"Ancient Greece In 18 Minutes?"

 After watching the Ancient Greece In 18 Minutes video excerpt, what are you thinking regarding Greek  Mythology, Greek Culture, Greek History, Greek Philosophy? Do we need to look back to look forward in our world? This response is due in class after watching the video excerpt.

Metacognition?

“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 class about the listed quotation, what new insight can you add to this quotation analysis? Please respond during your first class on Tues., Jan. 6th

"Star Wars" & Greek Mythology?

Is there a mythology to Star Wars?  If anything, what patterns do you see regarding Greek Mythology and Star Wars?  What will you take with you to other subjects regarding Greek Mythology?  Final observant thoughts to ponder about Greek Mythology? Please complete this blog response in class on Thurs., Dec. 17th.

"The Iliad" Or "The Odyssey?" What Do You Think?

With reference to The Iliad/Odyssey Background Video, what did it make you contemplate regarding archetypal patterns? Homecoming? Pride? The hero? Divinities? Heroic Code? Guest/Host? Hubris? Other? Please quote from either text or the video. Please complete this blog response in class on Thur., Dec.17th.

Heracles Or Hercules? What Do We Know?

 Based upon your prior knowledge or cultural literacy, what do you know about Hercules, the famous Greek hero?  After reading the "Hercules" myth, what do you know now?  Please specify, explain, argue, and share your understanding of Hercules. Complete this blog in class on Tues., Dec. 15th.

Jason & Perseus: Heroes?

 Based upon our readings and discussions regarding several Greek Heroes (Jason/Perseus), what patterns are you noticing? Do you now think differently about the labeling of a hero or heroine? Argue, explain, and defend. Please complete this blog response in class on Fri., Dec. 11th.

Trusting Cupid?

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 in class on Tues., Dec. 1st.