LF310 -- Greek Mythology -- Fall
2001
Assignments for Tuesday, 4 September
2001
Read the following:
- "Myths of Creation," Chap. 1,
pp. 35-49 in Classical Mythology.
View the following on-line:
- 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.
- The most famous representation
of Nike is that in the Louvre, Nikč
sur la proue d'un navire, from Samothrace, popularly called the "Winged
Victory." This Greek marble statue, from around 190 BCE, is 3.28 meters high.
- See also the Greek marble statue
of Aphrodite
in the Louvre, called the Vénus de Milo, from around 100 BCE, with a height
of 2.02 meters.
- See also the Ludovisi
Throne, Birth of Aphrodite (470-460 BCE).
Suggested further reading:
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