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古希臘神話與考古學:從混沌到神化人類

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Spyridon (Spiros) Loumakis
平均評分:4.9評論數量:(744)
在這個為期 19 週的課程中,學生們探索古希臘神話體系,旨在解釋“宇宙”,將神、人類、靈魂、動物、植物、周圍的自然世界、行星和恆星結合在一起
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美國等級 4 - 7
In this multi-day class students will understand that the magic of myths lies not only in the stories themselves, fascinating as they are, but in the logic behind them and in their deeper meaning. Myths will be appreciated as a system of beliefs and a way of thinking about the world, as it was created by the ancient Greeks.

The goal for the students is to learn at an introductory level how Greeks were structuring their myths and some of the narrative patterns that they were employing to tell meaningful stories about their gods. 

We will discuss together how were these stories played out in the sanctuaries of the gods, and in their worship, and how ancient Greek artists depicted them. What did they mean to priests and to worshippers, as well as to the political and social elite of ancient Greece.

We will finally delve into an ancient religion with respect, so as to learn from this example two very important lessons: that there is nothing unchangeable in time, when it comes to religious traditions, old and new. 
I have a B.A. in History and Archaeology (Athens, Greece), an M.A. in Archaeology and History of Art (Athens, Greece), as well as an M.A. in History and Philosophy of Religions (Concordia, Montreal, Canada). I speak modern and ancient Greek, archaic and classical Latin and I have worked on many aspects of the material world of ancient Greece (art, architecture, coins, ppayri, inscriptions). 
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Homework will be assigned in various forms: (a) at certain points of the nineteen meetings students will be asked to study a short hand-out which will be distributed in advance as part of their preparation (each hand out will be uploaded a few days in advance), (b) at certain points of the nineteen meetings students will be assigned a short (optional) multiple-choice test to be filled out under parental supervision, in order to test their memory, attention and observation (six of them in total), (c) in case students love to express themselves in writing, I can assign, upon request, some writing assignments, as I do in my historical classes, in the form of an essay, and (d) students can also choose to express themselves in an artistic way, like writing poetry, and even present their work in the class if they feel comfortable about.
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I do not believe that a letter grade is meaningful for an on-going class on mythology. However, as I often do with my one-time classes, which are always small classes (up to 5 or 6 students), I communicate with the parents and the children directly, providing my personal comments, private feedback and an informal assessment.
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學習者無需使用標準 Outschool 工具以外的任何應用程式或網站。
(A) In the ancient Greek arts gods are depicted often (but not always) naked. The Greek word for a naked man is "gymnos" and that is why in English today we say "gymnastics" or "gym" although our children and athletes wear uniforms. This being said, any artistic reproduction in ancient art should be expected to show nude gods. I try to use as less as possible, but it is not always within my hands since this is the nature of the ancient Greek art itself. Since, it is an art that comes from an era where there were no photographs, or videos, the art is found only on painted vases, wall paintings and sculpture. Nudity was never meant to provoke, but to tell to the ancient viewer that gods are not mortal humans and, thus, they do not need clothes. As you may very well understand, I cannot change the history of art, nor my preference as teacher of mythology to show students the original art from ancient times.

(B) From my experience at Outschool the past couple of months and after having taught around 200 classes on mythology to many young students, I make sure the class material is age-appropriate. All ancient mythologies, without exception, contain important stories that are violent or sexual in nature, and often touch on sensitive social questions of their times, such as the place of women, slavery-based economy, immoral behavior and the ethics of war. I have never received a negative feedback because I touched upon any of the previous topics, despite the fact that there were times when the class dynamic and the maturity of students in fact allowed their discussion. Sometimes the students themselves started a discussion on one or more of these serious subjects. I never forced them into this discussion, but I also never stopped them. On the contrary, I guided them in order to balance their judgement between an ancient society and our own experience. If this happens during this multi-day class, I will, once again, guide them on how to understand myths that concern sensitive aspects of the ancient Greek society. This is the whole point of mythology. As a specialist in the scientific understanding of mythology and a trained historian of ancient societies, I teach that the myths are not just to amuse, but also to explain the world. If there is something wrong in the ancient Greek world, the myths will reflect it.  
平均評分:4.9評論數量:(744)
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As a father of two young kids, I put a lot of effort so as to entertain them in a productive, and educational way, making sure I feed their natural curiosity and encourage them to keep asking questions. Undoubtedly, television and video games are... 
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每週或US$323 用於 19 課程
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