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Course Syllabus Pages: Course Information Online Textbook Information |
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General Help Pages: Making a Great Web Post Copyright Statement Privacy Statement About |
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Lectures Materials: Outline of the Iliad Ancient Readers on the Myths Modern Theories Chart Indo-European language connections Betrayals in House of Atreus Levi-Strauss reads Oedipus Vergil timeline and Aeneid summary |
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More on Myth: Other Links Typos Catchers |
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Week 1 |
Unit 1 |
Wk of May 23 |
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Intro |
Teach yourself how the course works! |
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Unit 2 |
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Growing up to be a hero |
Worksheet 2 Due Tues May 25 11:30p |
Homer, Odyssey 1-8 |
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Live class |
Wed May 26 |
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Week 2 |
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Wk of May 30 |
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Unit 3 |
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Out and Back |
Worksheet 3 Due Sun May 30 11:30p |
Homer, Odyssey 9-16 |
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Unit 4 |
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Identity and Signs |
Worksheet 4 Due Tues Jun 1 11:30p |
Homer, Odyssey 17-24 |
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Wed. Jun 2 |
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Week 3 |
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Wk of Jun 6 |
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Unit 5 |
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Gods and Humans |
Worksheet 5 Featured Writer 1 Due Sun Jun 6 11:30p |
Hesiod, Theogony |
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Unit 6 |
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Ritual and Religion |
Worksheet 6 Responses 1 Due Tues Jun 8 11:30p |
Homeric Hymns to Demeter, Apollo |
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Live class |
Wed Jun 9 |
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Week 4 |
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Wk of Jun 13 |
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Unit 7 |
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Justice |
Worksheet 7 Featured Writer 2 Due Sun Jun 13 11:30p |
Aeschylys, Agamemnon, Eumenides |
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Unit 8 |
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Guilt and Identity |
Worksheet 8 Responses 2 Due Tues Jun 15 11:30p |
Sophocles, Oedipus the King; Euripies, Bacchae |
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Live class |
Wed, Jun 16 |
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Week 5 |
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Wk of Jun 20 |
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Unit 9 |
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Romans |
Worksheet 9 Featured Writer 3 Due Sun Jun 20 11:30p |
Vergil, Aeneid, Aeneid 1-3 |
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Unit 10 |
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Romans |
Worksheet 10 Responses 3 Due Tues Jun 22 11:30p |
Vergil, Aeneid, Aeneid 4-6 |
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Live class |
Wed Jun 23 |
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Week 6 |
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Wk of Jun 27 |
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Unit 11 |
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Romans, again |
Worksheet 11 Featured Writer 4 Due Sun Jun 27 11:30p |
Ovid, Metamorphoses (selections available on Canvas) |
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Unit 12 |
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Worksheet 12 Responses 4 Due Tues Jun 29 11:30p |
Roland Barthes, Mythologies, "In the Ring," "The Romans in Movies," "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise," "Saponids and Detergents," "Einstein's Brain," "Striptease" Watch the movie, "Troy," Wolfgang Petersen, director (2004) |
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Live class |
Wed June 30 |
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FINAL EXAM |
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Available Wed evening, June 30, after class – Due Fri, July 2, 11:30p. |
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