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Classical Greek and RomanMythology Lecturer: Zhaofeng Wu (吴兆凤) Rosalyn wzfeng2008@Requirement and Evaluation Requirement: 1. Punctual attendance (5 min.s’ time to call the roll) 2. Active participation in the class 3. Extensive reading after class Evaluation: 1. Class attendance: 20% 2. Class participation: 30% 3. Term paper: 50% Teaching Plan Part I: The gods in mythology (2 classes) Part II: Heroes in mythology (5 classes) Part III: The Trojan War (3 classes) Part IV: The Adventures of Odysseus (4 classes) Final Exam: in Week 16 The 1st Class Part I: The gods in mythology (众神) 1. The origin of the gods (众神的起源) 2. The Olympian Gods (奥林匹斯诸神) 3. The Titans and other gods and goddesses (提坦巨神与其他次要神祗) The origin of the gods (众神的起源) The 1st War Cronus (克洛诺斯): the youngest and most important Titan (Saturn in Roman Myth 萨图恩；土星) Caelus feared his children and prevented them from being born. Cronus attacked him with a sickle (镰刀) and cut off his sexual organs and threw them into the sea. From the bloody foam (泡沫) Aphrodite, goddess of sexual love, beauty and fertility (多产), was born. The 2nd War Cronus then freed the other Titans from inside Terra, and became king of the sky. He married his sister Ops (Rhea瑞亚), who bore him three daughters and three sons. But he swallowed his first five children Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon, immediately after their birth. Zeus However, when the sixth, Zeus, was born, Ops (Rhea) handed Cronus a stone wrapped in baby clothes, while hiding the baby on the island of Crete (克里特岛). After he grew up, he returned to challenge his father. By using a trick, he caused Cronus to vomit his children, who had grown into adults while inside their father. The 2nd War Zeus led his brothers and sisters in a war against Cronus and the other Titans. They won the war, driving the Titans to Tartarus, a dark region deep within the Underworld (塔耳塔洛斯，冥界的最深处). Then Zeus was chosen as their ruler and lived with them on Mount Olympus, in nor