Ancient Mediterranean
Myth Classical Mythology
  CLAS109 • Ancient Mythology

B R I E F   S Y L L A B U S



 ERA  • TOPIC
    Theory | Reception
  ASSIGNMENT
    History | Comparison
01 EARLY BRONZE AGE
  3000-2100 BCE
 
• Definitions
• Classical Myth &
    Contemporary Questions
Maurizio ch.1
CR01 – Pandora; Heracles vs Antaeus & Busiris; Memphite Theogony
02 • Creation
  T Malinowsky Functionalism
  R Titans
Maurizio ch.2
CR02
  H Hesiod Theogony | C Gen 1-3
03 • Zeus & Hera
  T Doniger Implied Spider
  R Leda & the Swan
Maurizio ch.3
CR03
  H Aesch. Prometheus | C Gen 6-9
04
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE
  2100-1600 BCE
• Demeter & Hades
  T Foley Question of Origins
  R Persephone
Maurizio ch.4
CR04
  H Hymn to Demeter | C Early Grass
05 • Aphrodite/Hephaestus/Ares
  T Winkler Laughter
  R Pygmalion
Maurizio ch.5
CR05
  H Hymn to Aphrodite | C Ishtar
06
LATE BRONZE AGE
 1600-1150 BCE
• Athena & Poseidon
  T Goldhill Aeschylus
  R Athena
Maurizio ch.6
CR06
  H Aesch. Eumenides | C Esna
07 • Hermes & Hestia
  T Hyde Trickster
  R Hermaphroditus
Maurizio ch.7
CR07
  H Hymn to Hermes I C Thoth
08 EARLY IRON AGE
 1150-750 BCE
• Artemis & Apollo
  T Dowden Initiation
  R Actaeon & Daphne
Maurizio ch.8
CR08
  H Hymn to Apollo I C Xen.Ephesiaca
09

ARCHAIC PERIOD
 750-490 BCE
• Dionysus
  T Csapo Riding the Phallus
  R Dionysus in the 1960s
Maurizio ch.9
CR09
  H Eur.Bac., Hymn Dion. | C Catullus
10

CLASSICAL PERIOD
 490-330 BCE
• Achilles: Making of a Hero
  T Propp Morphology
  R War Poetry
Maurizio ch.10
CR010
  H Iliad | C Gilgamesh, Aeneid
11
HELLENISTIC PERIOD
 330-30 BCE
• Medea: Making of a Hero
  T Jezewski Traits of Female
  R Afro-American Medea
Maurizio ch.11
CR011
  H Eur. Medea | C Ovid Metamorph.
12

ROMAN EMPIRE
 30 BCE-476 CE
• Odysseus: Quest Hero
  T Auden Quest Hero
  R Afro-American Odysseus
Maurizio ch.12
CR012
  H Odyssey | C. Gilgamesh, Aeneid
13 • Iphigenua: Quest Heroine
  T Edwards Psyche as Hero
  R Iphigenia in NYC
Maurizio ch.13
CR013
  H Eur. Iphig.Taur. | C Paul & Thecla
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