Greek Mythology

Trusting Cupid?

2012-02-02T06:52:00.000-08:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships? Please comment with quotations and/or references from the myth. This blog response should be completed by 8:30a.m. on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012.

Inspired?

2012-01-09T20:33:00.000-08:00

How does the Danny McCaskill Industrial Revolutions presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 2:30p.m.

Metacognition?

2012-01-09T20:28:00.001-08:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”
-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond. (Blog Response Due By Thurs. 1-12-12 at 2:30p.m.)

Can We Contemplate "The Iliad?"

2011-11-29T11:29:00.000-08:00

With reference to The Iliad/Odyssey Heroes video that we watched in class on Tuesday, what did it make you contemplate regarding archetypal patterns? Homecoming? Pride? The hero? Divinities? Heroic Code? Guest/Host? Hubris? Other? Please quote from any notes you captured.

Heroes?

2011-11-01T06:10:00.000-07:00

Based upon today's Socratic Seminar regarding Greek Heroes, what was the single most thought provoking comment that you digested during the conversation? Did the comment make you think? Notice? Other? Please respond today in class.

Medusa In Poetry?

2011-10-27T06:50:00.000-07:00

Based upon your understanding and analysis of the Bogan Medusa Poem, what tone does this poem exhibit? What connecting elements do you see regarding the Perseus myth? Does it connect with the final scene with Polydectes or other scenes? Did you notice other thematic or poetic elements on display? Please respond to this post during today's class.

Jason Vs. Perseus?

2011-10-18T06:11:00.001-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. Complete this response by 2:30p.m. on Thursday.

Trusting Cupid?

2011-09-14T22:55:00.001-07:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships? Please comment with quotations and/or references from the myth. This blog response should be completed by 2:30p.m. on Thursday, September 15th, 2011.

Inspired?

2011-08-23T06:09:00.000-07:00

How does the Danny MCaskill Industrial Revolutions presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 2:30p.m.

Metacognition?

2011-08-16T09:44:00.000-07:00

Jason vs. Perseus? Heroics?

2011-03-15T07:42:00.000-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. Complete this response by Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 2:30p.m..

Trusting Cupid?

2011-02-07T20:51:00.000-08:00

Inspired?

2011-01-11T07:55:00.000-08:00

How does the Danny MCaskill Way Back Home presentation relate to your world? Can his new exploits connect with your academic endeavors? Again, did he make you look twice? Did he inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 2:30p.m.

Metacognition Or Just Thinking?

2011-01-11T07:50:00.001-08:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”

-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond. (Blog Response Due By Thurs. 1-13-11 at 2:30p.m.)

Can You Trust Cupid?

2010-09-15T22:26:00.000-07:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?

Extended Thinking or Metacognition?

2010-08-17T08:02:00.001-07:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”

-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond.

Myths Align And Define?

2010-05-06T07:41:00.000-07:00

How do the read myths on pages 411-423 align with our definition of Greek Mythology? What characteristics really distinguish themselves as patterns that we note in other myths? Reflect, comment, and critique.

Jason vs. Perseus? Heroics?

2010-03-09T11:46:00.000-08:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. Complete this response in class today.

Why Do We Love Those Greek Writers?

2010-02-09T07:37:00.000-08:00

“Men seemed to have failed completely tocomprehend the power of Eros, for if they did comprehend it, they would have built to him the greatest altars and temples and offered the greatest sacrifices, whereas he is given none of these honors, although he should have them most of all…”

From Aristophanes’ Speech in the Symposium

Could you use any of the myths we read about love to critique or support this quotation? Please react, evaluate, challenge, or contemplate. (Please complete this blog response by Tues. Feb. 16, 2010.)

Can You Trust Cupid? Love?

2010-02-02T13:31:00.001-08:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?

Corn?

2010-01-19T07:45:00.000-08:00

What are your observations about Demeter's myth, your stickie notes, and how this myth reveals her suffering and alignment with our definition of mythology? Please reflect complete this blog entry by 1-19-10.

Metacognition? Or Just Thinking?

2010-01-12T07:52:00.000-08:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”

-Carl Sagan from an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After hearing and reading your peer's reactions during Thursday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond. (Blog Response Due By Thurs. 1-14-10 at 2:30p.m.)

Finally?

2009-12-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

Final Exam: The Iliad Criticism
Reference the epic poem The Iliad and respond to the question below.
Wallace Gray writes that, “The Iliad is not about the Trojan War; that war lasted ten years and the central actions of the poem occupy only a few weeks. War brutalizes men and women, wounds their bodies and minds, enslaves and kills them. This is Homer's message as he focuses on one hero, Achilleus, to demonstrate wrath's destruction of self and others. Achilleus' moral journey in the Iliad brings him face to face with his own humanity, leading him to a startling and essentially unheroic act of generosity toward his enemy. When he gives Priam the dead and mutilated body of Hektor, ...”

Is Achilles a hero? Respond to this criticism by: (1) addressing his heroic qualities/ alignment with studied heroic elements; (2) addressing his unheroic qualities (think of the aspects of heroes we’ve studied in class); and (3) compare him SPECIFICALLY to one of the other heroes/heroines in The Iliad or another myth we have studied. Reaction? Thoughts? This makes me think…? Etc…?

Jason Vs. Perseus? Heroic?

2009-10-22T07:30:00.000-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims.

Love Those Greek Writers?

2009-09-29T05:57:00.000-07:00

Can Anyone Be Trusted?

2009-09-21T05:56:00.001-07:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?

Extended Thinking? Are You Certain?

2009-08-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

Inspired?

2009-08-19T06:02:00.000-07:00

How does the Inspired Bicycles presentation relate to your world? Can it connect with your academic endeavors? Did it make you look twice? Did it inspire and motivate you? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete sentences. This blog post should be completed by Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 2:30p.m.

Inspired Bicycles Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

Perseus vs. Jason? Heroics?

2009-03-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims. (Due by 3:30p.m. Tues., March 17th)

Love Those Greek Writers?

2009-02-17T08:15:00.000-08:00

Can Anyone Be Trusted?

2009-02-06T13:39:00.000-08:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclamation about "trust" within relationships?

Metacognition? Or Just Thinking?

2009-01-14T05:44:00.000-08:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”
-Carl Sagan From an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

What analysis or new insight can you add to this blog regarding this quotation? What does it challenge you to think? Comment about a portion of the quotation or all of the quotation. Use direct quotations to support your claims. Please respond.

"Nothing Without Theseus?"

2008-11-04T14:17:00.001-08:00

Do you consider Theseus more heroic than Jason or Perseus? Why or why not?

Jason Vs. Perseus: Heroics III?

2008-10-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims.

Who Can You Trust III?

2008-09-23T06:04:00.000-07:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclaimation about "trust" within relationships?

Extended Thinking

2008-08-15T12:05:00.000-07:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”
-Carl Sagan From an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After reading your peer's writing responses during Tuesday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond.

Jason Vs. Perseus Heroics II?

2008-03-06T06:18:00.001-08:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims.

Who Can You Trust? II

2008-02-07T06:43:00.000-08:00

What is your reaction to the "Cupid And Psyche" myth's proclaimation about "trust" within relationships?

Extened Thinking II

2008-01-22T06:14:00.000-08:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”
-Carl Sagan From an introduction to A Brief History of Time By Stephen Hawking

After reading your peer's writing responses during Tuesday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond.

Mythologyze?

2007-11-06T06:30:00.000-08:00

To date, what important conclusions can you draw about the myths you have read and the divinity/mortal behaviors you have witnessed. Explain, detail, and justify.

"Nothing Without Theseus?"

2007-10-24T06:46:00.000-07:00

Do you consider Theseus more heroic than Jason or Perseus? Why or why not?

Jason Vs. Perseus Heroics?

2007-10-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

Who is more heroic: Jason or Perseus? Please sight at least one example from our text and use the "heroic code" terminology to defend your claims.

Who can You Trust?

2007-10-02T07:45:00.000-07:00

What is your reaction to the Cupid And Psyche myth's proclaimation about "trust" within relationships?

Extended Thinking

2007-09-04T06:35:00.000-07:00

“We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. We give little thought to the machinery that generates the sunlight that makes life possible, to the gravity that glues us to an Earth that would otherwise send us spinning off into space, or to the atoms of which we are made and on whose stability we fundamentally depend. Except for children (who don’t know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spend much time wondering why nature is the way it is; where the cosmos came from, or whether it is always here; if time will one day flow backward and effects precede causes; or whether there are ultimate limits to what humans can know.”

-Carl Sagan
From an introduction to A Brief History of Time
By Stephen Hawking

After reading your peer's writing responses during Tuesday's class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond.