CL 25 - Classical Mythology at DREW UNIVERSITY, Madison, NJ by John Lenz, Dep't of Classics

HLI 330 - Classical Mythology at Stevens Institute, Spring 2008.

This course is offered at Drew every Spring semester (usually) by the Classics Department, and often in one of the summer sessions.

CL 25 is next being offered at Drew in the Summer Session of Drew University in 2008.

HERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR OUR MYTH COURSE: I WWW-site; II Powerpoints; III audio.

I. STUDY-GUIDE TO THE TEXTBOOK, CLASSICAL MYTH (5th edition) by B.B. POWELL (click here for WWW site)

II. POWERPOINT SLIDES FOR THE COURSE: (added weekly; there will be 1-22 in all, with no number 12)

1: The Study of Myth

2: Near Eastern Myths

3: Greek Civilization

4: Greek Myths of Creation of the World and Gods

5: Prometheus, Pandora, the Generations of Mankind

6: Olympian Deities (part i)

7: Olympian Deities (ii)

8: Olympian Deities (iii)

9: Demeter and fertility goddesses

10: Dionysos

11: Death and Afterlife

13: Argos: Io, Perseus

14: Herakles

15: Athens, Theseus

16: Crete, Minotaur etc.

17: Thebes: Oedipus etc.

18: Jason and the Argonauts

19: House of Atreus; Trojan War (i): The Iliad

20: Troy: Fall of Troy; Was There a Trojan War?

21: Odyssey and Returns from Troy

22: Roman Myths

III. AUDIO OF MYTHOLOGY LECTURES (5) BY JOHN LENZ: (can't get enough?)

From a Madison Public Library mini-course for adults, Fall 2006.

Lecture 1: Near Eastern Creation Myths and Gilgamesh

Lecture 2: Greek Creation Stories

Lecture 3: Greek Gods and Goddesses

Lecture 4: Greek Heroes

Lecture 5: The Trojan War