WLIT2323MythWords


Myth Word Presentations:
WLIT 2323 Greek Mythology Spring, 2009.



Illustration: Painted Terracotta Geison Revetment
with Charging Centaur. South Etruscan, ca. 525-490 BCE. From The Centaur’s
Smile
, #45, p. 221.



Student presentations will involve writing the word or phrase
on the board, and BRIEFLY (in 2-3 minutes) explaining the mythological figure
associated with the words. [Please give a note to the professor at least
two days before your presentation, showing what you have found.]


In addition, students must bring an image to accompany their presentation.
This may be online, on a memory storage device, or a hard-copy image.


Please check the list and note the days on which you will make your presentations.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO PREPARE YOUR PRESENTATION.



RESOURCES:

Most of these words are to be found in a good English dictionary, and
briefly on the Internet in the “Main Glossary” of Oxford’s “Classical
Mythology eighth edition on-line”


http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195153448/studentresources/mainglossary/mainglossary/?view=usa


An excellent overall site for resources in Mythology and Ancient Greek
studies is managed by Anthony Bulloch. Dept. of Classics, University of
California, Berkeley: http://www.greekmyth.org/.
You will find everything you need at this site, and it has links to reputable
sites. PLEASE USE THIS SITE AND ITS LINKS FOR GOOD INFORMATION.


Other online sites that have good information on myth in literature and
art include: Perseus Digital Library: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections
and


Theoi.com: http://www.theoi.com/. Excellent quality visual materials
are also at the Beazley Archives: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/index.htm
. The Berkeley site of A. Bulloch (above) links to all three of these.



There are several works in Mullins Library that can give
you the lowdown on all the mythology you need. The Reference area of the
Library will help, and there are also many works available to check out.


These include:


BL782 .B36 Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece


BL785 .R7 1958 Gods and Heroes of the Greeks


BL782 .P53 1983 Greek Mythology


BL781 .R65 Handbook of Greek Mythology


BL781 .G65 The Greek Myths (Graves)**


BL722 .M67 1985 Classical Mythology (Morford)**


BL781 .G8 1955The Greeks and Their Gods (Guthrie)**


REF DE5 N4 New Century Classical Handbook


REF DE5 A6 Anthon’s Classical Dictionary


REF DE5 P36 Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Literature
and Antiquities


REF DE5 S5 1895 A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities


REF DE5 S71 v. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography
and Mythology


REF DF16 .B45 1989 Place-Names n Classical Mythology: Greece


REF BL 303 .L8713 1987 Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses,
Devils and Demons.



Week 1


Friday, January 16


Promethean Z


Tartarean Josh W.


 


Week 2


Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. No Class.


 


Wednesday, January 21


Terpsichorean Alex W.


Stygian Brandon W.


 


Friday, January 23


Sphinx Matthew U.


Satyr, satyriasis, satyromaniac Cass T.


 


Week 3


Monday, January 26


Python, python, pythoness Sami S.


Protean Kathleen S.


 


Wednesday, January 28 No Class. Ice


Friday, January 30. No Class. Ice.


 


 


Week 4


Monday, February 02


Oedipal, Oedipus Complex Michael S.


Electra complex Jordan S.


 


Wednesday, February 04


Nymph, nymphaeum, nympholepsy, nymphomania Kathleen
S.


Nemesis Jasper S.


 


Friday, February 06


Narcissus, narcissism, narcissist Katie S.


Adonis Emily N.


 


 


Week 5


Monday, February 09


Lotus eater Josh M.


Iridescent, iridescence Robby M.


 


Wednesday, February 11


Hyperborean Michelle Z.


Hymen, hymneal Rachel M.


 


Friday, February 13


Venereal, venerate, Venus Alyson K.


Aphrodisiac, anaphrodisiac Chris J.


 


Week 6


Monday, February 16


Hyacinth Lindsay M.


Hermaphrodite Emily K.


 


Wednesday, February 18


Procrustean Seth J.


Erotic, erotica, erotomania Jordan J.


 


Friday, February 20


Mentor Pamela I.


Harpy JP H.


 


 


Week 7


Monday, February 23


Priapism, priapic Lauren H.


Athenaeum Maggie C.


 


 


Wednesday, February 25


Apollonian Karen E.


Dionysian Mack C.


 


Friday, February 27


Amazon Dylan C.


March, Mars (planet), martial Daniel B.


 


 


Week 8


Monday, March 02


MIDTERM


 


Wednesday, March 04


Calliope Josh W.


Augean Stables/Augean Kena B.


 


Friday, March 06


Catamite Brandon W.


Panic Alex W.


 


 


Week 9


Monday, March 09


Atlas/Atlantic/atlantes/Atlantis Cass T.


Chimera, Chimerical Matthew U.


 


Wednesday, March 11


Cadmean victory Kathleen St.


Cyclopean Sami S.


 


Friday, March 13


Furies/furious/furioso Jordan S.


Echo Michael S.


 


 


SPRING BREAK (no class March 16, 18, 20)


 


Week 10


Monday, March 23


Ganymede (astronomy) Jasper S.


Morphine Kathleen Sm.


 


Wednesday, March 25.


Europa (astronomy), Europe Katie S.


Demon Emily N.


 


Friday, March 27 REVIEW


 


Week 11


Monday, March 30


Elysian Fields/Elysian/Elysium Champs Elysees Josh
M.


Eristic Kien N.


Faunus/faun/fauna/flora Jordan J.


 


Wednesday, April 01


Hermetic Rachel McC.


Palladium (two meanings) Robby M.


 


Friday, April 03 Review


 


Week 12


Monday, April 06


Labyrinth, labyrinthine Emily K.


Mercurial, Mercury (element, planet) Lindsay
M.


 


Wednesday, April 08.


Cornucopia Chris J.


Cassandra Alyson K.


 


Friday, April 10 REVIEW


 


Week 13


Monday, April 13


Juno (astronomy, Military), Junoesque Pamela
I.


Pluto (planet), pluton, plutonian, plutonium Seth
J.


 


Wednesday, April 15


Cereal Lauren H.


Jovial JP H.


 


Friday, April 17


Aurora Australis/Borealis Karen E.


Money, monetary Mack C.


 


Week 14


Monday, April 20.


Music, museum Dylan C.


Aegis Maggie C.


 


Wednesday, April 22


Sisyphean Daniel B.


Siren Kena B.


 


Friday, April 24


Syringe, syrinx Kien N.


Tantalize Michelle Z.


 


Week 15


Monday, April 27.


Apples of the Hesperides Josh W.


Sibyl, sibylline Alex W.


 


Wednesday, April 29.


Lethe, lethargy, lethargic Matthew U.


Lucifer (two meanings) Cass T.


 


Friday, May 01 Dead Day


 


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