Classical Studies 111 The Language of Myth

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Clara Shaw Hardy Leighton 322, x-4230, 663-0729 Office Hours: MW 1:40-3:00; Th 9:30-11:00

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Texts Themes and Ideals Requirements, Policies and Evaluation A Skeletal Chronology of Sources and Background Handy reference sheet on the Olympian Gods Some nifty Web sites of interest to Mythology Students: Ancient Greek Sites, The Perseus Project (an extensive digital library of texts and images), Mythology in Western Art, and Classical Mythology by Geography (a site created and maintained by a Princeton senior...) Topics and Peer-editing Groups for Second Essay

March 30	Introduction and Coming Attractions
Homeric Epic
April 1	Iliad 1-4 (2.500-end)
April 3	Iliad 5-8 (8)
April 6	Iliad 9-12 (11)
April 8	Iliad 13-16 (13)
April 10	Iliad 17-20 (17)
April 13	Iliad 21-24 (21)
Archaic Poetry: Didactic and Lyric
April 15	Hesiod's Theogony (Caldwell 93-119)
April 17	Psychoanalytic Interpretation: Caldwell (3-17); 126-170
April 20	First Paper Due: In class peer-editing workshop
April 22	Pindar (hand-out)
Myth and the Polis: Tragedy
April 24	Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound
April 27	Sophocles' Ajax (you might want to look back at Iliad 7 and 12) *Final Draft of First Paper Due In Class*
April 29	Euripides' Hecuba
May 1	Euripides' Trojan Women
May 4	Mid-term Break
May 6	Sophocles' Women of Trachis: Check out this great Perseus web site on Herakles
May 8	Sophocles' Philoctetes
Hellenistic Epic
May 11	Argonautika Book 1
May 13	Argonautika Book 2
May 15	Argonautika Book 3
May 18	Argonautika Book 4
Ovid The Ovid Project
May 20	Metamorphoses Books 1-2
May 22	Metamorphoses Books 3-4 *Declaration of Topic* Due in Class for second essay
May 25	Metamorphoses Books 5-6
May 27	Metamorphoses Books 7-9
May 28	Suggested Deadline for distributing preliminary drafts to peer editors
May 29	Metamorphoses Books 10-12 *Peer-editing sheets due in Class*
June 1	Metamorphoses Books 13-15
June 3	Conclusions *Final Paper Due In Class*
June 8	2:00 p.m. Final Exam