Course Calendar/Schedule:

SP 2015

Class Activities

Weekly Assignments

Tuesday

Jan 13

Introduction – how class will be conducted; what is expected of students; due dates, class policies; introduction to text & blog site

Classical Myth Text – Table of Contents

Friday

Jan 16

Historical and Cultural Background

Minoan Culture and Mycenaean Culture

Questions 1

Introductory Lecture

Tuesday

Jan 20

Relation between Greek Religion and Myth

Questions 2

What is Myth Lecture

Friday

Jan 23

Theories about Myth

Questions 3

Why is Myth Lecture

Tuesday

Jan 27

Creation Myths

Questions 4

First was Chaos Lecture

Friday

Jan 30

Zeus and the Reign of the Olympians

Children of Zeus

Questions 5 & 6

The Reign of the Olympians Lecture

Tuesday

Feb 3

Prometheus and Pandora

Questions 7

Prometheus/Pandora Lecture

Friday

Feb 6

Demeter and Persephone

Questions 8

Demeter & Persephone Lecture

Tuesday

Feb10

Hades and the Afterlife

Questions 9

The Eleusinian Mysteries Lecture

Friday

Feb 13

Project workday

Project workday

Tuesday

Feb 17

Project 1 & Notebooks Due

Student presentations

Friday

Feb 20

Project 1

Student presentations

Tuesday

Feb 24

Phaëton MIDTERM

Questions 10

Phaëton Lecture

Friday

Feb 27

Apollo

Artemis

Questions 11 & 12

Apollo and Artemis Lecture

Tuesday

Mar 3

Hermes

Dionysus

Questions 13 & 14

Hermes and Dionysus Lecture

Friday

Mar 6

Aphrodite and Eros

Questions 15

Aphrodite Lecture

Tuesday

Mar 17

Humans, Heroes & Half- Gods

Questions 16

Humans/Heroes Lecture

Friday

Mar 20

Monstrous Females and Female Monsters

Questions 17

Female Monsters Lecture

Tuesday

Mar 24

Theseus

Questions 18

Theseus Lecture

Friday

Mar 27

Theseus

From Myth to History & Back Lecture

Tuesday

Mar 31

Heracles

Questions 19

Heracles Lecture

Friday

Apr 3

The Trojan War

Questions 20

Trojan Saga Lecture

Tuesday

Apr 7

Agamemnon

Achilles

Questions 21 & 22

Agamemnon & Achilles Lecture

Friday

Apr 10

Odysseus

Questions 23

Odyssey, part 1 Lecture

Odyssey, part 2 Lecture

Tuesday

Apr 14

Odysseus

Odyssey, part 3 Lecture

Friday

Apr 17

The Mycenaean Saga – House of Atreus

Questions 24

Mycenaean Saga Lecture

Tuesday

Apr 21

The Theban Saga – King Oedipus

Questions 25

Theban Saga - Oedipus Lecture

Friday

Apr 24

Project workday

Project workday

Tuesday

Apr 28

Project 2 due

Questions 26 – extra credit

Jason & Argonauts page

Questions 27 – extra credit

Minoan Culture page

Friday

May 1

Assessment Day

Questions 28 – extra credit

Mycenaean Culture page

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