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Temples of the Gods: An Introduction to Classical Mythology

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Temples of the Gods: An Introduction to Classical Mythology

Temples of the Gods: An Introduction to Classical Mythology offers readers an entryway into the history and civilizations that built this enduring body of literature, and an additional insight into the later literary traditions that this literature influenced.

Humanities
Author
Allison Murray
Publisher
Long Beach City College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 120 sections
  1. 01: The World of Ancient Greece and Mycenae
  2. 1.01: A Timeline of Ancient Greece
  3. 1.02: A Condensed Outline of Greek History (to CE 1453)
  4. 1.03: The Topography and Monuments of Athens- A Brief Introduction
  5. 1.04: Ancient Greek Models of Marriage and Family
  6. 1.05: Myth Legend and Folklore
  7. 1.06: Comparisons (and Contrasts) Within Greek and Roman Myths
  8. 1.07: The Function of Myth in Ancient Greece
  9. 1.08: Temples and Churches
  10. 1.09: Socio-Political Value of Myths
  11. 1.10: Communal Rituals--The Panathenaea and the City Dionysia
  12. 1.11: Reading Response Prompt
  13. 1.12: Study Questions
  14. 1.13: Bibliography
  15. 02: Literary Criticism for Myths
  16. 2.01: Externalist Categories of Myths
  17. 2.1.01: Allegorical Theories
  18. 2.1.1.01: Allegory
  19. 2.1.1.02: Etiology
  20. 2.1.1.03: Nature
  21. 2.1.02: Anthropological Theories
  22. 2.1.2.01: Charter
  23. 2.1.2.02: Euhemerism
  24. 2.1.2.03: Ritual
  25. 2.02: Internalist Theories
  26. 2.2.01: Psychological Theories
  27. 2.2.1.01: Freudian Psychoanalytic
  28. 2.2.1.02: Jungian Archetypal
  29. 2.2.1.2.01: The Ego
  30. 2.2.1.2.02: The Shadow
  31. 2.2.1.2.03: The Anima and Animus
  32. 2.2.02: The Unconscious
  33. 2.2.03: Neurological
  34. 2.2.04: Lens
  35. 2.2.05: Combining Neurological and Lens
  36. 2.2.06: Heroic Journey--Joseph Campbell
  37. 2.2.07: Feminist
  38. 2.03: Group Activity
  39. 2.04: Bibliography
  40. 03: Creation in the Ancient World--The Route to Hesiods Theogony
  41. 3.01: The Ancient Greek View of the Cosmos
  42. 3.02: Ancient Near Eastern Mythology Egypt and Babylonia
  43. 3.2.01: Enuma elis
  44. 3.2.1.01: Summary
  45. 3.2.1.02: Commentary
  46. 3.2.02: The Egyptian Creation Myth
  47. 3.2.2.01: Commentary
  48. 3.03: Biblical Creation in Genesis
  49. 3.3.01: The First Book of Moses--Called Genesis (1-1-2-3)
  50. 3.3.02: The Second Account of Creation from Genesis (2-4-224)
  51. 3.04: Ziggurats and The Tower of Babel
  52. 3.4.01: From Genesis (11-1)
  53. 3.05: The Origins of Love from Platos Symposium
  54. 3.06: Hesiod- Introduction to The Theogony
  55. 3.6.01: Homer and Hesiod
  56. 3.6.02: Hesiods Vision
  57. 3.6.03: Hymn to the Muses
  58. 3.6.04: Birth of the Gods
  59. 3.6.05: Zeus and Kronos (Cronos)
  60. 3.6.06: Atlas and Prometheus
  61. 3.6.07: The First Woman
  62. 3.6.08: The Battle with the Titans
  63. 3.6.09: The Children of Zeus
  64. 3.6.10: THE THEOGONY
  65. 3.07: The Theogony Reading Response Prompt
  66. 3.08: Study Questions
  67. 3.09: Bibliography
  68. 04: Separation from the Divine
  69. 4.01: Prometheus Architect of Humankind
  70. 4.02: The Trickster Motif in World Mythology
  71. 4.2.01: Loki (Norse)
  72. 4.2.02: Coyote (Native American)
  73. 4.2.03: Maui (South Pacific)
  74. 4.2.04: Hunahpu and Xbalanque (Mayan)
  75. 4.2.05: Odysseus
  76. 4.2.06: Zeus
  77. 4.2.07: Hermes and Autolycus
  78. 4.2.08: Trickster Conclusion
  79. 4.03: The Promethean Family of Origin
  80. 4.04: Prometheus Guardian and Defender of Mankind
  81. 4.05: Pandora Curse of the Gods
  82. 4.06: The Biblical Analog to the Pandora Myth- Adam Eve and the Loss of Eden
  83. 4.07: The Fall of Humanity (Genesis 2-21-3-24. The King James Version of the Bible)
  84. 4.08: Humanitys Estrangement from Nature as the Cost of Civilization
  85. 4.09: The Dual Natures of Strife
  86. 4.10: The Five Ages of Humanity
  87. 4.11: The Inevitable Evolution of Prometheus
  88. 4.12: Io--a Tragic Mortal Victim to Zeus Tyranny
  89. 4.12.01: Ios Tale from Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
  90. 4.13: HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS
  91. 4.14: Separation Reading Response Prompt
  92. 4.15: Study Questions
  93. 4.16: Bibliography
  94. 05: The Feminine Divine
  95. 5.01: The Great Goddess
  96. 5.1.01: The Mother Goddess
  97. 5.1.02: Catal Huyuk--Ancient Remnants
  98. 5.1.03: Nut The Egyptian Sky Goddess
  99. 5.1.04: Intertwining Life and Death
  100. 5.1.05: Symbols Associated with the Great Goddess
  101. 5.1.06: Three Provinces of the Great Goddess
  102. 5.02: Gaea--the Greek Great Mother Goddess
  103. 5.2.01: Gaea in Marriage
  104. 5.03: Subjugation of the Great Goddess
  105. 5.04: The Goddess Divided
  106. 5.4.01: Hecate
  107. 5.4.02: Hera
  108. 5.4.03: Hestia
  109. 5.4.04: Artemis
  110. 5.4.05: Demeter
  111. 5.05: Applying Literary Theories to Demeters Myth
  112. 5.5.01: Charter
  113. 5.5.1.01: Demeters Connection with Dionysus
  114. 5.5.02: Psychological
  115. 5.5.03: Feminist
  116. 5.5.04: Convergence of Feminist and Psychoanalytic Theories--Insights of the Female Mind
  117. 5.06: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
  118. 5.07: Demeter Reading Response
  119. 5.08: Study Questions
  120. 5.09: Bibliography