CLAS230 Schedule 2013

CLAS230
Classical Mythology
Department of Classics
Monmouth College

SCHEDULE OF Topics and Activities
Spring Semester 2013

From Hades to Hell

Nota Bene: This schedule is a work in progress and will be tweaked and modified as necessary.
Please be sure to check regularly for updates.

Week	TUESDAY	THURSDAY
1	March 19 Course Introductions Katabasis: Entering the Ancient Underworld Greek Underworld Some resources on the gods: Greek Pantheon The Pantheon The Major Gods / 12 Olympian Gods The Olympian Gods: Images and Texts Genealogy of the Gods	March 21 Sinners in the Underworld On Myths and Sisyphean Taskss House of Tantalus: Hyginus: #82-88; Apollodorus E.2.1 Some resources on chronology: Chronology / Timeline of Roman History
2	March 26 Sisyphus: Hyginus: #60 Apollodorus (1.9.3) Ixion: Pindar. Pythian Odes, II.21-488; Apollodorus E.1.20 Apollodorus E.1.20 Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3-.55; Hyginus, Fabulae 33 and 62 Do a "find" for "Ixion" in the following: Vergil in Georgics 4; Aeneid 6 Ovid in Metamorphoses 12 Lucian of Samosata, Dialogues of the Gods (On-line text in English) Danaids: Hyginus168 and 170 More on the Danaids	March 28 Odyssey 11; Odyssey 24 Nekyia Second Nekyia Odyssey Major Characters House of Atreus Study Questions: Odyssey 11 THEOI Greek Mythology (a useful site for identifying names in Greek mythology)
3	April 2 More on Homer's Underworld Figures: Lucian's Dialogue of the Dead 9 (Tiresias and Menippus) Tyro / Antiope / Alcmene / Epicaste (Jocasta) / Chloris (wife of Neleus) / Leda / Iphimedia / Phaedra / Procris / Ariadne / Eriphyle Orion / Tityos The Homeric Hymn to Demeter Outline of Homeric Hymn to Demeter	April 4 List of those Permitted to Return from the Underworld: Hyginus 251 Orpheus the Argonaut: Hyginus 14 Orpheus and the Sirens (Apollodorus. Argonautica) 4. Orpheus and Eurydice: Apollodorus 1.3.2 Vergil's Georgics IV / Ovid's Metamorphoses X Death of Orpheus: Ovid's Metamorphoses XI Hyginus Astronomica 2.7 Orphic Hymns There is no regular class meeting today. Instead you will look at this Powerpoint and answer the questions included in the Powerpoint. Orpheus Powerpoint Orpheus Questions (writing assignment due on Tuesday)
4	April 9 Eleusinian Mysteries Schedule The Eleusinian Mysteries Demeter Powerpoint Powerpoint assignment on Orpheus due. Orphism Mystery Religions	April 11 Labors of Hercules Powerpoint Euripides' Alcestis Alcestis Structure Alcestis Themes
5	April 16 Aeneas' journey to the Underworld (Vergil's Aeneid 6) Aeneid VI Study Questions Aeneid VI (Powerpoint)	April 18 Watching "Wrath of the Titans" Class will not meet at regular time. Instead watch "Wrath of the Titans" in Wallace 115 at 7 PM and critique its portrayal of Hades and the Underworld. Compare this Hades to the god and place you've met in ancient literature.
6	April 23 Founders Day (no classes)	April 25 Cupid and Psyche: A good introduction to the myth can be found here: http://www.shmoop.com/cupid-psyche/ Note especially the images and the discussion questions, which we will do in class next Tuesday. Here is a famous summary of the myth from Bulfinch's Mythology: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/cupid.html. The main ancient source is Apuleius' Metamorphoses, Books 4-6. You can read a summary of this entire novel at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass Here are some on-line translations of the entire novel: Adlington translation (1914) or Graves translation (1951); Kenny Translation (1998) More: Apuleius Your assignment for Tuesday (in lieu of a weekly paper) is to design your own exam for this course. This should consist of two parts: 1.) a list of thirty names and terms which you think have been important in this course. Provide detailed 2-3 sentence ID's for each. 2.) Answer three essay questions which draw together various threads of the course
7	April 30 Cupid and Pysche Cont. Self-designed take-home exam due.

Final Meeting	Saturday, May 4 at 1PM Final Oral Presentation

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