Please choose three possible topics. Label them #1 for first choice, #2 for second choice, #3 for third choice.
1. Zeus / Jupiter
2. Hera / Juno
3. Poseidon / Neptune
4. Ares / Mars (the founding father of Rome)
5. Hades / Pluto
6. Apollo / Apollo
7. Athena / Minerva
8. Artemis / Diana
9. Hermes / Mercury
10. Hephaestus / Vulcan
11. Hestia / Vesta
12. Demeter / Ceres
13. Aphrodite / Venus
14. Dionysus / Bacchus
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15. Kronos and parents / Saturn and parents
16. Eros / Cupid
17. Hercules / Heracles
18. Delphic oracle / Cumaean Sibyl
19. The Roman calendar, festivals, and/or time-reckoning
20. Gaia (ancient legend, modern scientific theory, contemporary worship)
21. Mystery cults (Eleusis, Isis, Mithras, etc.)
22. The Trojan War or Iliad/ and Roman reinterpretation of the myth or Vergil's Aeneid (Iliad 22-24/ Aeneid 2)
23. The Shield of Achilles/ and the Shield of Aeneas (Iliad 18/ Aeneid 8)
24. Transformation myths (see Ovid)
25. Pairs of lovers (see Ovid)
26. Asklepios/Aesculapius and healing cults
27. Magic, superstition, Hecate
28. Emperor cults and worship
29. Roman priesthood/priestesses
30. Other (Please see me.)
Due date least desirable:________________________
Part 1. Meet partner at Tisch Library to begin to research the Roman component. Allow 1 and 1/2 hours to use traditional sources such as journals and books. Basic bibliography is on reserve at the circulation desk.
Part 2. Meet at Jackson (Mac) Lab, PowerMac Room on Mon. 10/16 to learn how to research the Greek component using Perseus 2.0.
Part 3. Continue your research at the Lab with your partner. You may also visit museums, use a-v material, and find additional material at the library.
Part 4. Please type a brief outline (1 page only) and xerox copies for each class member. Hand out outlines and orally present the most important information to the class (8-10 min.).
Oral presentation may take either (1) a traditional lecture-style format
or
(2) a well-rehearsed dramatic presentation with a cast of characters and script.
(The script does not need to be copied for each class member, but an outline is still required.)
Please consider where appropriate:
1. Greek/Roman names and origin.
2. Epithets and nicknames.
3. Personal characteristics.
4. Sphere of power or interest.
5. Site(s) of worship.
6. Characteristics of worship/worshippers.
7. Specific attributes or symbols.
1. Three to five specific literary references from primary texts in ancient
literature. Include your source. Example: "grey-eyed Athena" Homer,
Odyssey 1.80 (= author, title, Book 1, line 80).
(Try to include these even in dramatic presentations.)
2. Three to five specific visual representations of the subject or
attributes/symbols of your subject. Choose from coins, vases, sculpture,
jewelry, architecture, archeological site, etc. Cite source, material, artist
if known, date or period, brief description. Include in your outline or
pass around a single copy to class. Xeroxed visuals are fine. If inspired,
you may, of course, sketch, paint, etc. your visuals.
3. Label with a P in your outline 3 uses of Perseus 2.0.
4. Brief bibliography for me.
Cary, M. et al. Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970).
Levi, P. Atlas of the Greek World (1980).
Stillwell, R., ed. Princeton Encyclopaedia of Classical Sites
(1976).
Yonah, M.A. and Shatzman, I. Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical
World (1975).
Bianchi Bandinelli, R. Rome the Center of Power (1971).
Click Find
Sackler Museum (near Harvard Square, Cambridge)
Perseus Project: Version 2.0 at Jackson (Mac) Lab, Quadra Room
De Italia at Olin Language Lab
Click here for more bibliography
Project--Latin 1
Basic BibliographyTisch Library Reference Area
DE5 .09
DF77 .L43
DE59 .P7
DE5 .I44Tisch Library Reserve Shelf
Boethius, A. Etruscan and Roman Architecture (1970).
Carpenter, T. and Gula, R. Mythology: Greek and Roman (1977).
Dowden, K. Religion and the Romans (London 1992).
Garland, R. Religion and the Greeks (London 1994).
Grant, M. Myths of the Greeks and Romans (1962).
Graves, R. The Greek Myths (1960).
Homer. The Iliad, trans. Fitzgerald, R. (1976).
Homer. The Odyssey, trans. Fitzgerald, R. (1976).
Johnson, V. The Origins of Our Calendar (1958).
Museum of Fine Arts. Greek Gods and Heroes (1915).
Ovid. Fasti, trans. Frazer, G. (19 ).
Ovid. Metamorphoses, trans. Watts, A. E. (19--).
Rose, H. J. Handbook of Greek Mythology (1958).
Vergil. The Aeneid, trans. Fitzgerald, R. (1983).
Ward-Perkins, J. B. Roman Imperial Architecture (1981).
Tisch Library Subject Search
(under new TULIP system, fall 1995)
Click Subject
For example, subject=Hermes
or subject=Mercury
Also, subject=mythology, Greek
or subject=mythology, Roman
Museums
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (near MFA, Boston)Software
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