Mythology Lecture 2 January 10, 2008 o Recall: distinction between myth and folktale is blurry but with myths, speakers and audience understand that something important is being said/learned from it (some phenomenon?) o Today: In what circumstances where
Classicizing Chicago:
Balbo Monument
Overview of Periods
Mycenean
Bronze
Age
Dark
Age
1550-1050 1050750
Archaic
Period
Classical
Period
Hellenistic Roman
Period
Period
750-479
479-323
323-31
31 BCE5th c. CE
Hesiod
The Theogony
The Birth of the
Gods
,
Classical Mythology
Prof: Ryan Platte
Overview of Periods
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Bronze
Age
Dark
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Archaic
Period
Classica Hellenistic Roman
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Period
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776-479 479-323 323-31
31 BCE5th c. CE
Mycenean Period
1550-1050
Palace Economy
Red
Hermes
Hermes
Hermes
Name = stone heap?
Protector of travelers
Protector of heralds
Protector of merchants
Protector of thieves
Names and Titles
Roman Equivalent = Mercury
Psychopompos
Homeric Hymn to Hermes
Composed for a festival
Hermaia?
Hermaia
Big Question:
What is the relationship
of myth to ritual?
Is one more important
than the other?
Does one come before
the other?
What about variants?
Apollo and Artemis
Apollo
Twin Brother of Artemis
Child of Zeus and Leto (a titan)
And Leto bore Apollo
Eros
Eros
Eros = desire (etymolically transparent)
Of disputed birth
Usually an adolescent, in early sources,
and winged, sometimes with bow and
arrows.
Hephaistos
Vulcan Statue (Birmingham
Al.)
Vulcanization
Euhemerism
Early rationalizing
approach to
Mysteriesgetgoodafterworldprivileges
Paper2
o
3pages
o
Considertheritualsthatwehavelearnedaboutandtheaetologicalmyths
thatexplainthem.Howdoyouthinktheyrelatetoeachother,
chronologically?Whichcomesfirst?
Whatmightbeargumentsforprimacyofeach
Provideahypoth
Muses:Goddessesofart
Live near mount helicon
mount helicon is near the ocean
9
daughters of Zeus
museum, temple of the muses
theyre all very different
Muses kind of tease him
o the fact that it could be a lie is sort of good insurance
Cronion : The son of
StoriesofChastity
Actaeon
o Saw Artemis bathing
o attacked him with his own dogs
Callisto
o Got pregnant
o Turned into Ursa major
son turned into Ursa minor
Alcman's Patheneion
o 7th century BCE
o Earliest choral song
o For chorus of Spartan girls
o sung
Paper1(dueOctober4th)
o
Writeyourownarchaicprayer
o
Twopages
o
doublespaced
Sections
Intro
invocation
titles
places
Shortstory
Conclusionandfinalwish
maybeaetiological
helpsingasong
HomericHymn5(aphrodite)
o
forcedtolustforamortal
zeusonlydoesthishere
an
BookOne
Quarrel
o Deux ex Machina
Athena prevents achilles from killing agamemnon
Thetis
Scene on Olympus
Chryse
Place
Chryses
priest of place
goes to agamemnon to beg for his daughter back
o brings a lot of money
Chryseis
Daughter of priest
Keep track of
Final
Not cumulative
From this point forward
One cumulative essay
Odyssey
Instead of books 9 and 10
Read 8 and 9
Iliad 16
PatroclusborrowsAchillesArmor
o
FirstoftwooccasionswhereapersonwearsAchillesarmor
o
Armorhelpsidentifytheperson
DefiesAchillesorders
WorksandDays
More practical than Theogony
o general rules for productive farming life
o almanac
Theological opening section
o muses invocation
o two kinds of Eris
strife
motivational
only one Eris in theogony
VARIANCE
o Prometheus and Pandora
o The Five a
SimileofCranesandPygmies
o
peopleoftroycomeoutmakingatonofnoise
o
speakalotofdifferentlanguages
o
theGreeksallcometogetherasone
o
Panhellenic
Teikhoskopia
o
Aviewfromthewall
o
Teikho
o
Skopia
wall
view
o
HelendescribesGreekstothetrojanoldmen
o
Weirdtimef
Outline of Homers Iliad
Book #
Summary of Events
Invocation.
1
Apollos anger at Agamemnon, and the plague in the Greek camp.
The taking of Briseis, and the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon.
Achilles withdraws from fighting, and Thetis supplicate
Works and Days
more practical than the Theogony:
general rules for productive farming
life, followed by an almanac
but theological opening section:
Muses and Zeus (again)
two kinds of Eris
Prometheus and Pandora (redux)
the Five Ages of Man
Promethe
Mythology Lecture 3
January 15, 2008
o Epic poetry: concept that refers to a specific metrical pattern of the poem. o The body of poems which we will be reading belongs to the same time period and is considered epics. o Theogony was prob written down some
Mythology Lecture
January 17, 2008
o Etiology: gives the story of how the world is based on their own perspectives. o Recall: a myth is constantly changed and retold in order to fit a different culture. o Names and Concepts: techne (technical skill, in pa
Mythology Lecture 5 o Body of poems we are discussing this week: Homeric poems, defining retributions of gods that are part of that Pantheon. o Whenever a new God is born, the question is what is he going to do, and where are the places that he will be wo
o Aphrodite: love, desire, Demeter: Fertility, crops, sustenance. o Vocab o Eleusis: place where Demeter retires when she is angry at the gods because of Persephones abduction. o Epiphany: when a god reveals himself, displays himself to mortals, ambrosia:
In search of Immortal Fame o Stories of heroes-human beings, mortals o Story of judgment of Paris (in background) o Chose most beautiful: Hera, Aphrodite, Athena o Chooses Aphrodite, as a result captures scorn of Hera o Clip of Troy o First scene Achilles
Mythology Lecture 8 Quiz 2: similar format: one passage to analyze, highlight components, one image: describe it (what is being represented), and come up with interpretation and parallel analysis as with text but with image, and question on context? o Bri
Mythology Lecture 9 Feb. 5, 2008 o The Odyssey is part of a larger body of things called nostos, return home, song about the return home. The Odyssey is a nostos song that tells us about the return home. o Most likely, all other characters have a nostos,
Mythology Lecture 10
February 7, 2008
Continue books 1-4 o Evolution of Telemachus with the help of Athena. Athena stirs up Telemachus. It is quite rare in greek myth to focus on the development of a character. Characters do not change much, but he is an
Mythology Lecture 11 o Odysseus rebuilds himself after a long isolation in Calypsos island (the craft, one on one interaction with Nausicaa, larger interaction with Phaekians/society). o He finally discloses his name to them. o Xenos and kleos. o From com
2015-07-30 Thu
Aristophanes, Frogs
1. Sea battle: Athens vs. Sparta Athens was in bad shape after the battle. Even they won, many
ships were left unrescued. A lot of people died. When they came back, there was an assembly
and a turning around of who runs
Reading Notes
Hesiod Theogony and Works & Days
Theogony 38-43 (3-8)
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Zeus = youngest son of Rhea and Kronos
Rhea asked Gaia (mother of Kronos) to take care of Zeus. Gaia fostered Zeus in Lyktos, Crete
Kronos = son of Ouranos (the older gods great lord) s
Classical Mythology
Then and Now
2600;Summer2015
ParkesHall212
TuThu1012:20
Instructor:
[email protected]
Officehoursbyappointment
Course overview: From Homers Odyssey and Athenian tragedy to
reinventions of the classical wo
Classical Mythology - Midterm Review
Anything that has been discussed in class or read in your assignments can appear on the midterm, but
material that has occurred in lecture AND reading will be most important. The list below is not
exhaustive but should
