Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: INTERPRETATION, ORIGINS, AND INFLUENCE

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: We will read and analyze some of the most influential Greek myths (including their parallels and permutations in other cultures). Employing insights from a variety of theoretical approaches to myth, we will identify typical story patterns, characters, and events, and the values, anxieties, and aspirations for which they stand.