & 6.3

10 12
Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares, Maurizio, Ch 5.1 & Athena & Poseidon: Ch 6.1

Hermes & Hestia: Maurizio, Ch. 7.1
Paper 2 due
17 19
Hermes & Hestia: Ch 7.1 (Hymn to Hermes), Leonard & McClure, Ch 5 (“7 great deeds of Maui”)
Exam 2

24 26
Dionysus: Maurizio, Ch 9.1 (excluding play)

Dionysus: Euripides’ Bacchae click here
See Moodle for more specifics
31 Nov 2
Artemis & Apollo: Maurizio, Ch 8; 8.1 (Hymn to Apollo, Hymn to Artemis)


Artemis & Apollo: continued
Paper 3 due

Nov 7 9
Achilles: Maurizio, Ch 10.1

EXAM 3


14 16
Medea: Maurizio, Ch 11.1
Movie

Medea, Maurizio, Ch 11.2-3
Movie

21 23
No Class: Thanksgiving Break

No Class: Thanksgiving Break

28 30
Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.1

Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.2–3

Paper 4 due

Dec 5 7
Movie
Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.1

Movie
Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.2–3
Paper 5 due
12
A Taste of Ancient Greece





Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Dec 11 12 13 14 15 16


Last day of classes






noon
Exam 4 & Paper 6