Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - Ancient Myth and Religion

CLAS 2017  Ancient Myth and Religion

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

CLAS 2006 and CLAS 2007

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students examine myths and their related religious and cultic practices of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome in their appropriate historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Students also study the continuities and mutual influences between Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman myth and religion. This course may be credited towards Religions and Cultures.