| Course Title: Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek and Roman Myth |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: We will accompany Odysseus on his return from Troy, retrieve the Golden Fleece with Jason, and race with Ovid through his witty -- and often troubling -- retelling of Greek myths from a Roman perspective. This course examines how Greek and Roman authors and artists from very different periods used myth to explore questions about life, art and politics. Works may include: Homer, Odyssey; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica; Ovid, Metamorphoses and Heroides; Greek tragedy, and ancient images representing myths. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Paula Debnar | 413-538-2873 | pdebnar@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 02:55PM - 04:10PM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in English. Optional screenings of films related to ancient myth. |
| Course Tags | ||
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| ANCST0001 | ANCST: Ancient Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Ancient Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 27 | Available: 11 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Ovid Metamorphoses Author: Martin, Charles Copyright: 2010 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780303925340 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 18.75 |
| Title: The Odyssey Author: Fagles (trans.), Robert Copyright: 2006 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780143039952 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days Author: Nelson, Stephanie Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781585102884 Publisher: Focus |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: Aeschylus, Oresteia Author: Tr. Meineck, Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780872203907 Publisher: Hackett |
Required | 13.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at The Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: We will begin with the *Odyssey* and end with *Metamorphoses*, both of which are long poems (in case you want to get a head start over January). There will be additional material posted on Moodle, and there could be an addition to this book list. Note: You do not need to use these translations, as long as you can identify book and approximate line numbers of the epics (Odyssey, Hesiods' Theogony, Ovids' Metamorphoses (or just line numbers in the dramas). There is, for example, a new and vigorous translation of the *Odyssey* by Emily Wilson (the first woman to translate the work): ISBN-10: 0393356256 or ISBN-13: 978-0393356250; however, there are likely to be more used copies of the Fagles' translation. |