6
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School
of Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 from 2.30 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m. between 5 and 29 August 2014 only
or by appointment (phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€300 for the course or €165 per term. A
concession rate of €150 for the course or €85
per term is available to second and third level
students and people whose primary source of
income is social welfare, health board or a
government-sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
This is a day-time course. Time and venue to
be confirmed, please check our website:
after 5 August 2014 for update or text ‘INFO’
followed by your name and address to
087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of two lectures per week
over two twelve-week terms commencing
Monday, 22 September 2014 and
recommencing Monday, 12 January 2015.
There is a one week break in each term
(3-7
November 2014 and 23-27 February 2015)
when no lectures will take place.
Greek and Roman Mythology
and Religion
There are a limited number of places available
on this course.
What is myth? How do myths deal with
fundamental human concerns about who we are
and the world we live in? What is the relationship
between myth and religion? Why did the Greeks
and Romans worship many gods, believe in
oracles, or perform animal sacrifice? This
lecture-only course is an introduction to the major
myths and religions of the classical world using
the full range of primary source material: literary,
artistic and archaeological. It explores the
functions of myth within society and the various
theories of myth. The first half of the course will
focus on themes such as the creation of myths in
the wider context of Near Eastern mythology, the
character of the Olympian gods, heroes and their
monstrous opponents, divine-human relations,
and the major mythic cycles of the Trojan war,
and the Atreus and Theban sagas. The second
half of the course will explore the nature of Greek
and Roman religion in its social context. It
considers key elements of ritual action: sacrifice,
rites of passage, festivals, as well as the diverse
ancient beliefs on death and the afterlife and the
role of mystery religions. This lecture-only course
will be illustrated.
Lecturers
Academic staff from the Department of Classics
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School
of Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
