Information Package / Course Catalogue
Mythology
Course Code: MDA117
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

Students will learn the mythology of the geography of Adnan Menderes University and be aware of the environment in which they live during their education; Recognize the mentality and culture of the people who lived in ancient times; seeing cultural interaction and continuity; To learn the ancient Greek and Roman mythology.

Course Content

The temples, anthropomorphic features, epiphanyes and cult ceremonies of ancient Greek and Roman gods will be explained; The epics of Homer will be studied and the literary and archaeological sites and literary epiphany and archeological epiphany will be compared. The metaphors used in Homer epics will be examined; hermeneutic method will be explained; Ancient Greek and Roman mythology will be taught.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.It recognizes the cultural mythology of spillovers.
2.Recognizing different creation myths from each other compare.
3.Recognizing different creation myths from each other compare.
4.Recognizing the functions of myths associate with the social structure.
5.The contemporary art mythology explains its relation with.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.R. Graves, Yunan Mitleri. Çev: U. Akpur. Say Yayınları 2004.
2.P. Grimal, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Translated by A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Blackwell Publishers 1996.
3.Homeros, İlyada. Çev: A. Erhat-A. Kadir. Can Yayınları 1984.
4.Homeros, Odysseia. Çev: A. Erhat-A. Kadir. Can Yayınları 1992.
5.Hesiodos, Tanrıların Doğuşu (Theogonia). Şurada: Hesiodos Eseri ve Kaynakları, Çev: S. Eyuboğlu-A. Erhat. TTK 1977.
6.Strabon, Geographika (Antik Anadolu Coğrafyası Kitap: XII-XIII-XIV). Çev: A. Pekman. Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları 2015.
7.W. Jaeger, İlk Yunan Filozoflarında Tanrı Düşüncesi. Çev: G. Ayas. İthaki Yayınları 2011.
8.W. Burkert, İlkçağ Gizem Tapıları. Çev: B.S. Şener. İmge Kitabevi 1999.
9.N. Marinatos-R. Hägg (ed), Greek Sanctuaries. New Approaches. Routledge 1993.
10.S.R.F. Price, Ritüel ve İktidar. Küçük Asya’da Roma İmparatorluk Kültü. Çev: T. Esin. İmge Kitabevi 2004.
11.G.E. Bean, Eski Çağda Ege Bölgesi. Çev: İ. Delemen. Arion Yayınevi 2001.
12.G.E. Bean, Eskiçağda Menderes’in Ötesi. Çev: P. Kurtoğlu. Arion Yayınevi 2000.
13.G.E. Bean, Eskiçağda Güney Kıyılar. Çev: İ. Delemen-S. Çokay. Arion Yayınevi 1999.
14.G.E. Bean, Eskiçağda Lykia Bölgesi. Çev: H. Kökten. Arion Yayınevi 1998.
15.N. Şahin, Zeus’un Anadolu Kültleri. Suna-İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü 2001.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course Contents and Bibliography
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to Mythology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Introduction to Mythology
Week 4 - Theoretical
Introduction to Mythology
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tralles Pantheon
Week 6 - Theoretical
Mythology of Messogis Mountains and Grand Menderes Basin
Week 7 - Theoretical
Mythology of Messogis Mountains and Grand Menderes Basin
Week 8 - Theoretical
Mythology of Messogis Mountains and Grand Menderes Basin (Midterm Exam )
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Week 12 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ancient Greek Gods and Cult Centers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Individual Work20816
Final Examination18210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)54
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
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PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
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PÇ-12
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PÇ-14
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OÇ-1
3
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3
OÇ-2
2
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OÇ-3
2
4
2
OÇ-4
4
2
OÇ-5
3
3
3
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