CLAS 4375:  GENDER AND RACE IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS

TOPIC 5--SEXUALITY IN GREEK MYTH AND HISTORY

ASSIGNMENTS FOR TOPIC 5

Morford & Lenardon, Ch. 7 [O]  Arkins: Sex in Athens
[R]  Initiation   Spartan boys [R] Know and interpret these myths:
Apollo's unhappy loves
Artemis punishing transgressors

MON 9/18:
5.1 Masculine and feminine initiation.  Apollo and Artemis.

WED 9/20:
5.2  The "unyoked" maidens: Io and the myths of intiation and foundation at Argos.  Myths of failed male initiation.

FRI 9/22:
5.3 Initiation rituals in Crete, Sparta, Athens. Greek "homosexuality." Images from Greek art.

ADVANCED READINGS FOR TOPIC 5

Euripides, Hippolytus

B. Lincoln, Emerging from the Chrysalis