CCIV218 - The Religions of Greece and Rome

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Academic Year 2004/2005

The Religions of Greece and Rome
CCIV 218 SP

Crosslistings:
RELI 218

This course provides an introduction to the religious traditions and practices of Greece and Rome from the Greek Dark Ages to the High Roman Empire. Major topics will include: cult and community, sacrifice, prophecy and divination, belief, sacred space and sacred time, the introduction of foreign gods, religion and medicine, the worship of mortals, war and religion, domestic cult, spectacle and the divine, mystery cults, magic and superstition. The course will for the most part not consider Judaism and early Christianity.

MAJOR READINGS

Apuleius, THE GOLDEN ASS, trans. Graves. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998)
Beard,M., J. North and S. Price, RELIGIONS OF ROME, VOLUME 2: A SOURCEBOOK (Cambridge, 1998)
Easterling, P.E. & J.V. Muir, edd. GREEK RELIGION AND SOCIETY (Cambridge, 1985).
Euripides, THE BACCHAE AND OTHER PLAYS, trans. Vellacott (Penguin, 1954).
Hesiod, THEOGONY, trans. R.S. Caldwell (Focus, 1987).
Mikalson, J., ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION (Blackwell, 2005).
Scheid, J., AN INTRODUCTION TO ROMAN RELIGION (India na, 2003).
Stambaugh, R.E. and D. Rice, SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK RELIGION (Society of Biblical Literature, 2000

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, final, three writing assignments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Some prior knowledge of Greek and/or Roman history and culture will be highly advantageous but is not strictly required.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA CLAS Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Mackil,Emily Pasco-Pranger,Molly

Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: SCIE121;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 80)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 14 Jr. non-major: 13 SO: 20 FR: 13

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts

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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005