Classical Myth @ BGSU


Last updated: April 23, 2008	Classics Section Major/Minor Programs in Classics at BGSU Romance and Classical Studies Bowling Green State University

UPDATE: Corrected Date for Official Final Exam.
Postponed Midterm 2.
Postponed Quiz 3.

Achilles and Hector
Achilles drags dead Hector behind his chariot.
(Mosaic from the Vatican Museums.)
(Photo ©2006 by JMP; all uses strictly prohibited and banned forever.)
(You could, however, go there in summer and take your own pictures.)

CLCV 380: Classical Mythology
3:30-4:20 Mon/Wed/Fri
116 Eppler South

Instructor:

James M. Pfundstein, Ph.D.
Shatzel 222
Office Hours: Tues. & Wed. 12:30-1:20 and by appointment.
Office phone: 419-372-8278
e-mail: jmpfund@bgnet.bgsu.edu
web-page: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/JMP.html

Texts (with Amazon links):

Powell, Barry B. Classical Myth (5th edition: Prentice Hall, 2006)

website: http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_powell_classical_5/0,12083,3357389--t,00.html

Lombardo, Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days (Hackett)

Smith & Traszkoma, (trans.) Apollodorus: Library & Hyginus: Fabulae (Hackett)

Ross (trans.) Statius: Thebaid (Johns Hopkins)

James, Quintus of Smyrna: The Trojan Epic (Posthomerica) (Johns Hopkins)

Online Resources:

The Ancient Library has put on-line a useful edition of Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/

Affiliated with the Ancient Library is the Theoi Project, a copiously illustrated and scholarly guide to Greek mythology.

Encyclopedia: http://www.theoi.com/Encyc_A.html

Galleries: http://www.theoi.com/Galleries.html

Tufts University's Perseus Project: Texts, Translations, Images.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html

Carlos Parada's Greek Mythology Link: Images and summaries.

http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html

Archaeology Magazine has a few stories (in the May/June 2004 edition) in print and on the web, about the archaeology supporting the notion of a historical Trojan War, along with some links to stories about the recent movie Troy and the well-regarded graphic novel Age of Bronze.

http://www.archaeology.org/0405/etc/troy.html

The single best resource for urban legends (our modern myths) is Barbara and David Mikkelson's site, snopes.com.

http://www.snopes2.com/

Grading:

quizzes (Jan. 23, Feb. 4, March 12, April 14)	15%
midterms (Mon. Feb. 11, Wed. March 26)	25% ea.
review (Due: Fri. Feb. 29; see description at link above)	5%
short research paper (Due: Fri. April 11; see description at link above)	5%
final exam last class period (April 25) OR official final time: Tues. April 29, 3:30-5:30	25%

**THE FINE PRINT**:
No makeups given due to absence without prior arrangement with the instructor.
No one can pass the course without passing the final examination and turning in both papers.
No incompletes issued except for pressing reasons and by prior arrangement with the instructor.
"A noun's a thing, a verb's the thing it does. The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz."--Steve Kowit
The instructor reserves the right to recognize significant improvement (or decline) in student performance when awarding the final grade.
The maximum amount of extra credit which may count towards the final grade = 5% of the total course points.
The syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor; changes will be announced in class and posted on-line.

**SCHEDULE**
CLASS DATES	READING ASSIGNMENT	OTHER
Week 1 Jan. 7, 9, 11	Powell Chs.1-3: Nature of Myth, Cultural Contexts of Myth, Development of Myth; Hesiod: Theogony Hyginus: 238-246, 253, 255-256
Week 2 Jan. 14, 16, 18	Powell Chs. 4-5: Myths of Creation; Hesiod: Works and Days; Hyginus: 138, 141-144, 150-152, 153, 176, 220 Apollodorus: 1.1, 1.2, 1.5.34-45, 1.7
Week 3 ---, Jan. 23, 25	Powell Chs. 6-7: Zeus & Hera, Male Olympians Hyginus: "Theogony", 28, 52-55, 140, 152a, 154-161, 179, 183, 194, 196, 202-203, 205 Apollodorus: 1.3, 1.4, 2.1.5-9, 3.8.100-102, 3.10.110-122	Mon. Jan. 21: MLK jr. Day (no classes) Wed. Jan. 23: Quiz 1 (lectures & readings weeks 1-2)
Week 4 Jan. 28, 30, Feb. 1	Powell Ch. 8, 9: Female Olympians, Demeter Hyginus: 58, 94, 146-148, 164-166, 177, 180-182, 192, 195, 197, 204, 259 Apollodorus: 1.5.29-33, 3.4.30-32, 3.14.183-185
Week 5 Feb. 4, 6, 8	Powell Ch. 10: Dionysus Hyginus: 129-134, 167, 184, 191 Apollodorus: 3.4.26-29, 3.5.33-39	Mon. Feb. 4: Quiz 2 (lectures/readings weeks 3-4)
Week 6 Feb. 11, 13, 15	Powell Ch. 11: Myths of Death ; Hyginus: 60-62, 82-83, 168-170 Apollodorus: 1.9.85-89, Epitome 2.1-2.2	Mon. Feb. 11: Midterm 1 (lectures/readings weeks 1-5)
Week 7 Feb. 18, 20, 22	Powell Chs. 12-13: Heroic Myth, Perseus etc Hyginus: 56-57, 63-65, 136-137, 149, 163, 185, 189-190, 193, 200-201, 206, 219, 221, 224, 275, 277 Apollodorus: 2.1.10-53, 3.8.103-109
Week 8 Feb. 25, 27, 29	Powell Ch. 17, Oedipus & Theban Cycle; Statius: books 1-4 Hyginus: 66-75, 178 Apollodorus: 1.8.76-79, 3.4.21-25, 3.5.40-94	Fri. Feb. 29: Review due
March 1-9	Spring Break	No Classes
Week 9 March 10, 12,14	Powell Ch. 14: Heracles Hyginus: 29-36, 49-51, 162 Statius: books 5-8 Apollodorus: 1.9.104-106, 2.4.49-2.7.160	Wed. March 12: Quiz 3 (lectures/readings weeks 6-8)
Week 10 March 17, 19, 21	Powell Chs. 16-15 Athens & Theseus, Theseus & Crete Hyginus: 37-48, 187, 198 Statius: books 9-12 Apollodorus: 3.1.1-3.3.21, 3.14.177-182, 3.14.186-218, Epitome 1.1-1.24
Week 11 March 24, 26, 28	Powell Ch. 18: Jason & the Argonauts; Calydonian Boar Hunt Hyginus: 1-27, 171-175, 188 Apollodorus: 1.8.64-74, 1.9.80-84, 1.9.90-103, 1.9.107-147	Mon. March 24: Class cancelled. John Lewis "Homer and the Homecoming." Shatzel 101 Mon., March 24 at 4:00 p.m. Wed. March 26: Midterm 2 (lectures/readings weeks 6-10)
Week 12 March 31, April 2, 4	Powell Chs. 19: The Trojan War Hyginus: 77-81, 89-106, 121, 261 Apollodorus: 3.10.126-176 Epitome 3.1-4.8 Quintus: Books 1-2
Week 13 April 7, 9, 11	Powell Chs. 20: The Fall of Troy Hyginus: 107-116, 135 Apollodorus: Epitome 5.1-5.25 Quintus: Books 3-6	Fri. April 11: Final Paper due
Week 14 April 14, 16, 18	Powell Ch. 21: Odyssey Hyginus: 84-88, 117-128, 199, 258 Apollodorus: Epitome 2.1-3.1, Epitome 6.1-7.40 Quintus: Books 7-10	Mon. April 14: Quiz 4 (lectures/readings weeks 11-13)
Week 15 April 21, 23, 25	Powell Ch. 22: Roman Myth; Quintus: Books 11-14	Optional Early Final : April 25, 3:30-4:20
Finals Week April 28-May 2	--------------------	Final Final: Tues. April 29, 3:30-5:30


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