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Classics 170: Greek and Roman Mythology
Heroes,Monsters, Adventures and Quests, Goddesses and Gods: the syllabus of a course in Classicl Mythology almost sounds like the description of a computer game. Yet for the Greeks and the Romans these myths were the sacred stories which recorded their history, explained their world, and supported their sense of identity as a people. Classics 170 explores the many roles of myth in Classical culture and the perennial fascination which these stories have held ever since.

Classics 470: Advanced Greek and Roman Mythology
Advanced mythology explores the various methodologies which have been developed, from antiquity through our own century, for understanding the puzzling stories we call myths. For example, we will look at Oedipus through Freud's eyes, consider how Prometheus is like the trickster figure of the North American Indians, and consider what Beauty and the Beast has to teach us about Heracles and his wife Dejanira.

HIST 327: The Roman Empire will be offered during either Summer Session I or Summer Session II by Prof. Kenneth Holum.

Note: Steven Rutledge will also offer Classics 309J: Ancient Roman Religion (from Jupiter to Jesus) at our Shady Grove Campus, and Joseph Scholten will offer a Summer Scholars course for gifted and talented secondary school students on classical explorations, but we do not yet know the time period or slots.

STUDY TOUR FOR JUNE 2004 CLAS 100/499 Greece: The Living Legacy
Pittas-Herschbach This three-week course will be taught on location in Greece. Students will be based in Athens --a modern city on the eve of the 2004 Olympiad-- and will take day trips as well as longer excursions to some of the most splendid sites and monuments of antiquity, including Mycenae, Delphi, Epidaurus, the temple of Aphaia in Aigina, Cape Sounion, Eleusis. Readings will focus on key issues (intellectual, artistic, political and philosophical) confronting Athens during the latter half of the fifth century.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Judith P. Hallett (jh10@umail.umd.edu)
phone: 301-405-2024