Greek Mythology and Columbus State
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Humanities 222
Summer 2013, Online
Cat Anghelina, Ph.D., Instructor
Prerequisites: Communication Skills 101 (or equivalent in Basic Composition)
Instructor email: cangheli@cscc.edu
Office Hours: Available via e-mail; if you do not receive a response from me within 48 hours of sending me an e-mail, assume I have not received the e-mail and resend it.
Course Description:
The course familiarizes students with the world of Classical mythology; the human and the supernatural, the real and the fantastic through the myths of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The course explores some of the religious ideas, traditions, and values that distinguish one civilization from another. Attention will be given to cultural expressions of mythical themes in literature and art.
Required Books: (available at CSCC bookstore)
I INSIST that you acquire a copy of the translations listed below. Confusion can often result from a translation with different page numbers or different wording.
The Poems of Hesiod. R.M. Frazer (trans.) University of Oklahoma Press.
The Odyssey of Homer. Lattimore, Richmond (trans.) Harper Perennial Press.
Euripides I : Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus. Greene, David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago.
Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. Greene, David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Humphries, Rolfe (trans.) Indiana University Press
Instructional Methods:
This class is an online class (although the exams must be taken at a CSCC campus). This means that lectures and assignments are available through Blackboard. To pass this class the lectures are NOT enough, therefore you must buy the texts; reading is a very important part of this class. Each week, on Monday morning, a new section with Lectures and Assignments will be posted on Blackboard. These assignments will be available until the following Monday at 10am. The Assignments
Humanities 222
Summer 2013, Online
Cat Anghelina, Ph.D., Instructor
Prerequisites: Communication Skills 101 (or equivalent in Basic Composition)
Instructor email: cangheli@cscc.edu
Office Hours: Available via e-mail; if you do not receive a response from me within 48 hours of sending me an e-mail, assume I have not received the e-mail and resend it.
Course Description:
The course familiarizes students with the world of Classical mythology; the human and the supernatural, the real and the fantastic through the myths of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The course explores some of the religious ideas, traditions, and values that distinguish one civilization from another. Attention will be given to cultural expressions of mythical themes in literature and art.
Required Books: (available at CSCC bookstore)
I INSIST that you acquire a copy of the translations listed below. Confusion can often result from a translation with different page numbers or different wording.
The Poems of Hesiod. R.M. Frazer (trans.) University of Oklahoma Press.
The Odyssey of Homer. Lattimore, Richmond (trans.) Harper Perennial Press.
Euripides I : Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus. Greene, David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago.
Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone. Greene, David and Lattimore (trans.) University of Chicago.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Humphries, Rolfe (trans.) Indiana University Press
Instructional Methods:
This class is an online class (although the exams must be taken at a CSCC campus). This means that lectures and assignments are available through Blackboard. To pass this class the lectures are NOT enough, therefore you must buy the texts; reading is a very important part of this class. Each week, on Monday morning, a new section with Lectures and Assignments will be posted on Blackboard. These assignments will be available until the following Monday at 10am. The Assignments