CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

CLASSICS 970

Examines central literary and cultural issues in classical antiquity from both Greek and Roman perspectives.

CLASSICS 320

Greek literature in translation with emphasis on its social background.

CLASSICS 420

Explores how classical antiquity has been adapted, translated, and reimagined in the modern world through a variety of media and critical approaches.

ENGL 155

Introduction to concepts of myth and mythology, myth-making and the modern study of myth in relation to myths and legends common in English and American literature.

CLASSICS 150

Ancient monsters were forces of chaos that threatened the natural order of the universe: they had to be contained, banished to the edges of the world or destroyed. But the Greeks and Romans also believed them to be magical beings that held the promise of special knowledge - of the past, of dangers to be faced, of musical arts - or which, like the Sphinx, possessed an enigmatic intelligence capable of fooling all but the most cunning of mortals. Investigate these contrasting aspects of ancient monsters, drawing directly on texts (in translation) and works of art through which the Greeks and Romans explored the monstrous and its place in their world. Compare ancient representations with those in modern artistic media - comics, games, stories and movies - considering both how our notions of the monstrous are influenced by or contrast with those of our ancient predecessors, and how our very identities are created by and enacted through our depictions of monsters.