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Monday Wednesday
Aug 29 31
Intro to course; The Nature of Myth: Maurizio, Ch 1

 The Nature of Myth: Maurizio, Ch 1

Sept 5 7
Labor Day
No Class
 Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.1–2 (excluding The Theogony
12 14
Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.2, The Theogony, pp 55–76, Ch 2.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Norse), Ch 3 (Vietnamese)

 Hancock Symposium
19 21
Flood Myths: Maurizio, Ch 3.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Hindu, Norse, Mayan)
 Zeus and Hera: Maurizio, Ch 3.1–2
Paper 1 due
26 28
Demeter & Hades: Maurizio, Ch 4.1 (excluding Hymn 2: To Demeter) Mother Goddesses: Maurizio, Ch 4.1 (Hymn 2: To Demeter), 4.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Iroquois), pdf (Egyptian)

Oct 3 5
Exam 1

 Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares: Maurizio, Ch 5.1
10 12
Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares: Maurizio, Ch 5.1 (Hymn 5: To Aphrodite), 5.3 (Ishtar); earlier version (click here); Leonard & McClure, Ch 3 (Hawaiian)
 Athena & Poseidon: Maurizio, Ch 6.1

Paper 2 due
17 19
Athena & Poseidon: Maurizio, Ch. 6.1 (from Eumenides), 6.2, & 6.3 (Egyptian myth about Neith)

 Hermes & Hestia: Maurizio, Ch. 7.1
24 26
Exam 2

 Artemis & Apollo: Maurizio, Ch 8
31 Nov 2
Myths: Ch 7.1 (Hymn to Hermes), 8.1 (Hymn to Apollo, Hymn to Artemis), 9.1 (from Bacchae); Leonard & McClure, Ch 5 ("7 great deeds of Maui")
 Dionysus: Maurizio, Ch 9
Paper 3 due

Nov 7 9
Achilles: Maurizio, Ch 10
Movie
 Achilles, continued
Medea: Maurizio, Ch 11
Movie
14 16
EXAM 3


 Medea, continued
21 23
No Class: Thanksgiving Break

 No Class: Thanksgiving Break
28 30
Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.1

 Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.2–3

Paper 4 due

Dec 5 7
Movie
Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.1

 Movie
Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.2–3
Paper 5 due
12
A Taste of Ancient Greece



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Dec 12 13 14 15 16 17


Last day of classes

 3:00 pm
Exam 4 & Paper 6