Elementary Latin
- Felicem magnam cenam gratiarum!
- Fabula: Cicada et formica
- Silly Latin quizzes
- Latina pro viatoribus
Elementary Greek
- ευτυχής ημέρα των ευχαριστιών!
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- Personal Pronouns. εγω, συ, ημεις, υμεις. αυτος, αυτη, αυτο.
- Go here for declensions of each pronoun.
- These are the Modern Greek forms of the pronouns compared to the ancient forms.
Classical Mythology
- Make sure you’re caught up on ALL the reading.
- Think about these concepts in relation to the Thanksgiving meal: syntagmatic, paradigmatic, diachronic, synchronic, ritual.
- Oral presentations: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.
Topics:
1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?
2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.
3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/culture, synchronic/diachronic).
Your presentation must:
- Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
- Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
- 10 minutes long
- Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome
Schedule for Presentations (so far)
November 18 paragraph is DUE
November 22
November 29 Erica
December 2 Jeff, John, Scott, Joe
December 6 Janel, Yomna, Allyson
December 9 Marcus
Intermediate Latin
- Cicero passage.
Intermediate Greek
- Passage to translate
