Religions
of the Graeco-Roman
World
CLT 3371 section 03G0/Spring 2012
SYLLABUS
All
readings,
including downloads and links, are required
and should be completed
BEFORE
class.
KEY TO READING ASSIGNMENTS:
ZP =
Zaidman and Pantel Religion in the Ancient Greek City
RAG = Price Religions of the Ancient
Greeks
RR = Warrior Roman
Religion
SB = Warrior Roman
Religion: A Sourcebook
Course Reserves = readings on the Ares
system keyed to the class days (see main course webpage for details
about accessing Ares)
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Introducing Graeco-Roman Religion |
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class day |
topic |
reading assignment |
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M 1/9 |
What is ancient Graeco-Roman religion? |
Chronology (download) |
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W 1/11 |
Prehistory of religion |
ZP 3-23, 143-64; RAG 16-19 |
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F 1/13 |
Course reserves 3 (Burkert 1) |
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The Origins of Ancient Greek Religion |
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W 1/18 |
The Minoans QUIZ 1 |
link: Minoan Religion |
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F 1/20 |
The Mycenaeans |
link: Mycenaean Religion http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mg/religion/index.html |
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M 1/23 |
Collapse & Renaissance |
Course reserves 5 (Osborne) |
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W 1/25 |
Religion and society: the ancient Greek polis |
RAG 76-81, 172-82 |
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Sacred People, Places and Acts in Ancient
Greece |
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F 1/27 |
Rituals QUIZ 2 |
ZP 27-45, 164-72; RAG 172-9 |
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M 1/30 |
Religious personnel |
ZP 46-54, 121-8; RAG 67-76 |
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W 2/1 |
Sacred space |
ZP 55-62, 235-46; RAG 47-66 |
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Social Contexts for Ancient Greek Religion |
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F 2/3 |
The household (oikos) QUIZ 3 |
ZP 63-91; RAG 89-107 |
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M 2/6 |
Magic and astrology |
RAG 101-2; Theokritos Idyll 2 (download) |
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W 2/8 |
Church and state |
RAG 82-8, ZP 92-101 |
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The Ancient Greek Gods and their Festivals |
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F 2/10 |
The Greek pantheon QUIZ 4 |
ZP 176-214 |
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M 2/13 |
Personal religion: cults of Demeter and
Asklepios |
RAG 102-14; ZP 128-32 Homeric Hymn to Demeter (download) |
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W 2/15 |
Panhellenic religion: cults of Apollo and Zeus |
Homeric Hymn to Apollo (download) ZP 112-21, 129-40 |
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Death and Theology in Ancient Greece |
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F 2/17 |
Death and burial QUIZ 5 |
ZP 72-9; RAG 100-1 |
| M 2/20 |
Non-Demeter mystery cults |
RAG 114-25 |
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W 2/22 |
The philosophical schools |
RAG 126-42 |
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F 2/24 |
Representing the sacred QUIZ 6 |
ZP 215-28 |
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Putting It All Together I |
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M 2/27 |
Review for exam 1 |
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W 2/29 |
1st HOUR EXAM |
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F 3/2 |
go over exam | |
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The Hellenistic World and The Origins of
Italian Religion |
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M 3/12 |
Alexander and the dissemination of Hellenism |
Course reserves (Griffiths) |
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W 3/14 |
Greece & Rome |
RAG 143-59; Chronlology (download) |
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F 3/16 |
The Etruscans and their neighbors |
Course reserves (Cornell); SB 56-7 |
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M 3/19 |
Roman religion: sources, methods and concepts |
RR xiii-xiv; SB 1-13 |
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Religion in the Roman Household |
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W 3/21 |
The Roman pantheon QUIZ 7 |
RR 1-14; SB 187-8 |
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F 3/23 |
The family |
RR 27-40; SB 24-30 |
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M 3/26 |
Death and burial |
SB 31-5 |
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Religion in the Roman State |
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W 3/28 |
Astrology and magic QUIZ 8 |
RR 93-104; SB 139-50 |
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F 3/30 |
Priests, priestesses and rituals |
RR 15-26, 41-54; SB 47-55 |
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M 4/2 |
Pre-imperial state cults |
RR 67-78; SB 59-69, 115-25 Tibullus Arval Hymn
(download) |
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W 4/4 |
Politics and war |
RR 55-64; SB 71-81 |
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Developments in Roman Religion |
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F 4/6 |
Emperor-worship QUIZ 9 |
RR 105-18; SB 127-38 |
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M 4/9 |
Philosophy and Roman religion |
SB 151-161 |
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W 4/11 |
Ecstatic cults: Bacchus, Mithras, Isis and
Cybele |
RR 80-92; SB 91-7 |
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The Transformation of Ancient Graeco-Roman
Religion |
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F 4/13 |
Judaism and the Roman empire QUIZ 10 |
RR 119-23; SB 163-172 |
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M 4/16 |
The Graeco-Roman context of early Christianity |
SB 173-83; RR 123-9; RAG 158-64 Acts of the Apostles (use your own text |
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W 4/18 |
The Christianization of the Roman Empire |
SB 183-6 |
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F 4/20 |
The Twilight of Graeco-Roman religion QUIZ 11 |
ZP 231-4; RAG 164-71 |
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Putting It All Together II |
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M 4/23 |
Review for exam 2 (covers only material SINCE
exam 1) |
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W 4/25 |
2nd HOUR EXAM |
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