CLAS 4375:  GENDER AND RACE IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS

REVIEW GUIDE FOR TOPIC 5--SEXUALITY IN GREEK MYTH AND HISTORY



Understand the three stages of rites of passage

Know the following myths:
 
Apollo and Coronis Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Cassandra Zeus and Io
Apollo and Hyacinth Artemis and Actaeon

Be aware of features of male and female initiation in ancient Greece

Understand the issue of "homosexuality" in ancient Greece

SOURCES:

Texts for Review Guide of Top 5

Morford & Lenardon, Ch. 7 (on reserve) or search names in:

Morford and Lenardon online (Glossary)

Greek Mythology Link

Links to 4375 webpages:

Initiation

  How Spartan boys lived

Apollo's unhappy loves

Artemis punishing transgressors

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