CLAS 3200: Classical Mythologies: Schedule

01/28

Introduction, handouts

01/30

Introduction, handouts

02/04

Hesiod, Theogony (about half of this poem)

02/06

Hesiod, Theogony and selection from Works and Days

02/11

Introduction to Homeric mythology

02/13

Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

02/18

College Closed

02/20

Homeric Hymn to Demeter (1st half)

02/25

Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2nd half)

02/27

Selections from the Odyssey. First writing assignment due.

03/04

Selections from the Odyssey.  

03/06

Aeschylus, Agamemnon

03/11

Aeschylus, Agamemnon

03/13

Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus

03/18

Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus

03/20

Midterm Exam (same room as usual)

03/25

Sophocles, Antigone

03/27

Sophocles, Antigone

04/01

Euripides, Bacchae

04/03

Euripides, Bacchae

04/08

Ovid, Metamorphoses, Introduction, Apollo and Daphne

04/10

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

04/15

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations.

04/17

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations. Second writing assignment due.

04/19–28

Spring Recess

04/29

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

05/01

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

05/06

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

05/08

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

05/13

Ovid, Metamorphoses, brief presentations

Final Exam

Monday, May 20, 1–3pm in usual room.