Special Topics:
Religious Foundations of Greek Institutions
GHR Classics Honors 260
copyright 1999 Dr. Janice Siegel
Welcome to Religious Foundations
of Athenian Institutions. We hope to provide a compendium database
for the class , a site in which we can share in the research and
information we have learned and, most importantly, a website dedicated
to the Religious Foundations of Athenian Institutions.
getting around this site:
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Don't forget we meet Tuesday, May 1st and Thursday, May 3rd at 3 p! |
Don't forget about emailing me your final project to me for posting on the web site...E-Mail Angie
Check Out the Final Projects for this class!
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Students of GHR 260: your grade
is determined by:
1. Class participation (that is, engaging the texts at hand, showing knowledge of the reading assignments, sharing your critical thinking)
2. Oral reports on various special topics (gods, sites, history and art) and selected secondary criticism of ancient texts.
3. Final report: a 20-25 page research project that will appear digitally and be posted on this web page.
All of your reports will be posted on the website for your perusal. Resources for your research will follow the student presentations. Please feel free to recommend any sites or resources that may help us in furthering our knowledge.
Student Presentations on Olympian Gods
Demeter
Final Research Projects
the Cult of Asklepios by Achilles Bebos
the Virgin Mary: iconography, myth and symbolism of a goddess by Angie M. Kenna
Readings and Course Sections
Assigned texts, resources for further research, and nifty links are found for each section of our course. Student Presentations are also good background information on gods, goddesses, institutions, festivals, and other groovy stuff all researched by your colleagues of GHR 260. Sections will be added during the course of the semester.
the Oresteia | Oracle of Delphi | Isthmian Games | Nemean Games
| Pythian Games | Olympic Games | the Bacchae | Eleusinian Mysteries & Demeter
Aeschylus'
Oresteia
Dr.
Mitchell-Boyask's Oresteia Study Guide
Dr. J's House of Atreus Guide
Dr. J's Illustrated Aeschylus' Agamemnon,
Libation
Bearers, and Eumenides
The Oracle of Delphi
Selected readings in Herodotus
Book One: look for the one on Croesus.
13, 19, 47, 55, 65-67, 85, 167, 174
Book Seven:
7.139-145. Very important (the famous "hide behind the wooden walls" oracle)
7.219-220
8.36-41 (I also speak of this passage on my website i think under the category of
Marmara)
just for grins, read the last two lines of 8.118
also, check out these sites, which run down the basics, including the procedure of accessing the oracle:
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/articles/a/apollo.html
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/articles/d/delphia/htm
some other sites of interest:
of course, check out Dr. J's Illustrated Delphi for great pictures.
basic explanation on the pbs site:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/7_p1.html
classics list-serve has some interesting conversations between classicists on the topic:
http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hyper-lists/classics-l/00-08-01/0644.html
PanHellenic Festivals (Nemea, Isthmia, Pythian, Olympian)
overview
Dr.
J's Illustrated Archaic Age Illustrated Lecture
a political
view of the inception of the games (Dartmouth)
Isthmian Games
Ohio State University
Isthmia excavations
University
of Chicago Isthmia excavations
Reconstruction
of Temple of Poseidon
Ostia
pictures (mosaics similar to those in Roman bath at Isthmia)
Princeton University's
CLA 212 site
Apollodorus
on the founding of the Isthmian Games
Pausanias
on the founding of the Isthmian Games
Pausanias
continues
Nemean Games
Andrew Wilson'
Nemea site
Princeton University's
CLA 212 site
Bacchylides'
Ode about victory at Nemea
Bacchylides'
Ode mentioning all the games
Nemean
Games foundation myth in Pausanias
Nemean
Games foundation myth by Apollodorus
Apollodorus
on Heracles killing the Nemean lion
Seven
Against Thebes reference for names (Adrastus...)
Winter
games at Nemea, reinstitution at Argos
Pythian Games
Dr. J's Lecture on Delphi as site of PanHellenic Games
Pausanias on the Pythian games
Pindar's Pythian Ode 4 (of moderate interest - tells the tale of Jason and Medea, and his quest for the Golden Fleece)
Pindar's Pythian Ode 5 (a reworking of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo's foundation myth of Apollo's Oracle)
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Olympic Games and the worship of Zeus
The
Olympic Games in Antiquity
Pindar's
Olympian Ode 1 (tame version of Pelops tale)
Pindar's
Olympian Ode 2 (Heracles as founder of Olympian Games)
Pindar's
Olympian Ode 10: another Heraclean foundation myth
Pausanias'
version of the Olympian Games foundation myth
Pindar's
Olympian Ode 3: why the olive tree is sacred at Olympia
Pausanias'
version for different garlands for the different games
religious
ceremonies at the Olympics
Heracles
and the Nemean Lion (close-up)
Andrew Wilson's Olympics quiz
Historic overview of games: Thomas
Martin's Lectures on Perseus:
4.10 The
Olympic Games of Zeus and Hera
4.11 Competition
and Community
4.12 Religion,
Myth, and Community
Olympic
Games and Literature
THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES 1896
Olympics Through Time
Euripides Bacchae & the Worship of Dionysus
Euripides Bacchae
translation, introduction and notes by Stephen Esposito
Don't forget to read for March 19. . . 'Agave & Pentheus' from Timothy Gantz's Early Greek Myth 'The Uniqueness of Dionysus' from P. Easterling's Greek Tragedy 'the Asexuality of Dionysus' by Michael Jameson from the Masks of Dionysus |
Professor Roger Dunkle's on-line study guide for the Bacchae
Professor Walter Englert- how to understand Euripides' Bacchae
When we study the Bacchae, we also study Dionysus...Homeric
Hymn to Dionysus
Dr.
J's Illustrated Greek Theater
Dr.
J's Illustrated Greek Drama
Optional reading: Staging a play
for the Greater Dionysia
Professor Roger Dunkle's background lecture on Greek Tragedy
The Eleusinian Mysteries and the worship of Demeter
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter by Susan Shelmerdine
Read "Eleusian Mysteries" DUE APRIL 3rd
from Eleusis by George Mylonos
On-line translation and notes to the Hymn to Demeter by Gregory Nagy
General information on Eleusis
The Mysteries (primary text links)
The Mysteries (overview)
Eleusis Archaeological Project
Resources for GHR 260 Students
Maps of Greece from Homeric Hymns
the Encyclopedia Mythica: an encyclopedia of myth, legend and folklore
Mythmedia: Mythology in Western Art
Jeremy Rutter's class site for City-States and Pan-Hellenic Sanctuaries is a good resource for architecture in Ancient Greece.
Resources at Temple for the study of Classics
Ancient Greek Sites on the World Wide Web
Looking
for Paper Topics? ALL
NEW!
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Students of GHR 260 are asked to
submit their research and reports to Dr. Janice Siegel or the webmistress,
Angie Kenna, for posting on our website. I will strive to get your research
and reports up in an efficient manner, but I can only do that with your
cooperation. If you have any suggestions, criticisms, questions or
musings about this website, please e-mail me at akenna@astro.temple.edu
or uberangie@earthlink.net.
Please note that this website is designed for educational purposes. All
information on the website was written
by either Dr. Janice Siegel or Angie
Kenna unless otherwise noted.
This site last updated April 27, 2001. amk.