Reading List, Page 2.




Week 6
ATHENA.
(Athens and the Contest with Poseidon. Arachne.)

-Powell, pp. 210-215;
477 (Argo);
pp. 332-344 (the Gorgon).


Week 7
A POSEIDON STORY: THESEUS:

-Powell, pp. 397-414;
226-229 (Aphrodite & Adonis)

APOLLO (Helios & Sun cults, Asklepios)

-Powell, pp. 157-170;
534-565 (Cassandra, Orestes).


Week 8

HERMES (Thief, Trickster, Cattle God, Protector of Travellers, Guide of Souls)

-Powell, pp. 175-188.

THE AFTERLIFE, I: THE GEOGRAPHY OF HADES.

-Powell, 283-305.



Week 9

THE AFTERLIFE, III: THE CULT OF DEMETER AT ELEUSIS

-Powell, Chapter 9, pp. 216-247.

DIONYSOS. Death, Communion, Resurrection. (Myth)

-Powell, Chapter 10, pp. 248-281.
-Bacchanalia (Livy, on the Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus 186 B.C.)




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