古希臘神話與考古學：特洛伊戰爭與特洛伊史詩週期

(A) Required Experience: 

This is an *educational* course, suitable for learners who are genuinely interested in ancient mythology, motivated to learn more, and willing to follow this cuorse in order to acquire a deeper knowledge about the most important war the ancient Greek heroes had to fight, as told in the stories of the ancient poets and as depicted in the art of ancient painters and sculptors.
This is a course for those learners who believe that learning mythology is fun.

(B) Teaching style and students interaction:

The learning process of this course is based on a combination of a power-point presentation, a lecture that asks students to participate, class dialogue, questions based on the ongoing lecture, and new ideas based on the participants. There is not one universal solution to teach. Rather I combine techniques to achieve the maximum of my strengths and of my students. Having taught so far young kids, teenagers, University students and mature learners, I know that teachers need to approach students with understanding. After all, such a small class has the advantage of making the combined technique of ppt presentation-lecture-dialogue feasible and efficient. Thanks to Zoom, engaging students and interacting with them is always possible. 

(C) Class format and topics to be covered: 

In this eight-day journey in the world of ancient Greek heroes and gods we are mostly going to use art to illuminate mythology and thus to better imagine and understand with the help of ancient Greek artists and authors some of the stories the ancient Greeks circulated about the Trojan War. 
Therefore, these eight days are dedicated to the following thematic subunits:

Days 1 and 3: Cypria (the story of the origin of the Trojan War and all that happened from then to the point where the "Iliad" begins):
     Day 1: Summary - Zeus's Plan - Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
     Day 2: Judgment of Paris - Rapture of Helen
     Day 3: Sacrifice of Iphigeneia - Death of Troilos

Days 3 to 8: Homer's Iliad (the story of two great heroes, Achilles and Hector, fighting like two wild animals their enemies, as well as each other in front of Troy's walls, yet for so different reasons)

Day 10: Aethiopis (the rest of Achilles' fights in the Trojan War, his love for the amazon Penthesileia, and his Death)

Day 11: The Little Iliad (the story after the death of the two greatest Greek heroes, Achilles and Ajax, and the effort of the Greeks to make further progress against Troy without them; the three essential steps that they had to take in order to capture the city; the Trojan Horse)

Day 12: The Sack of Troy (the story from the Trojan Horse to the brutal and merciless sack of the city by the Greeks) - the same story told also by ancient Greek theatrical play-writers in a less epic, but more dramatic way!