Weeks 5 and 6: Versions of the golden age and the myth of cyclic return in classical Greece
Hesiod, Theognis, Works and Days (handouts)
Plato, Timaeus, Symposium, allegory of cave (handouts and text)
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Week 7: The classical institution of myth
Week 8: Mythic narrative in the Far East: India
Weeks 9 and 10: Reflection, thought, and transcendence in the Far East: China
Week 11: Heroic narrative in Africa
Weeks 12 and 13: Creation narratives of Maya and North America