Course Description: This freshman seminar investigates both ancient and modern dramatic interpretations of two myth cycles: the Theban Saga and the Mycenean Saga. Emphasis is placed on the versatility of myth: the ways in which an individual myth may be transformed to accomodate the purposes of different dramatists and various cultural contexts.
Institution: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Instructor: Barbette Stanley Spaeth, Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies
Office: Jones Hall 210A, 862-3078
Email: spaeth@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu