Classical Myths in the Arts, Literature and Music

Surveys the use of Greek and Roman myth in Western arts, including literature, painting, sculpture and music.

The Greek Sagas & Heroes

  • 17 Theseus
  • 18 Monstrous Females and Female Monsters
  • 19 Heracles
  • 20 The Trojan Saga
  • 21 The Mycenaean Saga - the House of Atreus
  • 22 The Theban Saga - King Oedipus
  • 23 Odysseus
  • 24 Agamemnon
  • 25 Achilles
  • 26 Jason, Medea & the Argonauts

A Few More Gods

  • Gallery of the Gods
  • 27 Poseidon and the Sea Deities
  • 28 Athena

Online Text Sources

  • Overview of Classical Greek History
  • Classical Mythology - Morford & Lenardon
  • Greek Mythology Link
  • Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources
  • Perseus Digital Library
  • Apollodorus Library-complete text
  • Homer, The Odyssey
  • Hesiod, Theogony
  • Hesiod, Works and Days
  • Herodotus, The Histories
  • Sophocles, Oedipus the King
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses
  • Euripides, Medea

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Background

  • 1 Historical and Cultural Background
  • 2 Relation between Greek Religion and Myth
  • 3 Theories about Myth

The Myths of Creation: the Gods

  • 4 Creation Myths
  • 5 Zeus & the Olympians
  • 6 Children of Zeus
  • 7 Prometheus and Pandora
  • 8 Demeter and Persephone
  • 9 Hades and the Afterlife
  • 10 PhaĆ«ton
  • 11 Apollo
  • 12 Artemis
  • 13 Hermes
  • 14 Dionysos
  • 15 Aphrodite
  • 16 Humans, Heroes, and Half-Gods

Mythical Creatures & The Creation on YouTube

  • Mythical Creatures from Ancient Myths
  • The Creation of the World

Projects & Questions

  • Course Outline
  • Classical Myths Questions
  • Class Projects: I and II
  • In-Class Projects
  • Course Syllabus

Perseus Releases Andromeda

Perseus Releases Andromeda
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