CLAS 4375:  GENDER AND RACE IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS

TOPIC 7--BEST AND WORST MYTHIC MEN

ASSIGNMENTS FOR TOPIC 7

[R]  Morford & Lenardon, chs. 14, 20  [R] From Overview of Greek History (Perseus): 
4.7.IV --  5.14.V		 [R]  Read Sophocles, Philoctetes
(a 1960's translation in Perseus)
[0]  The Religion of Orpheus [R]   Notes to Philoctetes [R]  Polarities in Philoctetes

MON 10/2:
7.1  Male arete (excellence).  Epic heroes revisited: Achilles, Odysseus in Sophocles' Philoctetes  .

WED 10/4:
7.2   Continuation of Sophocles' Philoctetes.

FRI 10/6:
7.3   Orpheus: an "antihero"?
 

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