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CLAS230 Classical Mythology
Department of Classics
Monmouth College
SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS
Spring Semester
MMX
Part I: Introduction to Myth
Jan 14 Course
introductions, Definition of Myth, and overview of World Mythology
James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation" (Bierlein 78-80)
American
Heritage Dictionary
definition
/
World Myths and Legends in Art
Jan 19 What is a myth?
Sisyphus: Bierlein 194-199
Sienkewicz' "On
Myths and Sisyphean Tasks;
Types
of Myth /
Some Definitions
/ Myth and Folktale
/ Folktale Themes
Jan 21 What is a myth? Cont.
Bierlein, 3-23; Rosenberg xiii-xxi
Jan. 26 Trickster Tales
Native American
Trickster Tales /
Native American Trickster Tales /
Trickster &
Coyote Links /
Riddle of the Trickster
/ Transformations
of the Trickster /
Anansi: Beirlein 159-165
More Tricksters: Bierlein 111-115
Jan 28 Ways of Understanding Myth: Ancient
Sienkewicz' "The
Web of Myth" /
Ways
of Interpreting Myths
Feb. 2 Ways of Understanding Myth: Modern
Bierlein, 255-326 /
Some Theories of Myth
Part II The Gods and Creation
Feb. 4 Polytheism and Divine Pantheons. Bierlein, 24-33;
Pantheons of Mythology /
Greek
Pantheon / The
Pantheon /
The Major Gods /
Genealogies for Greek
Myths /
Genealogical Tables for World Myths /
Thury and Devinney's
List of Gods and Heroes /
World Mythology
Quiz on Part I (but not Modern Ways of Understanding Myth)
Feb 9 Greek Mother Goddess
Rosenberg 93-99; Venus
of Willendorf /
Outline of Homeric Hymn to Demeter /
Homeric
Hymn to Demeter /
Eleusinian Mysteries
Schedule /
The Eleusinian Mysteries
/
Discuss
MAP/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
Feb. 11 Egypt. Isis, Osiris, Horus: Rosenberg 12-21;
Bierlein, 51-52
Discuss
Prospectus
for
Individualized Project
Feb 16 Greek creation myths
Rosenberg 80-89
/
Structure of Hesiod's Theogony /
Hesiod's
Theogony /
Useful Study Guide / Ovid's
Metamorphoses (Read about creation at beginning of Book I) /
Creation
in Ovid
Feb 18 and 23 and 25 Near Eastern Creation Myths
Rosenberg 1-11; 22-25;
Enuma Elish
Feb 23
1st
MAP/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
(focus on pantheons)
Feb 25 Odysseys and the
Cyclops (193-536)
Prospectus
for
Individualized Project
due.
Archaeology lecture at 7:30 P.M. in Morgan Room of Poling Hall (on Odysseus and
the Cyclops):
EXTRA CREDIT
Mar. 2 Genesis
Book of Genesis 1-4 (Beirlein 73-76)
Mar 4 Hercules
Rosenberg 100-105
Mid-course Evaluation
due before you leave for Spring Break
Mar 16 No class. Attend Archaeology lecture on Hercules Wed. the 17th instead (7:30 PM in
Morgan Room)
Mar 18
Mayan Creation Stories:
Rosenberg 595-608
India: Rosenberg 291-295
China: Rosenberg 324-330
Japanese Deities: Rosenberg 335-338
New Zealand 351-360
Hawaii 360-366
Northern Europe 459-466
Nigeria 509-514
Zaire 515-517
Bolivia 570-573
Inca 574-578
Venezuela 578-594
Navajo: Rosenberg 615-621
Iroquois/Huron 625-624
Tlingit 634-636 (raven)
Inuit 637-643 (Sedna)
Part III Heroes
March 23 Heroes Around the World
The Hero
Packet
Mar 25/
Mar 30
Quiz on Part II
Apr 1
Heroes in the Trojan War: Achilles and Aeneas
Achilles:
Rosenberg 106-158
Progress report on
Individualized Project due
Apr 6 Heroes Around the World:
Aeneas:
Rosenberg 255-288
Apr. 8 Heroes Around the World Cont.
Rama: Rosenberg 296-323
April 12
Gilgamesh:
Rosenberg 26-57
Part IV: Earliest Times, Floods and Destruction
Apr 14 Greece. Ages of Man and the Flood
Rosenberg 90-102
Hesiod. Works and
Days (lines 156-201) Read about Ages of Man
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Book I. Read about Ages of Man and the Flood
Archaeology Lecture Tonight: EXTRA CREDIT!
Apr 22
Bible: Flood and Tower of Babel in Genesis 1-11
Celtic Ages of Man
Rosenberg 367-377
Apr 27 Earliest Times
Bierlein 91-120
(Individualized Project
due.)
Apr 29 Other Flood Myths
Bierlein 121-135
May 4 QUIZ on Parts III and IV and 2nd
MAP/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
(on world myths)
May 10 Final Meeting for
Oral Presentations and
Course Evaluation, 8 A.M.
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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