Classical Mythology Part 1

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Call Number: BOCD 292.13 Va Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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24 lectures on 12 discs.
Lecture 1. Introduction ; lecture 2. What is myth? ; lecture 3. Why is myth? ; lecture 4. First was chaos ; lecture 5. The reign of the Olympians ; lecture 6. Immortals and mortals ; lecture 7. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death ; lecture 8. The Eleusinian mysteries and the afterlife ; lecture 9. Apollo and Artemis ; lecture 10. Hermes and Dionysos ; lecture 11. Laughter-loving Aphrodite ; lecture 12. Culture, prehistory, and the "great goddess.
Lecture 13: Humans, Heroes, and Half-Gods -- Lecture 14: Theseus and the "Test-and-Quest" Myth -- Lecture 15: From Myth to History and Back Again -- Lecture 16: The Greatest Hero of All -- Lecture 17: The Trojan War -- Lecture 18; The Terrible House of Atreus -- Lecture 19: Blood Vengeance, Justice, and the Furies -- Lecture 20: The Tragedies of King Oedipus -- Lecture 21: Monstrous Females and Female Monsters -- Lecture 22: Roman Founders, Roman Fables -- Lecture 23: "Gods are Useful" -- Lecture 24: From Ovid to the Stars.
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