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Genesis Cheat Sheet     Syllabus      Reading List     Elements of an Effective Essay    Critical Thinking Essay  (MS Word)

 MLA Documentation and Format  in .pdf format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Provided by OWL.   

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Exams, Essays, Quizzes     What is Mesopotamia?     Map of Ancient Mesopotamia     The Fertile Crescent     Another Fertile Crescent Map        Terms        The Rivers of the Underworld         Two Staffs    

 Week I    [ Review Sheet for exam I ]

Hero Archetypes and Four Functions of Mythology 

The Code of Hammurabi (16 pages) 

Laws from Leviticus and Exodus  of the Hebrew Canon (10 pages) 

It is not necessary for students to print The Code of Hammurabi or the chapters selected from Leviticus and Exodus.  Read these online, cut-n-paste interesting sections into a MS Word document, and print perhaps a few pages. 

Week II

Creation Myths: Gilgamesh, Genesis, Pandora and Epimetheus 

Job: Why do humans suffer?

Week III

Essay I Assignment.    The Odyssey 

Cassandra 

The Staff of Hermes vs. The Staff of Asclepius 

Week IV

Oedipus Rex: Drama in Ancient Greece 

An online Study Guide  http://www.temple.edu/classics/oedipus.html 

Week V

Tuesday      

Essay I is due.

Finish Oedipus

Plato   499

The Apology of Socrates   500        (quiz) [quiz after the exam on 18 February]

 Thursday      18 February

Exam I: Hebrews and Greeks

Exam I: Greeks, Hebrews, and before.  

                                       

Click on the caduceus (the staff of Hermes) for next page.   Click on the staff of Asclepius if you want something else.

The winged, serpentine staff above is called a caduceus. It has Greek origins—Hermes, the messenger of the gods, carried it as a symbol of peace.

Ancient Romans and Greeks created the caduceus as a badge of honor; ambassadors and noblemen carried a long staff entwined with garlands or ribbons to announce their presence. The garlands were later interpreted as snakes, and a pair of wings was added to denote Hermes, the winged messenger.

Here's where it gets tricky. The U.S. Army medical corps adopted the caduceus as their insignia because of its similarity to the staff carried by Asclepius, the god of medicine. The staff of Asclepius is considered the "true symbol of medicine"—it features only one snake, and no wings. It's the emblem of the American Medical Association.

The two symbols are quite similar in appearance, and both are derived from Greek mythology. The caduceus generally stands for peace, although it may also serve as a  symbol of trade and communication, while the staff of Asclepius stands for healing.

http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html For additional information.

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