LF310 -- Greek Mythology -- Fall 2001

Assignments for Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Read the following:

• Classical Mythology, 6th edition:

  • Chapter 7: Aphrodite and Eros, pp. 116-140.
  • Chapter 8: Artemis, pp. 141-162.

• Companion to Classical Mythology, 6th edition. Companion website for our textbook. For further clarification of the chapter, go through the summaries on the site, look at the links, take the quiz. Do the same for Chapter 8.

Parthenon: (in reference to class on Athena and Poseidon):

• Parthenon Marbles (Janice Siegel)

Aphrodite:

• Aphrodite, called the Vénus de Milo. Greek (c. 100 BCE). Height: 2.02 m. The Louvre.
• Delos. Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros (c. 100 BCE). National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
• Aphrodite / Venus. Rome.
• Aprhodite, Ludovisi Throne. (470-460 BCE)

Eros

• Eros of Centocelli. Roman, 2nd. c. CE, Hadrianic Period. Copy of a 4th c. BCE Greek original. Pio Clementine Museum, the Vatican.

Adonis

• Funeral Monument with Dying Adonis. Vatican Museum Sculpture Gallery..

Artemis

• Artemis as Potnia Theron. Boeotian vase (ca. 680 BCE)
• Artemis. Kleitias, François vase (ca. 570-560 BCE)
• Diana / Artemis. Rome.
• Artémis chasseresse, called the "Diane de Versailles." Roman copy of a Greek original by Leochares (ca. 330 BCE). Louvre.