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Tuesday Thursday
Jan 17 19
Intro to course; The Nature of Myth: Maurizio, Ch 1

 The Nature of Myth: Maurizio, Ch 1
24 26
Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.1–2 (excluding The Theogony)
 Creation: Maurizio, Ch 2.2, The Theogony, pp 55–76, Ch 2.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Norse), Ch 3 (Vietnamese)

Jan 31 Feb 2
Creation & Flood Myths: Maurizio, Ch 3.1 (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 3.3; Leonard & McClure, Ch 2 (Hindu, Norse, Mayan)
 Zeus and Hera: Maurizio, Ch 3.1–2 (excluding Aeschylus)
Paper 1 due
7 9
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)
14 16
Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares: Maurizio, Ch 5.1

 Exam 1
21 23
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

Feb 28 Mar 2
Athena & Poseidon: Maurizio, Ch. 6.1 (from Eumenides), 6.2, & 6.3 (Egyptian myth about Neith)
 Hermes & Hestia: Maurizio, Ch. 7.1
7 9
Artemis & Apollo: Maurizio, Ch 8

 Exam 2
14 16
Assessment Day
 Myths: Ch 7.1 (Hymn to Hermes), 8.1 (Hymn to Apollo, Hymn to Artemis),
21 23
No Class: Spring Break

 No Class: Spring Break
28 30
Myths: 9.1 (from Bacchae); Leonard & McClure, Ch 5 ("7 great deeds of Maui")
 Dionysus: Maurizio, Ch 9
Paper 3 due

Apr 4 6
Achilles: Maurizio, Ch 10
 EXAM 3
11 13
Medea: Maurizio, Ch 11
Movie

 Medea: Maurizio, Ch 11
Movie
Paper 4 due
18 20
Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.1 Undergraduate Scholars Forum
25 27
Odysseus and Quest Heroes: Maurizio, Ch 12.2–3

 Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.3
Movie
Paper 5 due

May 2 4
Iphigenia and Quest Heroines, Ch 13.1–2
Movie		 A Taste of Ancient Greece



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May 8 9 10 11 12


3:00 pm
Exam 4 & Paper 6