Professor: Casey Dué Hackney (e-mail: cldue@mail.uh.edu). Office hours: Tuesdays 11am-1pm, Agnes Arnold Hall room 454.

Required Reading:

Harris, S. and G. Platzner, ed. Classical Mythology. 5th edition. New York, 2008.

Lectures (written by the professor) will be posted and linked to the syllabus over the course of the semester.

Components of Course Grade: Exams (2) 70%; Participation in weekly on-line discussions 30%.

[Note: Individual postings will not be given a letter grade. But in order to get full credit for the posting you should show your knowledge of readings and lectures, ideally discussing particular passages and making connections between readings. In most cases, a thoughtful paragraph will suffice. You may post an original comment or respond to someone else's post to receive credit. Plagiarism on any post will receive a minimum punishment of a 0% for the discussion portion of the course grade. Additional penalties are at the discretion of the University.]

Important Dates:

First exam Tuesday, March 9 at 8:30am
Second exam Tuesday, April 27 at 8:30am

*Exams take place on campus in the Electronic Testing Center, which is on the first floor of Agnes Arnold Hall, room 101. Instructions will be sent out via webct for how to register for a place in the ETC. You are required to make arrangements to be on campus for the exams if you wish to enroll in this course.

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND READINGS

Unit I: Creation and Myths of Succession; Matriarchy to Patriarchy?

*Week 1
Required Reading: CM Chapter 3
Recommended Reading: CM Chapter 1
Additional assignments: After reading CM chapter 3, post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 2
Required Reading: CM Chapter 5
Additional assignments: After reading CM chapter 5, post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

 

Unit II: Zeus and Hera; Gods and Heroes

*Week 3
Required Reading: CM chapter 6
Additional assignments: After reading CM chapter 6, post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 4
Required Reading: First read CM 388-405; next read Selections from the Iliad, pp. 13-18; third, read Lecture 1 and Lecture 2
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lectures, post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

 

Unit III: Apollo

*Week 5
Required Reading: CM chapter 7; Lecture 3
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 6
Required Reading: Selections from the Iliad, pp. 18-32; Lecture 4
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 7
Required Reading: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (CM 666-714); Lecture 5
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 8

Exam 1 on Tuesday 3/9 at 8:30am (exam location and how to register will be announced)

*Week 9

SPRING BREAK

Unit IV: Dionysus and Greek Tragedy

*Week 10
Required Reading: CM Chapter 8 Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 11
Required Reading: CM chapter 14

*Week 12
Reading: CM pp. 765-777 and 817-870 (Euripides, Bacchae); Lecture 6
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

 

Unit V: Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite

*Week 13
Required Reading: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and selections from Sappho; Lecture 7 and Lecture 8

*Week 14
Required Reading: Euripides, Hippolytus and Lecture 9
Additional assignments: After completing the readings and lecture post to the discussion board for this week by Friday at 5pm.

*Week 15

 Exam 2 on Tuesday 4/27 at 8:30am (exam location and how to register will be announced)