Mr. Norcott-Mahany's personal commentary of Harris and Platzner's
Classical Mythology
, 5th ed.
Chapter
Title
1
Introduction to Greek Myth
Powerpoint -- ch. 1
2
Ways of Interpreting Myth
Powerpoint -- ch. 2
3
In the Beginning: Hesiod's
Theogony
Powerpoint -- ch. 3
3a
Personal Commentary on Lombardo's translation of Hesiod's
Theogony
4
Alienationof the Human and Divine: Prometheus, Fire and Pandora
Powerpoint -- ch. 4
4a
Personal Commentary on Lombardo's translation of Hesiod's
Works and Days
5
The Great Goddess and Goddesses: the Divine Woman in Greek Myth
Powerpoint -- ch. 5
6
The Olympian Family of Zeus: Sharing Rule of the Universe
Powerpoint -- ch. 6
7
In Touch with the Gods: Apollo's Oracle at Delphi
Powerpoint -- ch. 7
8
Dionysus: Rooted in Earth and Ecstasy
P
owerpoint -- ch. 8
9
The Land of No Return: the Gloomy Realm of Hades
Powerpoint -- ch. 9
10
Heroes of Myth: Man Divided against Himself
Powerpoint -- ch. 10
11
Heroines of Myth: Women in Many Roles
Powerpoint -- ch. 11
12
Heroes at War: the Trojan Saga
Powerpoint -- ch. 12
12a
Personal Commentary on FitzGerald's Translation of the
Iliad
13
A Different Kind of Hero: the Quest of Odysseus
P
owerpoint -- ch. 13
13a
Personal Commentary on Lombardo's Translation of the
Odyssey
14
The Theatre of Dionysus: Myth and Tragic Vision
P
owerpoint -- ch. 14
15
The House of Atreus: Aeschylus'
Oresteia
Powerpoint -- ch. 15
15a
Personal Commentary on Thomson's Translation of the
Oresteia
16
The Tragic House of Laius: Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle
Powerpoint -- ch. 16
17
A Different Perspective on Tragedy: Euripides'
Medea
and
Bacchae
Powerpoint -- ch. 17
18
The Roman Vision: Greek Myth and Roman Realities
Powerpoint -- ch. 18
19
Virgil's Roman Epic: the
Aeneid
P
owerpoint -- ch. 19
20
The Retelling of Greek Myths: Ovid's
Metamorphoses
P
owerpoint -- ch. 20
21
The Persistence of Myth
Powerpoint -- ch. 21