Course Name: Homeric Epics and Greek Mythological Iconography 
<br>            荷馬史詩與希臘神畫圖像
<br>3 Credits                                              Class Limit 30
<br>Classroom HSS D201                                 
<br>Instructor: Yi-Chuang E. Lin
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<br>Course Description: In this course we will be reading Homer’s Iliad, Odyssey and 
<br>Greek Mythology along with artworks (such as the paintings on the Grecian urns) 
<br>that seek to represent these tales of Gods and heroes. With thus, we attempt at 
<br>an initial understanding of ancient Greek culture and especially their cultural 
<br>values embedded within these heroic epics and myths. 
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<br>Textbooks: 
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<br>Homer, The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics
<br>Homer, Odyssey, translated by Stephen Mitchell, Atria Books (Simon & 
<br>Schuster), 2013
<br>Morford, Mark et al., Classical Mythology, International Edition, OUP 
<br>USA; Ninth edition edition
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<br>Assessment & Grading: 
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<br>         In-Class Participation 30%
<br>         Assignments 20% 
<br>         Midterm (essay questions)25%
<br>         Final (essay questions) 25% 
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<br>Class Schedule: 
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<br>Week One:   Iliad Book 1-3, 
<br>            Epic Convention   
<br>            Poet & Muses
<br>            Iconography of Muses 
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<br>Week Two:   Iliad Book 4-6
<br>The Apple of Discord and Paris’ Judgement 
<br>            The Mycenaean Saga
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<br>            Stories and Iconography of Zeus, Achilles, Peleus, Thetis,
<br> Hera, Athena, Aphrodite
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<br>Week Three:  Iliad Book 7-9 
<br>            Stories and Iconography of Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen and 
<br>Clytemnestra       The House of Atreus
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<br>Week Four:  Iliad Book 10-12 
<br>           Stories and Iconography of Apollo, Hermes, Hector, Ares 
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<br>Week Five:  Iliad Book 13-15 
<br>           Stories and Iconography of Priam, Hecuba, Cassandra 
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<br>Week Six:   Iliad Book 16-18 
<br>           Stories and Iconography of Patroclos and Achilles, Hephaestus
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<br>Week Seven: Iliad Book 19-24 
<br>           Stories and Iconography of Aeneas  
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<br>Week Eight: Stories and Iconography of Artemis, Dionysus, Poseidon 
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<br>Week Nine: Midterm
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<br>Week Ten:     Odyssey Book 1-3 
<br>             Stories and Iconography of Telemachus, Odysseus, Penelope
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<br>Week Eleven:   Odyssey Book 4-6 
<br>              Stories and Iconography of Nestor, Cyclopes, Polyphemos, Aeolus
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<br>Week Twelve:  Odyssey Book 7-9 
<br>              Stories and Iconography of Hades, the realm of Hades
<br>meeting of the late Trojan Heroes
<br>              And the discussion on Death 
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<br>Week Thirteen:  Odyssey Book 10-12 
<br>Stories and Iconography of Orpheus, Scylla  
<br>              between Scylla and Charybdis 
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<br>Week Fourteen:  Odyssey Book 13-15 
<br>               Stories and Iconography of Circe, Eumaios 
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<br>Week Fifteen:    Odyssey Book 16-18 
<br>               Stories and Iconography of Sirens, Sisyphus 
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<br>Week Sixteen:   Odyssey Book 19-21 
<br>               Stories and Iconography of Odyssues slaying of Penelope’s suitors 
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<br>Week Seventeen:  Odyssey Book 22-24
<br>               And James Joyce Ulysses  
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<br>Week Eighteen:  Final 
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