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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