Thursday, November 15th, 1–2pm Who is more responsible for the death of their children, Medea of Jason? Medea literally killed the children but it was Jason’s actions that pushed her to do so. I think a solid argument can and was given for both characters. The way I see it…

Monday, November 12th, 9–11pm How does a heroine differ from a hero (if at all)? Read pp. 497–526 on Medea: the Making of a Heroine 1. Would you expect heroines to be different from heroes in ancient mythology? What differences would you expect? I expected a heroine to be celebrated…

Weekly Journal Update 11/8 Thursday, November 1st, 1–2pm In class today, we discussed the idea of myths in modern times. We’ve read multiple children’s books that incorporate different aspects of myths. When I thought about modern stories that I’ve read that have a connection to ancient myths I thought of…

Weekly Journal Update 11/1 Thursday, October 25th, 5–6pm In class we discussed the similarities between Hermes and modern tech gurus. The comparison was based on their shared categorization as a trickster figure. Some of the biggest attributes that our class used to describe the figures are being a culture hero…

Sunday, October 14th, 5–7pm While reading this section on Athena it was interesting to learn about her allegiance to men. The source of my previous knowledge of Athena didn’t really go into depth on her birth and how it separated her from women. …

Monday, October 8th, 4–5pm In order to study for the midterm, I focused on ensuring that I had a deep understanding of the stories. I revisited the ones where the details were a bit fuzzy, and summarized them all in a way that helped me retain the details. I also…

Thursday, September 27th, 1–2pm I’ve learned about many different forms of the afterlife through the various books I’ve read, shows I’ve watched, etc. In each one they approach it both similarly but with different spins from the creators. The show Supernatural followed Christian mythology and had a version of the…

Sunday, September 23rd, 3–5pm Last week in class we were tasked with creating our own myth as to how the universe was created. I partially continued off of a train of thought I had in a previous journal update about my own version of the creation of the universe. In…

Monday, September 17th, 3–4pm CMIC Questions pg. 99–133 How do Zeus and Hera compare to other gods you are familiar with (and perhaps worship)? Zeus and Hera are very different from the gods I am familiar with but they are also similar in their attributes and they way they are…