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HeraklescapturingtheKeryneianHind,whileAthena(L)andArtemis(R)spectate.

Atticblack-figureneck-amphora,ca.540–530BCE.ImageinPublicDomain.

CLCS23500:IntroductiontoClassicalMythology

Fall2017TR1:30–2:45p.m.(section1)

MWF11:30a.m.–12:20p.m.(section2)

Astudyofthemythsofwesternantiquity,asrepresentedinGreekandLatintextsandimagesdatingfromroughlythe8ththroughthe1stcenturiesBCE.Alongwithlearningspecificmythicnarrativesandexaminingtheirplaceinancientsociety,wewillalsobeconcernedwithhow

deeplyourownmodernhabitsofthinking—aboutsuchthingsasnature,self,society,power,sexuality,gender,work,death—areinfluencedbyGreco-Romanmyths.

ThiscoursefulfillstheSGeneralEducation,GTC-Humanistic-Artistic,andUC-Humanitiesrequirements.

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