| date | topic | assignment | |
| M | 1.12 | Myth, Mythology, and the Problem of Meaning | |
| W | 1.14 | Kinds of Myths | Dowden pp. 3-21 |
| R-F | 1.15-16 | Ancient and Modern Mythologies | Review Dowden |
| M | 1.19 | Kinds of Interpretation | Dowden pp. 22-53 |
| W | 1.21 | Case Study: Apollo | Homer, Hymn to Apollo |
| R-F | 1.22-23 | Case Study: Persephone | Homer, Hymn to Demeter |
| M | 1.26 | In the Beginning | Hesiod, Theogony |
| W | 1.28 | Here and Now | Hesiod, Works and Days |
| R-F | 1.29-30 | Hesiod's World-View | Review Hesiod |
| M | 2.2 | The Olympian Gods (1) | Homer, Hymn to Hermes |
| W | 2.4 | The Olympian Gods (2) | Homer, Hymn to Aphrodite |
| R-F | 2.5-6 | The Greek Pantheon | Homer, Hymns; Quiz |
| M | 2.9 | The Mythic Landscape | Dowden pp. 121-149, 95-101 |
| W | 2.11 | God, Hero, and Mortal | Pindar*, Burkert* |
| R-F | 2.12-13 | Writing about Myth | In-class writing exercise |
| M | 2.16 | The Politics of Myth | Dowden pp. 74-92. 150-160 |
| W | 2.18 | The Mythic Body | Dowden pp. 102-118, 161-168 |
| R-F | 2.19-20 | Gender and Nationality | Euripides Bacchae |
| M | 2.23 | Case Study: The Theban Cycle (1) | Apollodorus ch. 6; Euripides, Bacchae (review) |
| W | 2.25 | Case Study: The Theban Cycle (2) | Freud*, Levi-Strauss*, Bremmer* |
| R-F | 2.26-27 | Interpreting Oedipus | Sophocles, Oedipus Rex |
| M | 3.2 | Review lecture | |
| W | 3.4 | Mid-term hour exam | |
| R-F | 3.5-6 | No class | |
| M-F | 3.9-13 | Spring Break | |
| M | 3.16 | Mythology and Mythography | Apollodorus, ch. 1-2 (plus summary*) |
| W | 3.18 | Greeks and Romans | Ovid, Metamorphoses bk. 1-2 |
| R-F | 3.19-20 | Ovid and the Greek Tradition | Review Hesiod; Homer, Hymn to Apollo |
| M | 3.23 | Thebes Revisited | Ovid, Met. bk. 3-4; Apollodorus ch. 6 |
| W | 3.25 | Perseus in Love and War | Ovid, Met. bk. 5-6; Apollodorus ch. 4 |
| R-F | 3.26-27 | Persephone Revisited | Ovid, Fasti bk. 4* |
| M | 3.30 | The Abandoned Woman | Ovid, Met. bk. 7-8; Apollodorus ch. 3 |
| W | 4.1 | Where is Hercules? | Ovid, Met. bk. 9-10; Apollodorus ch. 5 |
| R-F | 4.2-3 | Myths of Athens | Apollodorus ch. 8-9; Quiz |
| M | 4.6 | The Trojan Cycle (1) | Apollodorus ch. 10-13 |
| W | 4.8 | The Trojan Cycle (2) | Ovid, Met. bk. 11-12 |
| R-F | 4.9-10 | Case-study: Ajax and Odysseus | Sophocles, Ajax; in-class writing exercise |
| M | 4.13 | Did the Romans Have Myths? | Livy bk. 1* |
| W | 4.15 | Greeks and Romans Revisited | Ovid, Met. bk. 13-15 |
| R-F | 4.16-17 | Ovid the Mythographer | compare structure of Ovid and Apollodorus |
| M | 4.20 | Afterlife of the Ancient Myths (1) | St. Augustine* |
| W | 4.22 | Afterlife of the Ancient Myths (2) | Goddesses*; Gaia* |
| R-F | 4.23-24 | Review of Course | |
| W | 5.6 | Final Examination, 11.00 am to 1.00 pm | |
Readings marked with * are contained in a course bulk-pack available at the Campus Copy Center; all other titles are available or on order at the University Book Store.