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While many people say that ancient Greece lies at the roots of modern western civilization, the ancient world also differs from the modern in may ways. In addition to considering multiple works of Greek literature and visual examples of material culture related to those works of Greek literature, you will engage in writing exercises and discussions on Canvas to explore ethical concerns of ancient literature and the complex relationship between ancient mythology and the modern Western cultures that often claim descent from ancient Greece. GUR Competency 8 Understand and evaluate assumptions, values, and beliefs in context of diverse local, national and global communities. GUR Competency 6 Explore, imagine and create. GUR Competency 2 Analyze and interpret information from varied sources, including print and visual media. Greek Mythology focuses on the following GUR competencies: GUR Competency 1 Analyze and communicate ideas effectively in oral, written, and visual forms. The humanities study principal themes, issues and images concerning human beings and their place in the universe, as these have been shaped and expressed since ancient times, in thought, imagination and action. The Humanities requirement provides an introduction to the subject matter, methods of inquiry and forms of expression of academic fields that treat language, literature, fine arts, history, philosophy and religion in the Western cultural tradition. We shall also consider the impact of these stories on subsequent generations in Rome, in Europe, and in today's world.Ĭlassical Studies 350 provides you with four of the twelve necessary General University Requirement (GUR) credits in Humanities (HUM). We shall examine these myths both as they were told and in their cultural and historical contexts, interrogate them and understand both what they have to say and what forces shaped their diverse perspectives. These are universal questions that we still ask today, and part of the power of myth has been its ability to provide a space for people throughout the history of western civilization and in the present day to renegotiate their positions on those questions. Classical mythology provides a rich abundance of traditional stories that pose difficult, and at times uncomfortable, questions about human nature and the cosmos, justice and injustice, communities and individuals, power and helplessness, life and death and what might transcend mortality.