[Loyola University Chicago]

CLST 271: Classical Mythology

Fall Semester 2002
Dr. Jacqueline Long



Study Questions

These questions suggest directions for you to pursue your ideas about Classical mythology.

file in progress - perennially
The study questions in this file will be updated through the course of the semester from study questions used the last time this course was taught, when it met three days a week with a slightly different arrangement of material. If the days are off, it's because the questions haven't yet been checked against the current progress and interests of the class. Not that the questions from last year aren't still worth thinking about (most of them will probably continue to appear), just that you should double-check again later.

Tuesday 27 August

From today's class: For tonight's reading:

Starting a course on mythology by reading Hesiod's Theogony is like diving into a deep pool to learn how to swim. Don't let yourself get overwhelmed. Look for a few specific figures first (see questions below), and follow their stories. Once they become familiar, the other details will start fitting in to their places.


Thursday 29 August

From today's class: For tonight's reading:

Tuesday 3 September

From today's class: For tonight's reading (review Hesiod's Theogony as well as the new reading, Works and Days):

Thursday 5 September

For tonight's reading (review Hesiod's Works and Days as well as the new reading in Ovid's Metamorphoses):

Tuesday 10 September

From today's class: Resource for further exploration: Archaeology and the Great Flood of the Black Sea.

For tonight's reading:


Thursday 12 September

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Tuesday 17 September

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Thursday 19 September

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Tuesday 24 September

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Thursday 26 September

From today's class: For tonight's reading: Optional opportunity (also free): performance of War Music 8:00 PM tonight in Sky Auditorium. Please make sure I get you on the list for attendance, if you are able to be there. See also directions on the optional Extra Credit assignment!

Study Guide for Exam 1 assignment for Paper 1 resource: Strategic Guide to writing academic papers


Tuesday 1 October

From today's class: For tonight's reading:

Review all material assigned to date for Exam I on Thursday.

Ie paian! (ancient Greek victory-cry): Cudahy Library now lists Tripp, Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology, as having arrived on Course Reserves. Check it out (if you weren't one of the lucky ones who beat the run on the bookstores, or haven't been able to borrow from friends) at BL303 .T75 1970 - use in Cudahy only, so that it will be available to your classmates too.

Thursday 3 October

From today's class: For tonight's reading:

Tuesday 8 October

From today's class: For tonight's reading: Last (re-)statement of advice on the Paper due Thursday 10/10:
  • Be sure you show how ideas work in the texts you're talking about. Use concrete examples from the literary texts, and make your analysis specific and detailed.
  • Be sure you know exactly what the words mean that you're using to express your ideas, and that they express your ideas exactly. It's always better to say something simply, and be in control of it, than to risk confusing your reader and possibly saying something you don't really mean. Moreover, simpler statements usually carry more impact rhetorically.

Thursday 10 October

From today's class: For tonight's reading: Have a good break!

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This file last updated 10 October 2002 by jlong1@orion.it.luc.edu.
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