CLAS C205-01 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
DR. DAMIAN FLEMING
SPRING 2011
CLASS MEETING: TR 12 PM – 1:15 PM, LA 136
OFFICE HOURS: TR 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM; 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
(and by appointment)
OFFICE: LA 149 (in English Department)
OFFICE PHONE: (260) 481-0192
EMAIL: flemingd@ipfw.edu
COURSE WEBSITE: http://users.ipfw.edu/flemingd/mythS11.html
COURSE WIKI: http://myth2011.pbworks.com
BEFORE SECOND CLASS: Visit Wiki, request access; introduce yourself
WAYS TO FAIL THIS CLASS:
o
o
o
o
3 absences
failure to turn in either project on time
plagiarism
text-messaging in class
REQUIRED TEXTS (AVAILABLE AT IPFW BOOKSTORE):

Ovid, Metamorphoses, trans. Stanley Lombardo (Hackett, 2010), ISBN:
1603843078
 Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation (Hackett,
2004) ISBN: 0872207218
 The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey, trans.
Stanley Lombardo (Hackett, 2000) ISBN: 0872205401
Suggested text (not required, but nice pictures):
 100 Characters from Classical Mythology (Barron's Educational Series,
2007) ISBN: 0764160060
GRADING:
Participation:
Office visit = 1%
Quizzes/Assignments:
Essays
Exams
GRADE SCALE:
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
94–100 Highest
90–93
87–89
84–86
80–83
77–79
74–76
70–73
65–69
60–64
below 60
passing grade
10%
10%
40%
40%
4.0
3.7
3.3
Above-average passing grade
3.0
2.7
2.3
Average passing grade
2.0
1.7
1.3
Lowest passing grade
1.0
Failure or unauthorized discontinuance of class
attendance; no credit.
SCHEDULE:
**NOTE: This schedule is subject to change; missing class is NOT an
excuse for not knowing about changes to the schedule (see above:
attendance).
Reading Assignments should be completed before the class date
Week
Date
Topic
T
11
Intro to class
R
13
Intro to Myth
Readings Due
Other Assignments
JAN
1
Request access to our class wiki
ACM "Note to students" xvi-xxiii
Get all the books
ACM 363–367 (from Plato’s Republic)
2
T
18
Cultural context
ACM 337-375 (from Plato, Symposium)
R
20
Sources of Myth
ACM 131-135 (Hesiod, Theogony, intro)
Wiki Access DUE today Introduce yourself
[100CH 66 (Muses)]
3
T
25
Myths of Creation
ACM 135-160 (Hesiod, Theogony)
Sample Quiz today
ACM 209 (Homeric Hymn to Gaia)
Ovid 1.1-89
Hebrew Creation story Genesis 1:1–2:2
R
27
Creation of Mortals
ACM 146-149 (Hesiod, Theogony: Prometheus and Pandora)
ACM 161-164 (Hesiod, Works and Days, Pandora)
Second Hebrew creation story Genesis 2:3–3:24
4
T
1
Mortals cont'd
FEB
ACM 164-167 (Hesiod, Works and Days, Five Ages)
Ovid 1.90-453
ACM 6-7 (Aeschylus, Prometheus Freed)
Selection from Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
ACM 23 Appolodorus E 1, E2, E3 (Prom; Deuc)
ACM: funny dialogue with Zeus and Prometheus
Noah Genesis 6‐8
R
3
Olympians:
Illiad, 8.1-54; 14.296-359; 15.1-80
Zeus and Hera
Illiad 1.521-643
ACM 281-282 Lucian 9
[100CH 25-26]
Male Olympians
[100CH 29]; Illiad 13.1-42
Poseidon
[100 CH 37]; Illiad 1.41-66
Apollo
ACM 283 (Lucian 16)
ACM 178-187 (Homeric Hymn to Apollo)
Ovid 1.470-601 (Apollo and Daphne)
Ovid 1.593-708 (Apollo and Coronis)
5
T
8
Haephestus
[100CH 43]
Ares
[100CH 33]
Illiad, 18.368‐467
Odyssey, 8.256‐366
ACM 204 (Homeric Hymn to Ares)
Hermes
[100CH 42]
ACM 187-197 (Homeric Hymn to Hermes)
ACM 206 (Homeric Hymn to Pan)
First Project Selection DUE today
R
10
Female Olympians
Hestia
Aphrodite
[100CH 31]; ACM 208 (Homeric Hymn to
Hestia)
[100CH 40-41]; ACM 197-203 (Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite)
Illiad, 5.337-450
Ovid 10.266-331 (Pygmalion)
Artemis
[100CH 38]; ACM 204 (Homeric Hymn to
Artemis)
Illiad 12.650-657
Athena
[100CH 34-35]; ACM 204-205; 208
Ovid 3.148-267 (Diana and Acteon)
Illiad, 1.198-234
Illiad 8.335‐396
Ovid 6.1-162 (Minerva and Arachne)
6
T
15
Fertility: Demeter
100CH
ACM 169-178 (Homeric Hymn to Demeter)
Ovid 5.332‐572
R
17
Fertility: Dionysius
100CH
First Project DUE today, online
ACM 168-169; 203 (Homeric Hymns to
Dionysius)
Illiad 6.124-146
selection from Catullus 64
selections from Eurypides, Bacchae
Midus: Ovid 11.85‐145
7
T
22
Myths of Death
100CH
Illiad 23.60-119
Odyssey Book 11 (complete)
R
24
Orpheus and
Eurydice
100CH
ACM 430-432 (Vergil, Georgics)
Ovid 10.1‐85
Ovid 11.1‐66
8
T
1
More Death
MARCH
R
9
Plato, Republic (Myth of Er) ACM 367-372
Vergil, Aeneid book 6 ACM 421-432
3
T
SPRING
R
BREAK
T
15
MIDTERM EXAM
Perseus
ACM 30-33 (Apol. H, J1, J2)
ACM 354-356 (Pherecydes)
ACM 139-140 (Hesiod, Theo., ll.266-287
ACM 286-7 (Lucian 11-12)
Ovid 4.669-901
R
17
Heracles
Shield of Heracles
Iliad, 19.74‐144
Peer Evaluations Due online
Pindar Nemean I. 33‐72
Heracles Insane 925‐1008
10
T
22
Heracles' Labors
ACM 33-42 (Apol. K1-K15)
ACM 140-141 (Hesiod, Theo. 288-319)
ACM 44-45 (Apol. K19-21)
Sophocles, Women of Trachis
R
24
Theseus
Ovid 6.472-780
Second Project Selection Due online
ACM 54-57 (Apol. N1-N7)
ACM 318-322 (from Ovid, Heroides 10)
Euripides Hippolytus
ACM 227, 239 (Hyginus, 33, 79: Theseus and Pirithous)
ACM 45-46 (Apol. L1-L2)
Ovid 2.925-971
Ovid 8.1-303
11
T
Catullus 64
29
Daedalus and Icarus, Ovid Ars Amatoria Book2part1
ACM 55, 56 (Apol. N3, N5, N6)
R
31
Thebes, Oedipus
Ovid 3.1-147
Sophocles, Oedipus the King
APRIL
12
T
5
Oedipus
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonnus
Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes
Sophocles, Antigone
R
7
Jason
ACM 25-30 (Apol. G1-G5 Jason)
Euripides, Medea
13
T
12
Troy
Hesiod, Catalogue of Women (read Frag 67 and 68)
ACM 288-293 (Lucian, Judgment of Paris)
from Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Homer, Iliad Books 1 and 6
R
14
Fall of Troy
Homer, Iliad 16 lines 745-905; Book 22 and 24
Trojan Horse: Odyssey 4.231-309
ACM 410-420 (Vergil, Aeneid)
15
T
19
After Troy
Aeschylus Agamemnon
Second Project Due online
Aeschylus, Eumenides
R
21
Odyssey
Homer, Odyssey, Bks 1, 8, 9, 10
Homer, Odyssey, Bks 12, 21, 22
16
T
26
R
28
T
3
ROME
MAY
3
Final Exam
Tuesday, May 3, 1-3 pm
Peer Evals Due online