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Week Two

Schedule for Week Two

Reading in preparation for Monday's class: Chapter 4 in M&L

Monday, July 22: Anthropomorphism

Lecture: the diverse nature of the gods

 

Reading for Tuesday: Chapter 5 in M&F

Tuesday, July 23rd: Poseidon

Discussion of text

 

Reading for Wednesday: Chapter 6 in M&F, Athena

Plato's Symposium, paragraphs 180c-186a (Pausanias' Speech)

Wednesday, July 24th : Athena

Lecture: Athena in Homer's Odyssey and Euripides' Ajax

 

 

Reading for Thursday: Chapter7 in M&F, Aphrodite and Eros

Thursday, July 25th: Aphrodite and Eros

Lecture: Plato's Symposium

 

Reading for Monday: Chapters 8&9, Artemis and Apollo

Homer's Iliad, Book 1, lines (note pages) 1-247

Monday, July 29th: Discussion of Artemis and Apollo

Lecture: Artemis and Apollo in the Iliad