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Mythology 1 Sequence

FerrellwebMythology 1 SequenceUnit 1: Beginnings Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered The Creation of the Titans & the Gods Prometheus & Pandora The Beginning The Great Flood Beginnings Test Unit 2: The Olympians Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered The Gods of Olympus Note Sheet Gods of Olympus Review Crossword The Olympians TestSeptember 20 Unit 3: Gentlemen of Olympus Reading Selection/ActivityDate Covered Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades (and Ares)September 19 ApolloSeptember … 

Color My (Ancient) World

Thanks mostly to a Renaissance aesthetic notion, we’ve come to imagine ancient Greece and Rome as places of stark beauty—pure white marble temples filled with pale statues. Though it’s not a surprise to archaeologists and art historians, many of us more pedestrian folk can be stunned to learn that the clean, dignified marble statues and edifices of ancient Greece were … 

Smells Like Turtle Soup

I talked about King Croesus’s encounter with the Oracle at Delphi in class today, and I thought I’d post the bit from Herodotus’s History where he tells the story, with a little more detail than my own hazy recollection. So here it is, translated from the Greek by A. D. Godley. Keep in mind that the voice of Herodotus comes … 

Golden Oldies

It seems many of you are planning to see (or have already gone to see) the movie 300, so I thought I’d slap together some supplementary information, if you’d like to check out some of the history behind the movie. There’s nothing better than reading ancient history from ancient historians (I always say), so here are the results of my labors: … 

Zeus Almighty

Since various aspects of ancient religious practices have come up in class lately, I thought I’d post this: the Associated Press reports that a group of worshippers performed a ceremony in honor of Zeus today at the ancient Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. The group had been denied access to the temple, but went ahead with the ceremony anyway, …