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Classical Mythology
Classical Studies C205, Spring 2003
Prof. Tarik Wareh

• Tarik Wareh
  Ballantine Hall 568, 856-0465
  Office hrs.: Th 3:30-4:30 and by appointment
  twareh at indiana dot edu
• Natasha Zariwala (Associate Instructor)
  Ballantine Hall 651, 855-6561
  Office hrs.: Tu 1-2, W 2:30-3:30, and by appointment
  nzariwal at indiana dot edu

• Final course grades, all discussion forum grades, and grades for the Greek Tragedy exam are available on Post 'Em. See also the updated grading scale page.

• Our course's online discussion forum.
• Resources for finding images and information about the ancient Greeks online!
• Syllabus (PDF: requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  • Change to syllabus: all readings for April 10 (Chapter 15 and Eumenides) were cancelled.
• In this course, you will find out your exam and final grades by checking on Post 'Em. If you are unfamiliar with Post 'Em, please read the documentation.
  • How to interpret your grade: see the grading scale for the exams.

Part Three: Five Tragic Dramas from the Athenian Stage

• April 1: Bacchae, Part 1 (Intro)
• April 3: Bacchae, Part 2
• April 8: A Martyr for Humanity: The Spectacle of Prometheus Bound
• April 15: Oedipus the King: Character, Freedom, Drama
• April 17: Oedipus's Guiding Star, and Oedipus's Transformation
• April 22: A Woman In Love With Death and a Battle of Right vs. Right: Antigone
• April 24: Antigone, Part 2: Antigone's Passage Into Myth, and Creon's Recognition of His Own Family
• April 24: The Oppression of Women: Medea as Everywoman?
• April 29: Medea: Barbarity, Morality, and Love

Part Two: Iliad and Odyssey

• February 25: The Hero and the Heroine (Intro)
• February 27: Introduction to the Iliad
• March 4: Reading the Iliad: Books 5-9
• March 11: The end of the Iliad: Grief, Nihilism, and Humanity
• March 13: The World of the Cyclops: The Household, Hospitality, and the Social Values of the Odyssey

Part One: Introduction, Hesiod, Hymns, Gods & Goddesses

• January 16: Making Sense of Greek Myths (Intro)
• January 21: Hesiod, Theogony
• January 23: Hymn to Demeter
• January 28: Stories about Just the Olympian Gods (The love affair of Ares and Aphrodite, Hymn to Hermes)
• January 30: Hesiod, Works and Days
• February 4: Images from slide lecture (Apollo, Delphi, Hymn to Pythian Apollo)
• February 6: Images from slide lecture (Dionysus, Maenads, Hymn to Dionysus)
• February 11: Death, Hades, Orpheus

• The Student Academic Center offers some relevant workshops in addition to individualized academic assessment and assistance.
• Publisher's website with materials relating to our textbook (Classical Mythology: Images and Insights). This might be helpful as a memory-aid, but use it with caution; even the only slightly useful section ("Objectives and Learning Outcomes") contains some errors. So, if you use the site at all, use it as a reminder of important topics—it will remain up to you to confirm your knowledge of the material from the readings and lecture notes. On the other hand, Harris and Platzner's "Questions for Discussion and Review" at the end of each chapter are generally well worth going over.