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CLAS 2105

Classical Mythology

1.0 credits · Undergraduate

2020–2021 academic year

Topics

  • Greek and Roman myths and legends
  • Mythological narratives, variants and iconography
  • Primary ancient poetry, drama and epic
  • Interpretations of myths and their social, political and cultural purposes
  • Later adaptations of classical myths in literature, art and music

Readings

  • No purchase required: No textbook to purchase. All required texts and other course resources are supplied through D2L/MyCourseLink.
  • Listed assigned text: Ovid. Metamorphoses.
  • Listed assigned text: Hesiod. Theogony; Works and Days.
  • Listed assigned text: Pseudo-Apollodorus. Library.
  • Listed assigned text: Apollonius Rhodius. The Argonautica.
  • Listed assigned text: Valerius Flaccus. Argonautica.
  • Listed assigned text: Anonymous. Homeric Hymns, selections.
  • Listed assigned text: Pindar. Odes, selections.
  • Listed assigned text: Claudian. Gigantomachia.
  • Listed assigned text: Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound; Oresteia: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides.
  • Listed assigned text: Sophocles. Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone.
  • Listed assigned text: Euripides. The Suppliants; Hippolytus.
  • Listed assigned text: Homer. Iliad; Odyssey.
  • Listed assigned text: Vergil. Aeneid.
  • Listed assigned text: Dictys Cretensis. Journal of the Trojan War.
  • Listed assigned text: Dares of Phrygia. History of the Fall of Troy.
  • Listed assigned text: Apuleius. Metamorphosis, or The Golden Ass of Apuleius, selections.
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