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Assignments
Part 1: Origins
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Aug. 30
- what is a myth?
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Sept. 6
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P 52-68, 78-110
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creation myths: gods
Sept. 11
P 113-139
creation myths: humans
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Sept. 13
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P 1-17, 32-47
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the social context of Greek myth
Sept. 18
P 141-157
the reign of Zeus
Part 2: The Olympian Gods
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Sept. 20
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P159-180
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Apollo
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Sept. 25
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xeroxed material
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Apollo, Coronis, Asklepios
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Sept. 27
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P203-215
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Aphrodite
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Oct. 3
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P 254-261
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Aphrodite and Eros
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Oct. 4
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P 216-221; Euripides, Hippolytos
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Artemis
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Oct. 11
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P 263-272, 285-295
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Dionysos
Oct. 16
Euripides, Bacchae
Dionysos
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first paper due
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Oct. 18
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P 180-201
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Hermes
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Oct. 23
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P 228-254
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Demeter and Eleusis
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Oct. 25
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catch-up class
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Oct. 30
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mid-term
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review
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Nov. 1
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P 297-327
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the afterlife: heaven and hell
Part 3: Heroes and Heroines
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Nov. 6
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Ovid, pp. 3-45; P 329-345
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the hero: story-patterns
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Nov. 8
- O 54-94
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Ovid's art
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Nov. 13
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O 99-133; P 346-368
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Perseus
Nov. 15
P 494-510, 518-520
Jason and the Argonauts
Nov. 20
Euripides, Medea; O 133-167
Medea
Nov. 27
O 167-190; P 441-465
Cretan myth and ritual
Nov. 29
O 190-243; P 408-440
Theseus and Athens
Dec. 4
P 369-407
Herakles
Dec. 6
O 243-268
Herakles
Dec. 11
O 285-327; P 530-545
the Trojan War
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second paper due
Dec. 13
P 593-620
Odysseus' journey
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