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The Ancestry LibraryCLAS230 Classical Mythology
REQUIRED TEXT

(2nd 8 weeks of Semester, 2013)
(Instructor: Sienkewicz)

All the required texts are available electronically. Here are some sources:

Odysseus' journey to the Underworld in Homer's Odyssey

 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

 Euripides' Alcestis

Aristophanes' Frogs

 The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Aeneas' journey to the Underworld in Vergil's Aeneid

 The Myth of Er in Plato's Republic

Cupid and Psyche: Adlington translation or Graves translation; Apuleius

Dante's Inferno
   
Here are some general websites on Classical Mythology:
Manning, J. F. The Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome: http://towerweb.net/mythology/classical.shtml

Precourt, B. Classical Mythology: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/prec/www/course/mythology/0100/toc.htm

Roberts, Helen. Classical Mythology.tk
http://classicmyth.webs.com/
 
Atsma, Aaron. Theoi Project: Guide to Greek Mythology:
http://www.theoi.com

Joe, Jimmy Timeless Myths: Classical Mythology:
http://www.timelessmyths.com/

Lindemans, Micha F.Encyclopoedia Mythica: http://www.pantheon.org/

Hyginus. Fabulae: http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae1.html

Apollodorus. The Library: http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html

Many more resources are found at: Course Documents
 

This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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