CLAS 3200/RELG 3030
Heroes, Gods, and Monsters: Classical Mythologies
Section MW11
Boylan 4113 - MW 11:00am-12:15pm
Kevin Nobel - Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30pm-3:30pm & by Appointment
2408 Boylan (Classics Department Office)
Email: kellis@gradcenter.cuny.edu
WEEK ONE: Defining Myth (~45 pages)
Monday, January 29 – Background and General Information
Wednesday, January 31 – Segal, 1-9; Leeming, 3-9; Apuleius, Cupid and Psyche
WEEK TWO: Creation (~75 pages)
Monday, February 5 – Leeming, 11-31; Genesis 4; Hesiod, Theogony p. 3-33
Wednesday, February 7 – Leeming, 35-40; Hesiod, Works and Days p. 37-42
WEEK THREE: Creation (~45 pages)
Wednesday, February 14 – Ovid Metamorphoses 1; Norse Mythology, 19-41
WEEK FOUR: Floods and Ecological Disasters (~80 pages)
Wednesday, February 21 – QUIZ: Creation Myths; Segal 10-29; Leeming, 43-55, 60-62; “Ojibwe Flood Myth”
Thursday, February 22 – (MONDAY SCHEDULE) Ovid Metamorphoses 2
WEEK FIVE: Interpretation of Myth (~75 pages)
Monday, February 26 – Segal, 30-48; Ovid Metamorphoses 3
Wednesday, February 28 – (MONDAY SCHEDULE) QUIZ: Flood Myths; Ovid Metamorphoses 4
WEEK SIX: The Gods (~100 pages)
Monday, March 4 – Leeming, 91-122; Ovid Metamorphoses 5
Wednesday, March 6 – Homeric Hymn 3: Apollo; 5: Aphrodite; and 19: Pan; Apollodorus Bibliotheca A1-F (p. 17-24); Leeming, 197-212 (optional)
WEEK SEVEN: Sacred Places (~100 pages)
Monday, March 11 – QUIZ: The Greco-Roman Gods; Homer, Odyssey 9-10; Leeming 64-75
Wednesday, March 13 – Plato, “Myth of Er” from Republic 10.614a-10.621d; Homer, Odyssey 11-12
WEEK EIGHT: Religion (~100 pages)
Monday, March 18 – Ovid Metamorphoses 6; Leeming 313-336; Segal 49-65
Wednesday, March 20 – Aeneid 6; “Coyote, Master of Death, True to Life,” in Sky Loom: Native American Myth, Story, and Song p. 169-183
WEEK NINE: Religion (~30 pages)
Monday, March 25 – Homeric Hymn 2: Demeter; Leeming 336-348
Wednesday, March 27 – Midterm Examination
WEEK TEN: Archetypes (~100 pages)
Monday, April 1 – Leeming, 123-174
Wednesday, April 3 – Apollodorus Bibliotheca G1-J2; L1-N7 (p. 25-33; 45-57); Ovid Metamorphoses 7
WEEK ELEVEN: Heroes (~95 pages)
Monday, April 8 – (class will not meet) Segal 66-81; Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 1-15; Ovid Metamorphoses 8
Wednesday, April 10 – Apollodorus Bibliotheca K1-K21 (p.33-45); Ovid Metamorphoses 9; First Writing Assignment Due Friday April 12 at midnight
WEEK TWELVE: Heroes (~100 pages)
Monday, April 15 – QUIZ: Archetypes; Segal 82-99; Beowulf, lines 1-1254
Wednesday, April 17 – Beowulf, lines 1255-2209; Leeming, 215-312 (read introductions, pick 3 from each section)
WEEK THIRTEEN: Heroes (~65 pages)
Wednesday, May 1 – Segal 100-111; Beowulf, lines 2210-end; Ovid Metamorphoses 10
WEEK FOURTEEN: War (~95 pages)
Monday, May 6 – QUIZ: Heroes; Catullus 64; Ovid Metamorphoses 11-12; Presentations from Students
Wednesday, May 8 – Ovid Metamorphoses 13; Theocritus Idyll 11; Presentations
WEEK FIFTEEN: Myth and History (~75 pages)
Monday, May 13 – QUIZ: The Trojan War; Leeming 76-88; Segal 112-125; Presentations
Wednesday, May 15 – Ovid Metamorphoses 14-15; Presentations
Wednesday, May 22 – Final Examination 10:30am-12:30pm (if necessary); Second Writing Assignment Due at midnight
