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CLSX 148 Greek and Roman Mythology (3).
CLSX 232 Word Power: Greek and Latin Elements in English (3).

CLSX 148 Greek and Roman Mythology (3). HL

Online course. A systematic examination of the traditional cycles of Greek myth and their survival and metamorphosis in Latin literature. Some attention is given to the problems of comparative mythology and the related areas of archaeology and history. Slides and other illustrated materials. No knowledge of Latin or Greek is required. Six written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the CLSX 148 course preview. Instructor: Pamela Gordon.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 844.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 1,852.20
Graduate resident students pay: 990.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 2,053.65

Textbooks (separate purchase):

Euripides. Bacchae, trans. Woodruff, Hackett Publishing, 1998.
Euripides. Ten Plays, trans. Roche, Signet Classics, 1998.
Homer. The Essential Iliad, trans. Lombardo, Hackett Publishing, 2001.
Homer. Odyssey, trans. Lombardo, Hackett Publishing, 2000.
Homeric Hymns, trans. Ruden, Hackett Publishing, 2005.
Virgil. The Essential Aeneid, trans. Lombardo, Hackett Publishing, 2006.
Price and Kearns. Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Woodford. Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Audiobook:
Audiobook Edition of The Essential Homer, read by trans. Lombardo. Parmenides Publishing, 2006. (As an option, full text recordings of the Iliad and Odyssey are available online.)

Films (on DVD or Videotape):

The Trojan Women, dir. Cacoyannis, perfs. Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, and Vanessa Redgrave, 1971.
Medea, dir. von Trier, screenplay Dreyer, 1987.
(These films are widely available at libraries and bookstores.)

CLSX 232 Word Power: Greek and Latin Elements in English (3).

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A study of English words drawn from Greek and Latin for all those interested in the sources of the English vocabulary. Enough Greek and Latin for essential purposes is also studied. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required. A student may not receive credit for both CLSX 232 and CLSX 332. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Fifteen written assignments; final examination. View the CLSX 232 course preview. Instructor: Michael Shaw.

Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30