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Ancient
Religious Reflections:
Sacred Places Past and Present
INTG305
Department of Classics
Monmouth College |
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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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| NOTE: This schedule will remain "in progress"
throughout the semester. It will be modified as needed. Students are advised to
consult this schedule periodically for changes, modifications, and
additions. |
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| Part I
Introduction to Sacred Places |
Week 1-2 Course
Introductions and conversations about Sacred Places.
Thursday, January 26
Look at these websites for important vocabulary and definitions:
Sacred
Places
Today we look at La Mesquite, the Grand Mosque of Cordoba
Tuesday, January 31
Look at these websites with some more specific
examples of sacred space:
Sacred Places (Specific).
Today we look at Stonehenge
as sacred space.
Thursday, February 2
Prepare a statement on your own sense of sacred
space to share orally with the class. This statement should last c.5
minutes. Here is Prof. Sienkewicz'
statement.
Tuesday, February 6
Muir Woods
as sacred space.
Mircea Eliade and the Sacred
Eliade Powerpoint
Thursday, February 8
Today we break
down into groups to discuss the Eliade readings.
Sacred
Places Around the World
Tuesday, February 14
Gray, Martin. Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power.
http://www.sacredsites.com/.
Read the essay on this website. Write out five questions you had as you
read the section of the article you were assigned.Then write out a 100-word
summary of this section of the article in your own words. |
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II Introduction to Sacred
Places in Ancient Greece |
Thursday, February 16
Read Pedley, Chapters 1-3
Greek Pantheon
/ The Pantheon
/ The Major Gods
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12 Olympian Gods /
Genealogical Tables
Gods in Art Powerpoint /
Time and Place
Tuesday, February 21
Thursday, February 23
Greek Sanctuaries
Read Pedley, Chapters 4-7
Also read about the
Individualized Project
assignment |
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Part III Olympia |
Tuesday, February 28
Thursday, March
1
Read Pedley, Chapter 8
Olympia Powerpoint
Also look at these websites:
Olympia |
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| Part IV
The Shrine of Apollo (Delphi, Greece) |
March 6 and 8
Read Pedley, Chapter 9
Also look at these websites:
Delphi
Delphi Powerpoints:
Apollo and Delphi
/ Delphi Stadium
March 20 Discussion about Rattlesnake Mound
March 22 Delphi
Homeric Hymn to Apollo
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/apollomyth/a/HomericHymnAp1.htm
Sienkewicz, Thomas. “Homeric Hymn to Apollo: An
Analysis”:
http://www.tomsienkewicz.com/Classics/Courses/CLAS230/MythDocuments/Apollo.HomericHymn.Analysis.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~dmdhist/Pausaniasdelphi.htm (abridged)
March 26 15-minute conference with instructor about project
March 27
No class. Work on Individualized Project. Weekly response paper due via
email.
March 29 No class. Work on Individualized Project.
Part V Parthenon and the Athenian Acropolis
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April 3 and 5
Read
Pedley Chapter 12. Also look at these websites:
Parthenon
Instead of a weekly response paper, submit a two-page progress report on
your project. |
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| April 10 No class. Attend Archaeology Lecture
on Epidauros in Morgan Room of Poling Hall at 7:30 PM
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April 12 Discussion of Archaeology
Lecture
April 17 Scots' Day (NO CLASSES!)
April 19 Parthenon Cont. |
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Part VIII Class Presentations |
Individualized
Projects
are due on Thursday, April 19th.
Project Presentations
will begin on Tuesday, April 24th. |
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Final Class Meeting:
Monday, May 14, 8:00-11:00 A.M.
Final Statements
and Course Evaluations |
This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his
students at Monmouth College. If you have any
questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.
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