Sample Syllabus

Sample Fall Semester Ancient Literature Syllabus

Week 1

Watch the introduction to Ancient Literature video

Read the following chapters* from Edith Hamilton, Mythology:

Introduction: Introduction to Mythology

Part 1, ch.1 The Gods

Part 1, ch. 3 How the World and Mankind Were Created

Part 3, ch. 1 Perseus

Part 3, ch. 2 Theseus

Part 3, ch. 3 Hercules

Part 4, ch. 1 The Trojan War

Part 4, ch. 2 The Fall of Troy

Week 2

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video on Mythology

Read Homer, The Iliad, Books I - IV

Week 3

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #1, The Iliad

Read Iliad, Books V - VIII

Week 4

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #2, The Iliad

Read Iliad, Books IX – XII

Week 5

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #3, The Iliad

Read Iliad, Books XIII - XVI

Week 6

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #4, The Iliad

Read Iliad, Books XVII – XX

Week 7: No Class - Catch up on reading!

Week 8

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #5, The Iliad

Read Iliad, Books XXI - XXIV

Week 9

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video, Class #6, The Iliad

Watch Introduction to Sophocles video

Read Hamilton, Mythology, Part 5, ch. 2 "The House of Thebes"

Read Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

Week 10

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video on Oedipus Rex

Read Sophocles, Antigone

Week 11

Watch the Classroom Discussion Video on Antigone

Read Hamilton, Mythology, Part 4, ch. 4, "The Adventures of Aeneas" and Part 5, ch. 1, "The House of Atreus"

* In some older editions of Hamilton, the book is not broken out into parts. But the names of the chapters should be the same, so I have included both.