CLA 86 — Greek Mythology: Gods, Heroes, and the Human Condition
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Micheal Duchesne
Date(s): Jan 4—Mar 8
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Mondays
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 6:00—7:50 pm (PT)
Please Note: No class on January 18 and February 15
Tuition: $495
Refund Deadline: Jan 6
Unit(s): 1
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Mondays
Duration: 8 weeks
Time: 6:00—7:50 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 4—Mar 8
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $495
Refund Deadline: Jan 6
Instructor(s): Micheal Duchesne
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
Please Note: No class on January 18 and February 15
The Olympian gods could reward virtue, deceive kings, punish the innocent, and inspire awe—sometimes all in the same story. Were they models of virtue, or did they answer to a different moral code altogether? This course explores that enduring question through the stories of the gods and the heroes whose lives they shaped. Drawing on works such as Hesiod's Theogony, Homer's Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Apollodorus's Bibliotheca, we'll follow divine rivalries, uneasy encounters between gods and mortals, and stories of justice and revenge that shaped the Greek imagination. As we read, we'll discover that these myths were never simply entertaining tales. They offered the ancient Greeks a way of thinking about power, responsibility, justice, and the human condition. You'll come to see Greek mythology not only as a collection of timeless stories, but also as a profound reflection on what it means to be human.