CLAS 3308: MYTHS AND THE CULT OF ANCIENT GODS

TOPIC XIII-ORPHEUS

WED, APR 25--FRI, APR 27

ASSIGNMENT FOR TOPIC 13
 
[R]   Read Ovid, Metamorphoses B. 10. 1-85, B.11. 1-84 [R] Morford and Lenardon, ch.14
[R] Chart of  the Orphic Theogony [R] Orpheus.  Texts and images.
[O] Read page on Shamans  by Walter Burkert Class screen on Orpheus
[R] Orpheus on board the Argo .


WED, APR 25

The myths of Orpheus.  A shaman?
 

FRI, APR 27

Cult of Orpheus.  The Orphic Theogony.