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 |