10 April 2010

Mythology Spring Syllabus

14 Farvardin: “Phaëthon”; Romeo and Juliet [3. 2. 1-4]

21 Farvardin: “The Trojan War”, “The Fall of Troy”, "Orpheus and Eurydice"

28 Farvardin: Midterm: "Introduction", Olympian gods (Greek and Roman name and function), "The Underworld" (Charon, Cerberus, Elysian Fields, Styx, Lethe, Furies), "The Lesser Gods of Earth" (Pan, Leda, Satyrs, Dryads, Zephyr, Centaurs, Gorgons, Sirens, Fates), "The Two Great Gods of Earth", “Phaëthon”, “The Trojan War”, “The Fall of Troy”, "Orpheus and Eurydice"

4 Ordibehesht: “Pygmalion and Galatea”, “Pegasus and Bellerophon”, “Daedalus”

11 Ordibehesht: “Hercules”, “Cupid and Psyche”, “The Adventures of Odysseus”

18 Ordibehesht: Everything on Prometheus in the book, Narcissus

25 Ordibehesht: “The Adventures of Aeneas”, Parts 1, 2; “Midas”, “Arachne”, “Clythe”

1 Khordad: “Sisyphus”, The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus)

8 Khordad: “The House of Atreus”