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| Unit 3 is dedicated to figures whose myths reflect their cults: Demeter,
Hades, Dionysus, and Orpheus.
Their worship took the form of mystery cults, though they are also mysterious in
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Monday,
October 9 |
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Due |
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-- HH 2: To Demeter (33–58)
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Topics
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-- Demeter and Persephone
-- Handout: Homeric Hymn to Demeter |
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Wednesday,
October 11 |
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Due |
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-- Met 8: Erysichthon & his daughter (293–300)
-- MLS 14: Demeter etc. (339–56: skim overlap)
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Topics
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-- The Eleusinian Mysteries
-- Video: Persephone in Percy Jackson (2010) |
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Friday,
October 13 |
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Due |
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-- EH Od. 11: The Nekyia (332–51)
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Topics
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-- Going to Hades
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The hero's katabasis
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Saturday,
October 14 |
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Due |
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-- Papers: #2 (11:00 p.m.)
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Monday,
October 16 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 15: Views of the Afterlife (359–84: skim overlap)
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Topics
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-- The evolving afterlife
-- Audio: Anais Mitchell's Hadestown (2010, excerpts) |
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Wednesday,
October 18 |
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Due |
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-- Met 10–11: Ovid's Orpheus (341–71: skim familiar stories)
-- MLS 16: Orpheus etc. (388–400: skim overlap)
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Topics
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-- Orpheus and Orphism
-- Other mystery cults
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Friday,
October 20 |
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Due |
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-- HH 7: To Dionysus (141–4)
-- HH 19: To Pan (153–4)
-- MLS 13: Dionysus etc. (304–30: skim overlap) |
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Topics
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-- Dionysus & interiority
-- Pan is not everything
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Monday,
October 23 |
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Due |
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-- Met 3: Bacchus & Pentheus (111–19)
-- Met 6: Tereus, Procne, & Philomela (206–18)
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Topics
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-- Dionysus & theatricality
-- What is Tragedy?
-- Handout: Midterm 2 preview |
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Friday,
October 27 |
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Due |
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-- Charles Mee, Big Love
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Topics
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-- Remaking a classic, part 1 |
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Monday,
October 30 |
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Due |
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-- Review Charles Mee's Remaking Project
-- Read one of Mee's other Greek-themed plays
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Topics
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-- Remaking a classic, part 2
-- Conversation with cast & crew of Big Love |
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Wednesday,
November 1 |
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Due |
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-- Semester Project: Review peer outlines
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Topics
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-- Peer critiques of outlines |
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Friday,
November 3 |
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Midterm examination 2 |
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