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Description
Texts
Schedule of Assignments
Course Requirements
Class Page
Supplements
Resources
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- Harris and Platzner Classical Mythology: Images and Insights,
3rd edition
- Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, Shield of Heracles, trans.
Athanassakis
- Euripides, Ten Plays, trans. Roche [We'll read Trojan
Women, Bacchae, Hippolytus, Alcestis, Iphigenia
at Aulis, and Electra.]
- Sophocles, The Women of Trachis, trans. Williams and Dickerson
- Vergil, Aeneid, trans. Fitzgerald; excerpt from Georgics
4, trans. Day Lewis (handout))
- Ovid, Metamorphoses, trans. Melville
- Apuleius, The Golden Ass, trans. Walsh
- Genesis 4, 6-9, 11 (handout; Genesis 1-3 included in HP)
- Homer, Iliad, trans. Lattimore or Lombardo; Odyssey,
trans. Fitzgerald or Fagles
- Greek Tragedies I and III (GT I, III) or Aeschylus
I (A1) and Sophocles I (S1)
[Humanities 101 texts: we'll refer to Agamemnon in this series-and
probably use the series for the first part of Libation
Bearers, Oedipus the King, and Antigone.]
[Other tragedies to be read are contained in Harris and Platzner,
(HP)
or will be available on Burling reserve:
- Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (also in GT I), Libation
Bearers, Eumenides;
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (not in HP, but available
in GT III or S1& on reserve), Antigone (may be
read instead in GT I or S1);
- Euripides, Helen (not in HP, but on reserve), Medea,
and possibly Bacchae
*Course Packet: articles and chapters from secondary sources
VIDEO SUPPLEMENTS:
| CD-ROM and Videodisc: |
Perseus (a multimedia interactive database for the study
of ancient Greek civilization--includes texts, maps, site plans,
overview of Greek history, short articles and glossary entries
on selected topics, and full-color images of art objects)
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| Videocassettes (Burling Listening Room): |
- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (6 tapes): 1)
The Message of Myth; 2) The Hero's Adventure; 3) The First
Storytellers; 4) Sacrifice and Bliss; 5) Love and the Goddess;
6) Masks of Eternity
- Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides
- Sophocles, The Theban Plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus
at Colonus, Antigone
- Euripides, The Trojan Women, Medea, Iphigenia [at Aulis
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| Classics Cluster |
'Pandora's Box: the Roles of Women
in Ancient Greece'; 'The Greek Temple'; 'The Ancient Olympics:
Athletes, Games, and Heroes'; 'Myth, Man, and Metal: Bronze Sculpture'
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Note: Readings/videos designated 'suggested' are optional
sources for further investigation. These are not regular class assignments
and will not normally be discussed, or even mentioned, in class. They
may prove useful for research topics or to enrich your understanding
or to provide a different perspective for a myth or topic you find
particularly interesting. Some, but not all, will be on reserve at
Burling Library.
Readings labeled 'supplement' generally follow up on class sessions
and are required readings; they will be available through hand-outs
or on the course web page.
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