- Subjects
- Published
-
Chantilly, Va. :
Teaching Co
[2001]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "Course number 243"--Disc label.
24 lectures on 12 discs: lectures 1-12 on discs 1-6 ; lectures 13-24 on discs 7-12.
"Course number 243." - Physical Description
- 12 audio discs (approximately 12 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBN
- 9781490657790
- disc 1. lecture 1. Introduction. ; lecture 2. What is myth?
- disc 2. lecture 3. Why is myth? lecture 4. First was chaos
- disc 3. lecture 5. The reign of the Olympians ; lecture 6. Immortals and mortals
- disc 4. lecture 7. Demeter, Persephone, and the conquest of death ; lecture 8. The Eleusinian mysteries and the afterlife
- disc 5. lecture 9. Apollo and Artemis ; lecture 10. Hermes and Dionysos
- disc 6. lecture 11. Laughter-loving Aphrodite ; lecture 12. Culture, prehistory, and the "great goddess" ; disc 7. lecture 13. Humans, heroes, and half-gods ; lecture 14. Theseus and the "test-and quest" myth
- disc 8. lecture 15. From myth to history and back again ; lecture 16. The greatest hero of all
- disc 9. lecture 17. The Trojan war ; lecture 18. The terrible house of Atreus
- disc 10. lecture 19. Blood vengeance, justice and the Furies ; lecture 20. The tragedies of King Oedipus
- disc 11. lecture 21. Monstrous females and female monsters ; lecture 22. Roman founders, Roman fables
- disc 12. lecture 23. "Gods are useful" ; lecture 24. From Ovid to the stars.