LF310 -- Greek Mythology -- Fall 2001

Assignments for Thursday, October 11, 2001

Read the following:

• Classical Mythology, 6th edition:

  • Chapter 15: The Theban Saga, pp. 289-316.
  • Be able to locate Thebes on the map on the first page of your text, or any other map.

• Athena Painter workshop. Europa and the bull. Attic Black figure (c. 510-500 BCE). Univ. of Mississippi Museum (Perseus Project).
• Leagros group. Europa on the bull. Attic black figure (Archaic). Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (Perseus Project).

Oedipus:

• Oedipus Painter. Oedipus and the Sphinx. Attic red-figure kylix (470 BCE). Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Vatican.

Sphinx:

• Sphinx. Corinthian stemmed bowl with lid (600-575 BCE). Harvard University Museum (Perseus Project).
• Scale Painter. Sphinx. Corinthian Alabastron (620-590 BCE). Univ. Of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).

• Sophocles. From Terracina. Roman Imperial Age copy in marble of a Greek bronze, probably from 340-336 BCE. Gregorian Profane Museum, the Vatican.