Last updated: May 14, 2007

Classics Section Romance Languages Bowling Green State University

Instructor:   James M. Pfundstein, Ph.D.

Office Hours: 2:45-3:55 Tues./Wed., or by appointment

Texts (with Amazon links):

Grene & Lattimore (edd.), Greek Tragedies: Volume 3 (2nd edition: Chicago)

Lombardo, S. (trans.) Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days (Hackett, 1993)

Shelmerdine, S. (trans.) Homeric Hymns (Focus, 1995)

On-Line 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 2004 movie Troy and the well-regarded series of graphic novels 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:

The Fine Print:
 

No makeups given, due to absence or lateness, 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.

"I used to be uncertain but now I'm not so sure."-- Bosco Pertwee

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.