MYTHOLOGY

Greek & Roman Mythology

Kirk M. Summers

The University of Alabama

GTAs: Christin Byars & Shauna McDaniel

These pages support the course Classics 222, Greek and Roman Mythology, taught by Professor Kirk M. Summers. Here you will find slide shows equivalent to the ones shown in class. You may review them if you miss a lecture or want to refresh your memory for the test. In the best of all worlds, you would view them before coming to the corresponding lecture. In conjunction with each slide you'll find the notes describing what's in the picture. You will also find notes on individual lectures, added gradually throughout the semester. Use them to prepare for exams and answer questions. Finally, you will find general links to other sites about Greek and Roman myth, though the final authority for content in reference to tests remains Professor Summers' lectures and course book, which is now available for free in eLearning.

SYLLABUS - 2:00 PM Class

(SPRING 2012)

SYLLABUS - 3:30 PM Class

(SPRING 2012)

GATEWAY TO FOUR ANCIENT GREEK CITIES

GREECE TRIP

(June 3-June 23)

Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy

SPRING BREAK:

MARCH 9-16

CLASSICS PROGRAM
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ADDITIONAL NOTES, LINKS SLIDE SHOWS, AND IMAGES RELATED TO THE LECTURES:

LECTURE ONE

SLIDE SHOW: INTRODUCTION TO MYTH

MAPS OF GREECE

THE SCEPTICISM OF XENOPHANES

LECTURE TWO

SLIDE SHOW: HESIOD'S CREATION

A NICE GENEALOGICAL TABLE BASED ON HESIOD'S THEOGONY

RECONCILIATION FLOW CHART (PROMETHEUS)

LECTURE THREE

SLIDE SHOW: OVID'S CREATION

"DIVINE NATURE" SEPARATING WARRING ELEMENTS (FROM 1563 EDITION OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES)

THE LECTURE ON OVID'S CREATION STORY

LECTURE FOUR

SLIDE SHOW: ZEUS & HERA

THETIS SUPPLICATING ZEUS ON BEHALF OF HER SON ACHILLES

LECTURE FIVE

SLIDE SHOW: POSEIDON, HERMES, HEPHAESTUS

A HERM FROM THE GETTY MUSEUM

LECTURE SIX

SLIDE SHOW: ARTEMIS & ATHENA

THE OFFICIAL SITE OF BRAURON (WITH A LINK TO THE MUSEUM)

STUDY GUIDE TEST ONE
*Note: This is meant to be a general guide, not a definitive delineation of everything that will appear on the test. You are responsible for all lectures, slide shows, and readings, along with the city of Mycene.

LECTURE SEVEN

SLIDE SHOW: CYBELE & APHRODITE

PRIAPUS IN SITU AT THE HOUSE OF THE VETII AT POMPEII

ATTIS AT ROME: READ SECTIONS III AND IV OF THIS WEBSITE (pay special attention to the activities of the "dendrophori")

LECTURE EIGHT

SLIDE SHOW: DEMETER & PERSEPHONE

A WEB SITE DEVOTED TO DEMETER

A REVIEW OF THE ROAD TO ELEUSIS, WHERE ARGUMENTS ABOUT ERGOT ARE MADE

LECTURE NINE

SLIDE SHOW: APOLLO, DELPHI

THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT DELPHI

LECTURE TEN

SLIDE SHOW: DIONYSUS

SUMMARY OF EURIPIDES' PLAY THE BACCHAE (.pdf format)

SLIDE SHOW TO GO WITH THE ABOVE

STUDY GUIDE TEST TWO

LECTURE ELEVEN

SLIDE SHOW: THE TOPOGRAPHY OF HELL

A MAP OF THE UNDERWORLD

LECTURE TWELVE

SLIDE SHOW: ORPHEUS

ORPHEUS LECTURE

LECTURE THIRTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: HERAKLES & THE HEROIC PATTERN

SITE DEVOTED TO HERAKLES AND HIS LABORS

LECTURE FOURTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: PERSEUS & THESEUS

STUDY GUIDE TEST THREE

LECTURE FIFTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: THE TROJAN WAR

LECTURE SIXTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: THE ILIAD

LECTURE SEVENTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: THE ODYSSEY

LECTURE EIGHTEEN

SLIDE SHOW: AGAMEMNON & CLYTEMNESTRA
READ THE AGAMEMNON LECTURE HERE
SLIDE SHOW THAT FOLLOWS THE AGAMEMNON LECTURE

LECTURE NINETEEN

SLIDE SHOW: OEDIPUS & THE SPHINX

AN IMAGE OF OEDIPUS CONTEMPLATING THE SPHINX'S RIDDLE

LECTURE TWENTY

SLIDE SHOW: JASON & MEDEA

A SERIES OF MAPS DETAILING JASON'S VOYAGE

LECTURE TWENTY-ONE: ROMAN MYTHS

STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL