Ανακοινώσεις μαθήματος ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ 2: ΤΜΗΜΑ Ι.Α.Κ.Α.

14. Lesson Wednesday 4.6.2025

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:05:00 +0300

0. Looking back at the material covered:

- What is it that has impressed you the most?

- Remembering what we did (this semester)

- Values taught and explored

- Some significant points mentioned

1. Overview:

Introduction to World Mythology

2. Various Myths

(see: Announcement regarding the

material to be prepared for the semester exam.)

3. Discussion: Qs - As

4. The Greek Language - epics, etc.

5. One of the Myths NOT done during the semester:

The myth of Eros and Psyche

The myth of Eros and Psyche tells the story of the god of love,

Eros (also known as Cupid), and Psyche, a mortal woman, whose

beauty rivals that of Aphrodite. Aphrodite, jealous of Psyche, orders

Eros to make her fall in love with an ugly man. However, Eros himself

falls in love with Psyche's beauty and secretly takes her to his palace,

where they live happily but under the condition that Psyche never see his face.

Eventually, Psyche's sisters, jealous of her happiness, convince her to peek at Eros,

leading to a tragic outcome.

First version, in the Louvre, Paris, France
Artist	Antonio Canova
Year	First version 1787–1793
Type	Marble
Dimensions	155 cm × 168 cm (61 in × 66 in)
Location	Louvre, Paris; Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

ΥΛΗ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΥ ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2025 ΓΙΑ ΟΣΟΥΣ "ΧΡΩΣΤΑΝΕ" ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ 2 - e-class: Documents

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:55:00 +0300

Η ύλη της εξεταστικής περιόδου για το μάθημα "Αγγλικά ΙΙ" περιλαμβάνει

τα εξής:

1.b. Two Fables by Aesop

2. The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

3.a. The Myth of Persephone

4. World Mythology:

- Introduction (pp.xiv-xvii)

- Myths of the Far East (352-3)

- India: The Creation, Death and Rebirth of the Universe (353-4)

- Navajo: Creation (488-9)

- Japan: Fertility - Ama Terasu (405)

- Myths of the Americas (456-7)

- Trio: Fertility - Paraparawa (466-7)

- Haida/Tlingit (499-500)

- The Eye of the Great Spirit - (127-8)

Κείμενα και Ερωτήσεις κατανόησης

Λεξιλογικές ασκήσεις

ΑΜΤσουτσουλοπούλου

13. Μάθημα 28.05.2025

Thu, 29 May 2025 20:05:00 +0300

1. Overview of the previous lesson (Saturday 24.5.25):

WORLD MYTHOLOGY (by: Donna Rosenberg)

- Japan (Ama-Terasu) & Navajo (Native Americans)

- Discussion: Japanese culture

- Reference to the Native American tribes (some

historical background)

- Personal experiences with the Wuompanoag

tribe in Massachussetts.

- Indian Rituals

2.Reading - Translating - Vocabulary - Qs * As:

(a) Part 3: "The Eye of the Great Spirit" (text)

(b) "Paraparawa and Waraku"

(c) "Haida/Tlingit: Fertility and Divine Hero Raven"

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ΟΡΘΗ ΕΠΑΝΑΛΗΨΗ: ΟΝΟΜΑΤΑ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΡΙΩΝ/ΦΟΙΤΗΤΩΝ ΠΟΥ ΠΑΙΡΝΟΥΝ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΙΣ

Tue, 27 May 2025 13:35:00 +0300

ΤΑ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΑ ΟΣΩΝ ΠΑΙΡΝΟΥΝ ΑΠΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΤΕΛΙΚΕΣ

ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ ΙΙ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΤΑ ΕΞΗΣ:

1. ΓΑΛΑΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ Β.

2. ΓΙΑΝΝΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ Π.

3. ΓΚΑΝΤΗ Α.

4. ΔΕΔΟΥΣΗΣ Χ.

5. ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΟΥ Ε.

6. ΖΑΧΑΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ Β.

7. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Γ._Π.

8. ΚΑΣΚΑΒΕΛΗΣ Α.

9. ΚΑΦΑΖΗ Χ.

10. ΚΕΧΑΓΙΑ Φ.

11. ΜΑΛΚΟΤΣ Ρ.

12. ΜΠΟΥΡΝΙΩΤΗ Π.

13. ΝΕΝΟΥ Μ.

14. ΠΑΚΛΑΤΖΗ Ε.

15. ΠΟΥΓΚΑΚΙΩΤΗΣ Α.

16. ΡΕΠΑΝΑ Μ.

17. ΡΟΒΑ Α.

ΑΝ ΚΆΠΟΙΟΣ/Α ΠΟΥ ΠΑΡΕΔΩΣΕ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΔΕΝ ΒΛΕΠΕΙ

ΕΔΩ ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΤΟΥ/ΤΗΣ, ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΟΥΣΑ.

ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑ ΥΠΟΛΟΙΠΑ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ.

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12. Lesson (MS-Teams) - 24.5.2025

Sat, 24 May 2025 14:30:00 +0300

Today's lesson on MS-Teams was a make-up lesson

for the Instructor's day-off on 5th of March 2025 (12.00 - 14.00).

Documents - eclass:

Book: Donna Rosenberg, World Mythology

(a) Japan - Fertility Myth: Ama-Terasu (p.405)

Also, particulars on: Shinto religion: what it focuses on, how it came

about; pictures of shrines in different places in Japan, and

other information re the culture and tradition of the Japanese.

The 2 main sources of Japan's history (reference)

(b) Myths of the Americas (pp.456-7)

Mesoamerica (map + video on the historical changes in the

area of Mesoamerica - focusing on Mexico)

Successive tribes in Mesoamerica:

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11. Lesson 21.5.2025

Sat, 24 May 2025 14:20:00 +0300

1. Anastasia-Marina Tsoutsoulopoulou (2024). Learning English for Arhaeology.

University Studio Press: Thessaloniki

UNIT 23:

Reading - Vocabulary - translation

(a) Text 1: "How Archaeology and Mythology are Related".

(b) Text 2 (on: "The Question of Time")

2. Discussion

3. Task: Definitions

4. Two students' presentations read in class:

(i) "The myth of Sisyphus"

(ii) "To the Fairest"

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ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΣΗ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΜΕ MS-TEAMS

Thu, 22 May 2025 01:30:00 +0300

ΤΟ ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 24.5.25 ΚΑΙ ΩΡΑ 12.15-14.00 περίπου θα γίνει

ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΠΟΥ ΕΙΧΕ ΧΑΘΕΙ ΛΟΓΩ ΑΣΘΕΝΕΙΑΣ

ΤΗΣ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΟΥΣΑΣ ΜΕ MS-TEAMS.

ΕΠΙΣΗΣ, ΕΠΕΙΔΗ ΟΙ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΡΙΕΣ/ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΕΣ ΕΞΕΦΡΑΣΑΝ ΤΗΝ

ΑΝΑΓΚΗ ΝΑ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΣΟΥΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΙΣ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ

ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΕΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ,

ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ 11.6.25 ΔΕΝ ΘΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΟΠΟΙΗΘΕΙ.

ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΑΛΛΑ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ ΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ 4.6.25 ΘΑ ΓΙΝΟΥΝ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΚΑ.

Ο ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ MS-TEAMS:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3A31c6d6cc4e364716be199bc0d408fc2e%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=87158ec3-5ae9-4f52-a547-f56bfff782fc&tenantId=3180bf70-17cc-44f6-90a4-5c9476625295

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10. ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ 14.05.2025

Mon, 12 May 2025 10:05:00 +0300

ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΑΣ.

ΣΥΜΦΩΝΑ ΜΕ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΣΜΗΤΕΙΑΣ (Σ.Α.Κ.Ε.) ΚΑΙ

ΜΕ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ - ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ,

ΤΑ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ 14 ΜΑΪΟΥ 2025 ΔΕΝ ΘΑ

ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΟΠΟΙΗΘΟΥΝ ΛΟΓΩ ΤΩΝ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΚΛΟΓΩΝ.

ΘΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΣΗ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΑΚΑ ΣΕ ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ

ΣΑΣ ΣΤΑΛΕΙ, ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΣΥΝΕΝΝΟΗΣΗ ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ

ΤΙΣ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΡΙΕΣ ΩΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΩΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΗ

ΜΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΤΑΞΗ, ΤΗΝ ΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΗ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑ.

Αναστασία-Μαρίνα Τσουτσουλοπούλου

9. Μάθημα Τετάρτη 07.05.2025

Thu, 08 May 2025 11:20:00 +0300

1. Sharing some thoughts on: how we 'came' to be born according

to different beliefs - theories - and a number of sources.

The first woman in ancient Greek myths: Pandora

The first woman in Christianity: Lilith (with Adam, the first man)

The second woman in the Christian tradition: Eve

Lilith - some characteristics: independence, equal to Adam since

she was made of clay just as Adam. Sexual independence, a

more rebellious nature. So, Adam asked for another woman

to be given him from God. Thus was Eve created from Adam's

rib: less independent, more submissive.

The Snake that allured Eve to eat the apple from the Tree of Life

was, according to some sources, Lilith transformed; hence, Eve

was tempted, tried the apple and gave Adam to try it, too. Then,

this rebellion against the will of God resulted in the couple's

expulsion from Paradise - the Garden of Eden.

2. The nature of time:

Christianity: linear

Hinduism - and in ancient Greece (Pythagoras): cyclical

Humans, like nature, can be reincarnated in a cycle of birth -

maturity - death - rebirth.

3. Myths - Epics - Legends

The Iliad - The Odyssey (Homer, Greece)

The Ramayana - The Mahabharata (India)

4. Myths of the Far East

5. India - Myth of Creation ...

6. Presentation given by a student on "Icarus and Daedalus" (powerpoint)

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8. Lesson - Wednesday 30.04.2025

Sat, 03 May 2025 19:20:00 +0300

1. Finished reading Introduction from the book: World Mythology

by: Donna Rosenberg (see: eclass) - Some terms explained.

[Introduction: from the beginning up to page xvii]

2. Interpretation and a vibrant discussion followed, clarifying certain

aspects of the human psyche, behaviours, et al.

3. On: heroes/ heroines, saints (male and female), touched on religion

and religious, as well as social structures, beliefs, dogmas, etc.

4. An attempt to answer the question: Is there a hero/heroine or

saint/other that you would like to resemble?

- Or, is there a quality of a hero/heroine or saint/other that you would

like to have and live according to it?

- Parenting. Being a child, being a parent. Challenges and resolutions?

NEXT TIME:

UNIT 23 from: Leaning English for Archaeology.

The Iliad - The Odyssey (or other epics/legends)

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A reminder from an announcement (19.3.25) concerning assignments for those students who wish to submit one.

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0300

Students, who will be present and participate in class regularly,

can work on and submit an assignment, if they wish, on any topic related to

their studies by the end of the first week, May 2025 in WORD (not pdf)!

*They can present their work/ essay in class upon submission - if feasible/

or if they wish to do so.

The assignment might lead to exemption from the final semester examinations.

Length of Text: 2 up to 3 pages A4

Font: Aptos or Calibri

Font Size: 12 (text)

*IF you would like to present your work, you could use Powerpoint.

In that case, a written summary of your presentation would be an asset.

Please, write down the Department and Semester of studies and, of course,

your full name as registered in the university administration, as well as

your Student Registration Number (Aριθμό Μητρώου).

COPYRIGHT:

Please, include ALL of your SOURCES (text, pictures, etc.)

at the end of your assignment. Also, it is required that

original texts cannot be copy-pasted directly. Try and

make some alterations, to avoid copyright issues.

AMT

Μάθημα 9.4.25

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:25:00 +0300

ΚΑΛΗΣΠΕΡΑ ΣΑΣ. ΛΟΓΩ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗΣ Φ.Σ. ΓΙΑ ΑΠΕΡΓΙΑ, ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΓΕΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΠΕΡΓΙΑΣ, ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΔΕΝ ΘΑ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΟΠΟΙΗΘΕΙ.

ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ.

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Μάθημα Τετάρτη 02.04.2025

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:25:00 +0300

1. Αναφορά στον Απολλώνιο Τυανέα και παραλληλισμός με την

'χριστότητα' του Ιησού.

[Σημείωση: Αξίζει να διαβάσετε για τον Απολλώνιο Τυανέα (Εκδόσεις Κάκτος).]

2. Βιβλιογραφία για Μυθολογία (βλ. Περίγραμμα Μαθήματος)

3. Discussion: on religious traditions/ beliefs, folklore (lore = knowledge),

cultural motives, habits, etc. The use of myths in our everyday life, the

truth deriving therefrom and the fact that we should remind ourselves

that a 'myth', albeit not scientific, did reflect the truth through a story

with gods, supernatural beings, monsters and humans.

4. The art of STORYTELLING. Examples: stories, myths, history, fables,

epics, legends, et al.

5. Reading: World Mythology: Introduction (see: Documents)

(a) The Nature of Myths - Interpretations

(b) The Common Focus of Myths

(c) The Purposes of Myths (pages: xiv - xvi: till: ".... destroyed the fertility

of the land".

HOMEWORK:

Please, finish the rest of "The Purposes of Myths" from: World Mythology:

Introduction, page xvi: "The heroic myths and epics ..." onwards till the end

of this excerpt.

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Μάθημα - Τετάρτη 26.03.2025

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:35:00 +0300

1. A brief overview of our previous week's lesson

2. Read from eclass: About the syllabus (Nr.0)

3. Kinds of Myths from all over the world

4. Hindu/ Egyptian myths: reference - examples

Fertility - Infertiligy - Bare, arid lands.

Hades: one individual's / hero's / heroine's

transformation, going into depths of our subconscious,

viewing the 'dark', unfathomable side of the self,

the character, one's nature as humans.

A journey into one's self, revealing the mysteries of life, through

'descending' into the Underworld.

EPICS - LEGENDS

Mahabharata, Ramayana (Indian epics);

the Homeric epics, Iliad, Odyssey;

Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia)

The Greek legend of Digenis Akritas

The Arthurian legend (UK)

5. Hesiod: Theogony - compared to the Genesis in the Old

Testament - the creation of the world, the cosmogony and

cosmology. Generations of gods // human generations.

6. On Hermes, the god of 3 "levels": a messenger of the gods

who journeys to the underworld (Hades), to the world of the

living (earth) and the world of the gods (the sky, Olympus, et al).

NEXT TIME:

We will compare and contrast "myths" (but not only 'myths') as

projected on the screen.

Writers on 'mythology'.

Recommended bibliography on Mythology.

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Μάθημα - Τετάρτη 19.03.2025 - ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:40:00 +0300

e-class: documents/ έγγραφα:

MYTHOLOGY:

We read, discussed and attempted to interpret three (3) ancient

Greek myths:

(a) Demeter, Kore (Persephone), and Pluto.

A fertility myth, whereby Kore (Core/ Κόρη), as Pluto's wife,

is called Persephone (Περσεφόνη) and becomes queen of the

Underworld.

Demeter: the Mother - a symbol of fertility; her 'loss' of her young

daughter to Pluto (Hades/ Άδης), who abducts Kore.

Persephone: From childhood to puberty/adolescence.

The cycle of Life: birth, maturity, death, re-birth - but also,

the state of one's 'turning in on oneself' (Pluto, the Underworld,

the unconscious) - rising to the surface of the earth, nature's

'waking up', coming back to life after some time of rest, of 'pause'.

This cycle is also depicted in some ancient Greek philosophers' beliefs

as 'reincarnation'. Pythagoras, for instance, knew of two of his previous

lives, his names and also, the life he would be reincarnated into and the

name he would acquire!

Sources: Γιώργος Χαραλαμπίδης (you.tube), etc.

(b) Orpheus and Eurydice.

Saw video on this myth: World History Encyclopedia

Who Orpheus was, his lyre and kithara; his music enticed every being,

from stones to animals to humans; where he came from (Thrace).

His falling in love and marrying Eurydice; Eurydice's death caused by a

venomous snake; Orpheus's descent to Hades, to bring back his dead

wife and the final step (Eurydice's return to Hades, the very last moment).

Orpheus's despair, his ending.

(c) Halcyon and Ceyx (Αλκυόνη και Κύηξ).

A couple very much in love, but whose behaviour was a hubris (ύβρις) to

the gods (Zeus and Hera). The death of Ceyx. The pity the gods took on them

both, subsequently, and the couple's transformation into halcyon birds by the

gods. - (Halcyon days - Αλκυονίδες ημέρες).

HOMEWORK:

Please, state which of these three myths has impressed you the most and why?

(You can keep notes or write a paragraph).

Next time: We will continue with a different text.

SEMESTER ii MATERIAL:

Please, see Documents: 0. An Outline of the Mythology Course.

You could order the book Learning English for Archaeology

via Evdoxus - Το βιβλίο Learning English for Archaeology υπάρχει στον Εύδοξο.

The texts in Units 23 and 1 include relevant information about Mythology.

If you already possess this book, you can order any other textbook

listed in Evdoxus for the course: English II.

****************************************************************

Nota Bene: Students, who will be present and participate in class regularly,

can work on and submit an assignment, if they wish, on any topic related to

their studies by the end of the first week, May 2025 in WORD (not pdf)!

*They can present their work/ essay in class upon submission - if feasible/

or if they wish to do so.

The assignment might lead to exemption from the final semester examinations.

Length of Text: up to 3 pages A4

Font: Aptos or Calibri

Font Size: 12 (text)

*IF you would like to present your work, you could use Powerpoint.

In that case, a written summary of your presentation would be an asset.

Please, write down the Department and Semester of studies and, of course,

your full name as registered in the university administration, as well as

your Student Registration Number (Aριθμό Μητρώου).

COPYRIGHT:

Please, include ALL of your SOURCES (text, pictures, etc.)

at the end of your assignment. Also, it is required that

original texts cannot be copy-pasted directly. Try and

make some alterations, to avoid copyright issues.

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Lesson - Wednesday 12.3.2025

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:40:00 +0300

1. Discussion with students. Some information

re this semester. Winter semester examination.

About using correct Greek spelling!

2. Greek Culture, Greek Language and Civilization.

Safeguarding the Greek language.

3. Revision of the material discussed last week

- On Myths. What the original meaning of 'myth' is.

Reference to Mircea Eliade's definition. In a few words:

'Myth is the heart of the truth' for a people (για έναν λαό).

All parts discussed extensively.

[peoples: λαοί]

4. e-class: Documents (Έγγραφα):

(a) Nr. 1: "What are Myths?"

Reading - Discussing - Viewpoints

(b) Mythology & World Mythology

(d) Fables: stories, in which the characters are usually animals.

Example: Aesop's fables.

(e) M3: Two Fables by Aesop:

(i) The Fox and the Grapes (+ Vocabulary)

(ii) The Mischievous Dog (+ Vocabulary)

(f) M2: The Two Wolves (+ Vocabulary)

(g) M1: The Myth of the Babemba Tribe was briefly mentioned.

The idea of forgiveness when someone has done something very

wrong. Reminding the wrong-doer of the good things he/she has done

up to that time, instead of punishing him/her.

(h) The word: μυθέομαι (> μύθος): αφηγούμαι, εξιστορώ, ανακεφαλαιώνω,

μιλώ για κάτι (Όμηρος), λέω, μιλώ, εκφέρω (Ιλιάδα)

μύθος (όχι γεγονός), θρύλος, μύθευμα: fable

μύθευμα, επινόημα, κατασκεύασμα: fabrication

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ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ 12.3.25

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:55:00 +0300

ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΑΣ.

ΕΛΠΙΖΩ ΝΑ ΕΙΣΤΕ ΟΛΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΛΟΙ ΚΑΛΑ.

ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗΣ 12.3.25 ΘΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΚΑΝΟΝΙΚΑ.

ΘΑ ΣΥΖΗΤΗΣΟΥΜΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΥΧΟΝ ΑΠΟΡΙΕΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΤΙΚΗ.

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26.2.25 - First meeting

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 02:00:00 +0300

e-class: some of the material for this semester

Discussion with students: on the meaning of 'myth' - some characteristics

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Group A - 7ο Μάθημα & Group B - 5ο Μάθημα - 25 & 26.04.2024

Sun, 05 May 2024 10:14:45 +0300

Group A

1. Revision:

(a) Far East India

(b) The Ramayana

2. Reading:

"Navajo" (Native Americans)

Tribal customs (online) & translation.

Some details about Navajo culture:

https://serc.carleton.edu/research-education/nativelands/navajo/cuture.html

3. Discussion

* On Indian tribes (Native Americans)

** Other tribes' / peoples' cultural characteristics.

*** Culture + Mythology + History

Example: The Great Wall of China (Σινικό Τείχος)

Optional: See film on the Great Wall of China online (in English and/or in Greek)

Duration: approximately 58'.

HOMEWORK:

- Revision of what has been covered sofar.

- Tasks (See eclass: Documents: more will be added by the 7th of May)

Group B

1. Revision

2. Reading - Discussion - Tasks:

(a) "Myths of the Far East".

(b) Tasks (e-class - documents)

(c) India - the Indian epics: the Ramayana & the Mahabharata:

* A summary of the epics' contents

* Comparison between the Indian and the Homeric epics.

* Gods, Goddesses (deities), humans, heroes.

* Divine interventions on heroes' and heroines' lives in the epics.

* What do these epics teach us?

3. Human values: Truth, Love, Dharma, Peace, Non-violence -

five momentous (= significant) principles that humans should abide by,

according to Hinduism.

4. Reading - Discussion:

- "Navajo" (Native Americans)

- On Native American tribes - Some experiences with the Wompanoags (East coast, USA).

HOMEWORK:

- Revision of all that has been covered so far.

- Tasks (See eclass: Documents: more will be added by the 7th of May)

HAVE A PEACEFUL EASTER!

AMT

6ο Μάθημα - Group A & Group B

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:57:57 +0300

Group A

1. Revision

2. Task on: "The Purposes of Myths" (see: Tasks 1,2,3... in: Documents)

3. Far East Myths.

4. India: Creation - Birth - Death and Rebirth of the Universe.

India, China, Japan // Greece - the 4 Ages of Man.

Time

Fertility and Creation Myths - Epics

Trinity God or Triad God in Hindu and Christian traditions:

(a) Hinduism: Brahma (creator) - Vishnu (preserver) - (Rudra) Shiva (destroyer)

(b) Christianity: Father - Son - the Holy Spirit

The 4 Ages of Man: the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age (as today).

The Indian Epics: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. A summary of their contents.

Reference to the ancient Greek epics: the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Pictures of Hindu Indian deities. What this polymorphism represents - as in ancient

Greek religion. Many forms, many names: the manifestation of the One God in many.

Saraswati.

Mantra: the Gayathri (listened to it in class).

The Gayathri words (usually, repeated/chanted 108 times - at least 3 times):

"Aum buhr buva svaha / Tat Savitur varenyam / Bargo devasya dimahi / Diyo yona prachodayat. Aum."

["Aum" is also spelt "Om"]. - The meaning of the Gayathri (also a deity), read in class.

HOMEWORK: Revise what we have covered in class.

Group B.

1. Revision: The Purposes of Myths (revision: first 7 paragraphs)

2a. Reading.

2b. Tasks: "Purposes of Myths".

3. Reading: "Matriarchy". Discussion. Matriarchy vs. Patriarchy.

Past and Present.

HOMEWORK:

Read the rest of the Introduction at home (in English and/or in Greek: eclass).

AMT

5ο Μάθημα 11.4.24 & 3ο Μάθημα 12.4.24

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:11:27 +0300

Group A

1. Revision

2. Introduction: "The Purposes of Myths" (finished reading)

3. Discussion: heroes and monsters

3a. Reference to heroes (names and their accomplishments)

3b. Reference to monsters (in mythology and today's monsters.)

For instance: the Lernean Hydra, the Gorgons, et al, as well as

qualities, such as: jealousy, selfishness, (συκοφαντία=) slander,

wars, etc.

3c. Symbols in myths

3d. Other

4. Finished reading the Introduction to World Mythology (last two

parts in Greek)

HOMEWORK: Revise Introduction (at home). Vocabulary.

Group B

1. Books: "Για όλα υπάρχει ένας Μύθος" (Κωνσταντίνος Λουκόπουλος)

2. Reference to authors writing on Mythology and Myths.

e.g. Joseph Campbell; Mircea Eliade; Εμμανουήλ Κακριδής, Stephen Fry and

his books: (a) Heroes; (b) Myth, translated into Greek:

(α) Ήρωες, (β) Μύθος (εκδόσεις Πατάκη), et al.

2.a. Showing of one episode on you.tube: "The Mythologist".

3. Reference to 'automaton' (i.e., today's 'robot'): e.g., Talos (Τάλως, in Greek).

4. Discussion on monsters (in myths and monsters of today).

On: War - particular ref. to the 1st W.W. and the german march, sung

by the German soldiers going to fight (unwillingly): "Wo alle Strassen enden",

i.e., "Where all roads end".

5. Reading part of "The Purposes of Myths".

HOMEWORK: Finish reading "The Purposes of Myths" and the rest of the

Introduction. Vocabulary.

ΑΜΤ

4ο Μάθημα - Group A // 2ο Μάθημα - Group B

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:06:29 +0300

Group A

1. Revision and General discussion with students

2. The cycle of Life: birth, maturity, death - rebirth in Nature

Rebirth compared to reincarnation

Dharma (righteous behaviour) and Karma / Fate (το αντιπεπονθός / η μοίρα)

Cycle: a cycle has no beginning and no end, in a sense. End point = Start point.

The concept of Time: cyclical, linear time. Flashback vs Flashforward (ff and fb)

ff and fb: as in fiction

Cyclical time: as in Hinduism

Linear time: as in Christianity

3. Mortality vs. Immortality

Mortals - Heroes - Deities

4. READING: The Purposes of Myths (in: Introduction to World Mythology)

5. Aesop: two fables read in class

********

GROUP B

1. Revision

1.a. Reading: (a) The Nature of Myths - (b) The Common Focus of Myths

1.b. Discussion

2. "Gilgamesh" (back cover of the book)

A summary of the epic.

3. Reading of part of two students' Homework.

4. Discussion: the cycle of life: birth, maturity, death - rebirth (+ reincarnation)

4.1. On: Free will. Are humans endowed with free will? Or is our fate preordained/ predestined?

If it is, then, is our 'free will' preordained, as well?

Hence, how free is one? And as humans, how autonomous are we?

5. On: Symbols and on: our experiences as symbols.

Examples. What do we understand by that? (Introduction, 1st part)

Questions: - Who am I? etc. To answer some questions, we have to ask ourselves,

what is death to us; also, to be responsible to family and others, we have to be responsible

to our selves (first of all), i.e., take seriously what we say we will do.

Also, this is important: thinking, speaking and acting should agree. If we say one thing, think of another

or/and do something else, then there is imbalance. And this, too, may show irresponsibility on our part.

Also, if we want to lead a satisfying life, we have to think what really is satisfying our lives.

And then again, what may satisfy us now may not do so later on. Therefore, we need

to look deeper into what we really need to feel content and accomplished as human beings.

Hence, to get to know who we really are, to get to know ourselves may take a lifetime.

Socrates: "Know thyself" (Γνώθι σεαυτόν).

6. Discussion: Natural phenomena - symbolically, they were given names of deities or titans etc.

as on the island of Nisyros, for example, earthquakes were given the names of titans, which are known by

the locals to date.

The need to understand nature may have inspired humans to 'create' deities as well as give them names.

The need to believe in a superpower may have given birth to gods and goddesses, spirits, etc. worldwide.

Reference to the floods in antiquity, the Old Testament, etc. Myth and History.

On: Communities (small and large) - e.g., the Amazon - societies/communities and environment.

Reference to philosophers et al.

7. READING: First 3 paragraphs of: "The Purposes of Myths". Translation. Vocabulary.

8. Task 1.2. (one extra task uploaded).

AMT

3ο Μάθημα εαρινού εξαμήνου Group A + 1ο Μάθημα Group B

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:42:45 +0300

Group A. (Thursday)

Task 1 + 2 (See: eclass: Tasks - Documents)

- Introduction: The Common Focus of Myths: Reading + Translation

- Vocabulary

- In class: Task 3: writing of sentences or a paragraph.

Working in pairs (or single).

HOMEWORK:

Write 5 sentences or a paragraph using some of the words given

in Task 3.

Group B. (Friday)

- Introduction into Mythology.

- Tales - Fairy tales - Stories - Fables - Myths.

- Some examples.

- What is a 'myth'? - What is a 'fable'?

- An interesting discussion with students

based on the general information about myths:

1. What kind of myths there are. 2. Heroes, etc.

Reference to:

- World creation myths (Cosmogony - Theogony - the Creation

of Humans).

- "Orpheus and Eurydice", "Jason and the Argonauts",

Ulysses (from: the Odyssey), Achilles (the Iliad), "Perseus and Andromeda",

the Medusa and her head on Perseus' shield, which helped petrify the

monster which threatened to devour Andromeda.

The deluge in Thessaly and the myth prior to the flood: Zeus and the

'philoxenia' (hospitality) offered him by Pyrrha and Deukalion (and the creation

of a new generation of humans through Pyrrha and Deukalion's throwing stones

behind their back.

- How humans were created in various myths // the Old Testament.

- Comparison between some elements of ancient myths and the Old Testament in the Bible.

- Other comparisons between 'myths' and the New Testament - e.g., Jesus' teachings + films

(e.g., the Lion King, Lyons - about how a young child was lost and came to be adopted, etc.).

Please, see eclass documents: 1-3.

HOMEWORK:

Reading of the Introduction into World Mythology (eclass documents: nr. 4):

(i) What is the Nature of Myths?

(ii) The Focus of Myths.

(iii) Tasks.

AMT

2η ομάδα Αγγλικά 2: Παρασκευή πρωί, Η2.

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:43:39 +0300

Για όσες φοιτήτριες και όσους φοιτητές δεν μπορούν

να έρχονται την Πέμπτη 6-9μμ στο μάθημα,

από Παρασκευή, 29.3.2024, θα διατίθεται η αίθουσα

Η2 από 9-12 το πρωί.

Τα μαθήματα θα είναι επαναληπτικά της Πέμπτης,

και θα αρχίζουν κατά τις 9.15πμ.

Σε περίπτωση που δεν εμφανιστεί κανένας για το

διάστημα 4 εβδομάδων, θα ακυρωθεί το τμήμα αυτό.

ΑΜΤ

2ο Μάθημα εαρινού εξαμήνου

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:19:56 +0300

SUMMARY:

1. An overview of the previous lesson.

Tales - Myths - Fairy tales - Fables - History:

The original meaning of 'myth' and how it evolved.

Terms interconnected. Similarities and differences.

How are they interrelated and how are they different?

Content - What we learn.

What is a representation of 'reality'.

What is 'fiction'?

What is the need behind a 'story'? Why do people tell stories?

Cosmogony - Theogony - 'Theodicy'.

Hesiod's Theogony // Bible's Genesis.

Other myths compared to events of the Bible.

2. READING:

(i) Myth and History: interrelation.

Myth and History interconnection in the Persian Mythology

(ii) World Mythology: Introduction: The Nature of Myths.

From the book: World Mythology by Donna Rosenberg.

(iii) Translation, Interpretation, Discussion.

(iv) On Hesiod and his work Theogony.

How the universe, the gods and goddesses (deities), humans,

and all creation were fashioned (=made).

Vocabulary - Some Key terms.

3. Three myths:

(a) "The Two Wolves" (about human values and the ones 'we feed').

(b) "The Babemba Tribe" myth of forgiveness and acceptance.

- About the validity of this myth; whether it really is a myth of the Bemba or

Babemba tribe. However, whether or not there is such a myth, what

we learn is of great value!

(c) The Hellenic Myth of Pandora.

Reading (online):

- Prometheus' gift to the human race: the fire.

- Zeus' revenge on Prometheus and, 'indirectly, the people who accepted

Prometheus' gift.

- The making of Pandora, the first woman (// Eve)

- Epimetheus (Prometheus's brother). Fell in love with this amazing human

being: Pandora, who had been given so many presents by the Olympian gods

and goddesses.

- Epimetheus and Pandora get married. One of the presents is 'curiosity',

bestowed upon her by Hera. Also, a sealed pithos (jar, and according to other

sources, 'a box') is given her by Zeus. She is supposed never to open this pithos.

[This reminds us of Eve and Adam in Paradise, when they are told never to taste

one particular tree's fruits.]

Pandora and Epimetheus are happy, but one day, Pandora cannot resist the temptation,

urged by Hera's 'present', which is curiosity; so, she opens Zeus's wedding gift, just to

take a glimpse. And it is then, that all the evils find their way out. Among them, though,

there is also Hope, to comfort the human race when in distress and despair.

HOMEWORK.

Introduction.

Greek Mythology. Greek Titans and Gods - Goddesses.

AMT

1ο Μάθημα εαρινού εξαμήνου

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:04:55 +0300

Summary:

DISCUSSION on a variety of topics:

- this semester's material

- last semester's assignments

MYTH and HISTORY

-What is 'myth'?

-What is 'history'? [History 'redefined'.]

-Are history and myth (or, fiction) interconnected?

What do we understand by objectivity and subjectivity?

What is Truth? What is reality?

Who are we? Where do we come from? Where do we go?

Examples of myths (e.g. Jason and the Argonauts; Perseus

and Andromeda; the deluge and Pyrrha & Deukalion // to

the deluge in the New Testament, Noah and the Ark).

Genesis - Cosmogony - the Creation of the Universe.

Heroes/ heroines & Deities. Theogony. Hesiod's Theogony.

Homer's the Iliad, the Odyssey. What are these epics about?

Reference to Mircea Eliade, The Myth of the Eternal Return.

READING IN CLASS: eclass - documents: What are myths?

Kinds of myths. What do we learn from myths?

Weaknesses and strenths of heroes/heroines and/or gods/

goddesses. Heroes/Heroines can be self-sacrificial

when they fight for the community's benefit: they prefer to

die an honourable death rather than live a shameful life, only

thinking of their own personal happiness.

HOMEWORK: eclass: documents (Έγγραφα): start reading.

Answer the question:

- What do we gain by reading myths? What do we learn? How

do/can myths influence our personal decisions/lives?

AMT

ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ ΕΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:11:18 +0300

ΚΑΛΗΣΠΕΡΑ ΣΑΣ.

ΤΑ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΑ ΕΑΡΙΝΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ ΘΑ

ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΟΠΟΙΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΘΕ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ

6-9μμ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ Η2 (δίπλα στην Θ).

ΤΗΝ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ 14.2.24 ΓΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΕΝΑΡΞΗ

ΤΩΝ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ

ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ.

ΘΑ ΣΥΖΗΤΗΘΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ

ΠΡΩΤΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ (ΓΡΑΠΤΕΣ & eclass)

(ΚΑΙ Ο ΤΕΛΙΚΟΣ ΒΑΘΜΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΔΕΝ ΦΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ

ΣΤΟ ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΟ).

Η ΔΙΔΑΣΚΟΥΣΑ

Α.Μ.Τ.

ΕΑΡΙΝΟ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟ - ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ - 1ο ΜΑΘΗΜΑ

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:07:56 +0300

ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΑΣ.

1. ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΑΣ (4-8.3.24) ΑΝΑΒΑΛΛΕΤΑΙ

ΛΟΓΩ ΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΝΟΜΟΣΧΕΔΙΟΥ ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΝΑ ΨΗΦΙΣΤΕΙ

Ή ΟΧΙ. ΩΣΤΟΣΟ, ΘΑ ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΘΕΙ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΣΥΝΕΝΝΟΗΣΗ ΜΕ

ΤΟΥΣ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΦΟΙΤΗΤΡΙΕΣ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΟ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟ.

2. ΤΑ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΘΑ ΒΓΟΥΝ ΕΝΤΟΣ

ΤΩΝ ΕΠΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΗΜΕΡΩΝ.

3. ΤΟ ΩΡΟΛΟΓΙΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΠΟΥ ΑΝΑΡΤΗΘΗΚΕ

ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΟ.

ΣΑΣ ΓΝΩΡΙΖΩ ΟΤΙ: Η ΗΜΕΡΑ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΜΑΘΗΜΑ

"ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ 2" ΑΝΑΡΤΗΘΗΚΕ ΕΚ ΠΑΡΑΔΡΟΜΗΣ, ΕΝΩ Η ΑΡΧΙΚΑ

ΔΗΛΩΘΕΙΣΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ ΗΤΑΝ Η ΗΜΕΡΑ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ,

3-6μμ.

[ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ, ΟΙ ΙΔΙΕΣ ΩΡΕΣ 3-6μμ, ΕΙΧΑΝ ΗΔΗ ΟΡΙΣΤΕΙ

ΓΙΑ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑ ΑΠΟ ΑΛΛΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ, ΑΛΛΑ ΛΟΓΩ ΚΑΤΑΛΗΨΕΩΝ,

ΔΕΝ ΗΤΑΝ ΕΦΙΚΤΟ ΝΑ ΔΙΟΡΘΩΘΕΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ

ΕΩΣ ΤΩΡΑ.]

4. Η ΥΛΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΞΑΜΗΝΟΥ ΘΑ ΕΠΙΚΕΝΤΡΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ

ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ. ΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕ ΝΑ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΕΤΕ ΜΥΘΟΥΣ Ή ΚΙ ΑΛΛΑ

ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΕΝΔΙΕΦΕΡΑΝ.

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