| History/Religion 208 | Dennis G. Glew | |
| CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | Comenius 308 | |
| Fall, 2002 | medgg01@moravian.edu | |
| Return to: | Classical Mythology Links |
| Texts: | Barry B. Powell. Classical Mythology. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000. |
| A. D. Melville, trans. Ovid: Metamorphoses. Oxford and NY: Oxford UP, 1987. | |
| Class Grade: | Quizzes: 15% |
| Midterm Examination (10/28): 20% | |
| Final Examination: 25% | |
| Panel Presentation: 5% | |
| Short Papers: 15% | |
| Research Assignment (11/27): 20% | |
| Guidelines: | Prepare an interpretation of a Grimm folktale: 2-3 pages, typed (double-spaced). Due 9/18. |
| Comment on a representation of one of the Olympians. Due 10/9. | |
| The class will be divided into 7 panels, each responsible for a book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Prepare a paper on an assigned myth from Ovid and participate in a panel leading a class discussion of the book. Assignments TBA. Panel dates are given below. | |
| Prepare a research paper discussing a subject related to classical myths. Your topic may be a myth or group of myths, a character or figure (e.g. step-mother) or relationship that recurs in myths, the representation of a myth in art, or the appearance of a myth in modern dress. |
| 9/4 | Introduction to class |
| 9/9 | Powell, Chap. 1 |
| 9/11 | Powell, Chap. 2; Ovid, Bk. I |
| 9/16 | Powell, Chap. 3 |
| 9/18 | Quiz: Powell 1-3. Read "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" (Brothers Grimm): http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/022.txt A complete collection of the Grimm tales is available at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/ For background, visit the Grimm Brothers’ Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html |
| 9/23 | Powell, Chap. 4; Ovid, Bk. II |
| 9/25 | Powell, Chap. 5 |
| 9/30 | Powell,
Chap. 6; Ovid, Bk. III Panel 1: Diana & Actaeon; Narcissus & Echo; Pentheus & Bacchus |
| 10/2 | Powell, Chap. 7 |
| 10/7 | Powell,
Chap. 8; Ovid, Bk. IV Panel 2: Pyramus & Thisbe; Salmacis & Hermaphroditus; Perseus & Andromeda |
| 10/9 | Quiz:
Powell 1-8 Visit the following home page, "Ancient images of the Olympians." Choose one divinity and write 3-4 paragraphs commenting on the artist’s representation of him/her: http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/ |
| 10/16 | Powell,
Chap. 9; Ovid, Bk. V Panel 3: Minerva meets the Muses; Rape of Proserpine; Arethusa |
| 10/21 | Powell,
Chap. 10; Ovid, Bk. VI Panel 4: Arachne; Niobe; Tereas, Procne & Philomela |
| 10/23 | Powell, Chap. 11 |
| 10/28 | Midterm Examination |
| 10/30 | Powell,
Chap. 12; Ovid, Bk. VII Panel 5: Medea & Jason; Meda & Aeson; Cephalus & Procris |
| 11/4 | Powell, Chap. 13 |
| 11/6 | Powell,
Chap. 14; Ovid, Bk. VIII Panel 6: Scylla & Minos; Daedalus & Icarus; Philemon & Baucis |
| 11/11 | Powell,
Chap. 15 Quiz: Powell 12-14 |
| 11/13 | Powell,
Chap. 16; Ovid, Bk. IX. Visit the "Hercules"
home page: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/ Panel 7: Achelous & Hercules; Hercules, Nessus & Deianira; the Death and Apotheosis of Hercules |
| 11/18 | Powell, Chap. 17 |
| 11/20 | Powell, Chap. 18; Ovid, Bk. X |
| 11/25 | Powell,
Chap. 19 Quiz: Powell 15-18 |
| 11/27 | Powell,
Chap. 20; Ovid, Bk. XI, "Orpheus" (pp. 248-52)
& "Midas" (pp. 252-55). Research assignment due |
| 12/2 | Powell, Chap. 21; Ovid, Bk. XII, "The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs" (pp. 280-90) & "Acis and Galatea" (pp. 318-24). |
| 12/4 | Powell, Chap. 22 |
| 12/9 | |
| 12/11 | Conclusion |