Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Greek & Roman Mythology Class

The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (also known as Messier object 45 or M45), is an open star cluster named for the daughters of the ancient Greek God Atlas, who were transformed into stars to comfort their father as he held the heavens on his shoulders and is located in the constellation Taurus. 
Well, a little less than two weeks until my next Coursera class starts. "Greek & Roman Mythology" should be interesting, but it cost me a bit to pick up all the books...

  • Greek Tragedies, Volume 1, ed. by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992)
  • Greek Tragedies, Volume 3, ed. by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992)
  • Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, M. L. West, trans. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 or 2009)
  • Homeric Hymns, Sarah Ruden, trans. (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2005)
  • Homer, The Odyssey, Robert Fagles, trans. (New York: Penguin, 1997 or 2006)
  • Virgil, The Aeneid, Robert Fitzgerald, trans. (New York: Vintage, 1990)
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses, David Raeburn, trans. (New York: Penguin, 2004)

Well, to be honest I ordered a few other things too, so I guess it wasn't that badly priced.

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