Greek & Roman Mythology

Kirk M. Summers

The University of Alabama

GTA:  Ashley Flubacher

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.

SYLLABUS - 9:30 TEN HOOR CLASS SYLLABUS - 11:00 TEN HOOR CLASS E-MAIL DISCUSSION LIST - update:  now you should use e-learning for all discussion. GREECE TRIP (canceled for 2008)
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS GUIDE   (.PDF FILE)

"ANCIENT MYTHS, MODERN CONTEXTS" COLLABORATIVE PROJECT GROUPS TEST FOUR

GATEWAY TO "ANCIENT MYTHS, MODERN CONTEXTS" COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS ONLINE UA CLASSICS PROGRAM
GATEWAY TO FOUR ANCIENT GREEK CITIES      
 

 

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

bulletLECTURE ONE
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  INTRODUCTION TO MYTH
bulletMAPS OF GREECE
bulletTHE SCEPTICISM OF XENOPHANES
bulletLECTURE TWO
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  HESIOD'S CREATION
bulletA COMPLICATED GENEALOGICAL TABLE BASED ON HESIOD'S THEOGONY
bullet RECONCILIATION FLOW CHART (PROMETHEUS)
bulletLECTURE THREE
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  OVID'S CREATION
bullet"DIVINE NATURE" SEPARATING WARRING ELEMENTS (FROM 1563 EDITION OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES)
bulletTHE LECTURE ON OVID'S CREATION STORY
bulletLECTURE FOUR
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  ZEUS & HERA
bulletTHETIS SUPPLICATING ZEUS ON BEHALF OF HER SON ACHILLES
bulletLECTURE FIVE
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  POSEIDON, HERMES, HEPHAESTUS
bulletA HERM FROM THE GETTY MUSEUM
bulletLECTURE SIX
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  ARTEMIS & ATHENA
bulletTHE OFFICIAL SITE OF BRAURON (WITH A LINK TO THE MUSEUM)

STUDY GUIDE TEST ONE

bulletLECTURE SEVEN
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  CYBELE & APHRODITE
bulletPRIAPUS FROM THE HOUSE OF THE VETII AT POMPEII
bulletATTIS AT ROME:  READ SECTIONS III AND IV OF THIS WEBSITE (pay special attention to the activities of the "dendrophori")
bulletLECTURE EIGHT
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  DEMETER & PERSEPHONE
bulletA WEB SITE DEVOTED TO DEMETER
bulletA REVIEW OF THE ROAD TO ELEUSIS, WHERE ARGUMENTS ABOUT ERGOT ARE MADE
bulletLECTURE NINE
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  APOLLO, DELPHI
bulletTHE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT DELPHI
bulletLECTURE TEN
bulletSLIDE SHOW:  DIONYSUS
bullet SUMMARY OF EURIPIDES' PLAY THE BACCHAE (.pdf format)
bulletSLIDE SHOW TO GO WITH THE ABOVE
bulletSTILL CONFUSED?  A MORE DETAILED SUMMARY OF THE BACCHAE FROM SPARKNOTES.

 

STUDY GUIDE TEST TWO

 

bulletLECTURE ELEVEN

SLIDE SHOW:  THE TOPOGRAPHY OF HELL

A MAP OF THE UNDERWORLD

 

bulletLECTURE TWELVE

SLIDE SHOW:  ORPHEUS

ORPHEUS LECTURE

 

bulletLECTURE THIRTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  HERAKLES & THE HEROIC PATTERN

SITE DEVOTED TO HERAKLES AND HIS LABORS

 

bulletLECTURE FOURTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  PERSEUS & THESEUS

 

STUDY GUIDE TEST THREE

 

bulletLECTURE FIFTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  THE TROJAN WAR

 

bulletLECTURE SIXTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  THE ILIAD

 

bulletLECTURE SEVENTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  THE ODYSSEY

 

bulletLECTURE EIGHTEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  AGAMEMNON & CLYTEMNESTRA

AGAMEMNON LECTURE WITH ACCOMPANYING POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

 
bulletLECTURE NINETEEN

SLIDE SHOW:  OEDIPUS & THE SPHINX

AN IMAGE OF OEDIPUS CONTEMPLATING THE SPHINX'S RIDDLE

 

bulletLECTURE TWENTY

SLIDE SHOW:  JASON & MEDEA

A SERIES OF MAPS DETAILING JASON'S VOYAGE

 

bulletLECTURE TWENTY-ONE:  ROMAN MYTHS

            LECTURE ON ROMAN MYTHS

 

STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL