Course syllabus & schedule
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Week 1 Introduction to (Greek and Roman) mythology 1. Course Introduction: syllabus, requirements and grading policy 2. Today’s Websites http://mythman.com/ http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html http://about.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/index.htm 3. Mythology in Our Life a. MYTHOLOGY IN MODERN SOCIETY http://mythman.com/ http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm b. Our Solar System http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html 4. An Introduction to mythology and myth a. http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/folklore/f/mythology1.htm b. http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/folklore/f/mythology2.htm 5. An Introduction to Greek and Roman mythology a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology d. http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html e. Basic aspects of the Greek myths f. http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/myth.html 6. Ancient Greeks http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/index.htm A. The Maps: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page01.htm http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/ancient%20warfare/ancient%2 0warfare%20pages/ancient%20map%2001%20lg.htm B. Who were the ancient Greeks? http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page01.htm C. How was Greece organized? http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page04.htm D. The legacy of the Greeks http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page35.htm E. The Olympic Games: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page28.htm Quiz: The Olympics: pentathlon http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/olympics/intro.shtml 1. Who will be the first to compete? 2. What is the best training for soldiers? (discus, javelin, long-jump, running and wrestling) 3. What happens to the oxen meat? 4. How were the winners honored by the Hellenodikal? F. Try yourself: Greek Houses, Ancient Greek food, Greek clothes, At School, The Theatre, At war. G. Quiz: Temples: http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/page13.htm http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/act101.htm ==>next http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/history/greeks/act102.htm Week 2 Creation of the world/mankind 1. Today’s Websites http://www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html#toc http://www.greekmythology.com/Titans/titans.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/prometheus.html 2. The Titans and the Olympians a. http://www.greekmythology.com/Titans/titans.html b. http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/olympians.html 3. Prometheus and Pandora a. images http://www.nineplanets.org/pandora.html b. Text http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora 4. Quiz: http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/prometheus.html Week 3 The Elder Olympians Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera 1. Today’s Websites http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Images.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/ListAlbums.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Images.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/index.html http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm 2. The Elder Olympians Zeus/Jupiter a. Album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Zeus/ZeusAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/zeus_i.html b. Text http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm Hestia/Vesta a. Images http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Hestia.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/hestia.html b. Text: http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm Hades/pluto a. Images http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Hades.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/hades_i.html b. Text http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm Poseidon/Neptune a. Album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Poseidon/PoseidonAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/poseidon_i.html b. Text http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm Hera/Juno a. Album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Hera/HeraAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/hera_i.html b. Text http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm 3. The activities 4. Zeus and his lovers: Semele, Europa, Io, Leda http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/The_Myths/Zeus_s_Lovers/zeus_s_lovers.html Week 4 Gods of Earth 1. Today’s Websites http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/theatre/intro.shtml 2. Demeter/Ceres and Persephone a. Images http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/demeter_i.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/persephone_i.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Demeter.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Persephone.html b. Text http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/perseph.html The occasion of the abduction, Because of Love, Demeter distressed, Famine, Persephone returns, Agreement 3. Dionysus a. Albums http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Dionysus/DionysusAlbum.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Dionysus2.html b. Text http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/HeroDionysus.html c. The ancient Greek theater d. Quiz: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/theatre/intro.shtml Week 5 The younger Olympians Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Hephaestus, Hermes 1. Today’s Websites http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods.html http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/olympians.html http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html 2. The Younger Olympians Aphrodite /Venus a. Images and album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Aphrodite/AphroditeAlbum.html http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000VenusAmor/VenusAmorAlbum.html b. Text http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/aphrodite.html http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/olympians.html#Aphrodite Apollo/Apollo a. Images and album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Apollo/ApolloAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/apollo_i.html b. Text http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/Definitions_gods/Apollo_def.html&edu=mid Ares/Mars a. Images and album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Ares/AresAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/ares_i.html b. Text http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/Definitions_gods/Mars_def.html&edu=mid Artemis/Diana a. Images and album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Artemis/ArtemisAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/artemis_i.html b. Text http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/artemis.html&edu=mid Athena/Minerva a. Images and album http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Athena/AthenaAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/athene_i.html b. Text http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/olympians.html#Athena Hephaestus /Vulcan a. Images: http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/olympians.html#Hephaestus http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/hephaistos_i.html b. Text http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mythology/1deities/gods/olympians/frameset1.htm Hermes/Mercury a. Images and album: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Hermes/HermesAlbum.html http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/hermes_i.html b. Text http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/hermes.html&edu=mid Week 6 Stories of Love and Adventure 1. Today’s Websites http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/ICP.html http://mythman.com/ (Eros and Psche) 2. Jason and Medea 3. Cupid and Psyche a. images http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/ICP.html b. Text http://mythman.com/ and handout 4. Echo and Narcissus Week 7 Official Holiday (Tomb Sweeping Festival, 民族掃墓節) Week 8 Heroes Perseus, Theseus, Hercules Oral Report (1-3 人/group): 15 minutes，可加總分 2-3 分，需製作 power-point 及包括 sources of websites Week 9 Mid-term Exam Week 10 Heroes The Trojan War and Achilles Today’s Websites a. http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages.html b. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ c. http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html d. http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/trojanwar.html Week 11 Heroes The Odyssey and Odysseus Today’s Websites a. http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/coursenotes.html#class110 b. http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/CourseNotes/HomGods.html c. http://duke.usask.ca/~porterj/CourseNotes/HomSoc.html d. http://timelessmyths.com/classical/odyssey.html Week 12 Introduction to Egyptian Mythology 1. Today’s Websites http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp http://www.egyptianmyths.net/index.html 2. Civilization and Religion http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr01e.html 3. Kingship and Priests http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr03e.html http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr07e.html 4. The Soul http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr05e.html#page 5. Life after Death http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr04e.html 6. Myths http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr08e.html Week 13 The creation of the universe 1. Today’s Websites http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp http://www.neferchichi.com/godsinfo.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/section-deities.htm 2. The Creation Myth http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr09e.html 3. The First Gods Aten http://www.neferchichi.com/aten.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/aten.htm Re http://www.neferchichi.com/re.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/re.htm Geb http://www.neferchichi.com/geb.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/geb.htm Nut http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgg1e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/nut.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/nut.htm Sekhmet http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgs1e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/sekhmet.html http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/sekhmet.html Hathor http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgh2e.html#page http://www.egyptianmyths.net/hathor.htm Hapi http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgh1e.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/hapi.htm *4. The Story of Re: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/mythre.htm Week 14 Gods and goddesses 1. Today’s Websites http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr02e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/index.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/index.html 2. Gods and goddesses Osiris http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgo1e.html#page http://www.neferchichi.com/osiris.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/osiris.htm Isis http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgi1e.html#page http://www.neferchichi.com/isis.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/isis.htm Seth http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgs3e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/set.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/seth.htm Nephthys http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgn2e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/nephthys.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/nephthys.htm 3. The Divine Family http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr10e.html 4. The story of Isis and Osiris http://www.egyptianmyths.net/mythisis.htm Week 15 Official Holiday (Dragon Boat Festival 端午節) Week 16 Mummies and Mummification 1. Today’s Websites http://www.neferchichi.com/mummies.html http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr06e.html#page http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/index.html 2. Children of Isis and Osiris: Horus, Anubis Anubis http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrga4e.html http://www.neferchichi.com/anubis.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/anubis.htm Horus http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcrgh3e.html#page http://www.neferchichi.com/horus.html http://www.egyptianmyths.net/horus.htm 3. Mummies and mummification http://www.neferchichi.com/mummies.html http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcr06e.html#page 4. Activity http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digging.html Week 17 Pyramids and the pharaohs Akhenaten, King Tut, Imhotep 1. Today’s Websites http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/ http://guardians.net/hawass/ 2. The pharaohs http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/flash/timeline_flash.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/resources.html 3. The pyramids http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digging.html http://guardians.net/hawass/sphinx-pyramid-main.htm 4. Akhenaten and King Tut http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/digging.html http://guardians.net/hawass/Press_Release_05-05_Tut_Reconstruction.htm http://guardians.net/hawass/press_release_tutankhamun_ct_scan_results.htm 5. Imhotep http://www.egyptianmyths.net/imhotep.htm Week 18 Final Exam
