Class Procedures and Reminders
Grace period. Now that we are into the third week of the semester, I'm not sending out reminders about the grace period; it's always there for an emergency if you need it, but you can also make up missing assignments with extra credit. If you ever have any questions about how that works, just let me know!
Introductions. I should be able to finish commenting on everyone's Introductions today, and you should now be getting comments from other students on your Introduction too. You'll be getting comments on the Introduction all semester long; you'll see how that works when you get to the Week 3 comments.
Project Stack. At the start of the week, the project stack is always HUGE; I'll be reading and replying to people's projects all week, working through the assignments in the order they were turned in. In the meantime, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Twitter Stream. Instead of something from the blog stream, here is something I saw in the OU stream: Riley from Indian Epics is on the golf team, and they won The Carmel Cup Tournament this weekend. Congratulations, Riley!
Myth Video. It's a deluge of stories in this Crash Course video: Floods in the Ancient Near East.
And there's a flood story from India in which the god Vishnu becomes a fish, Matsya, and this fish avatar saves the world; this is a lithograph of Matsya by Raja Ravi Varma:
India Item. Some of you in Myth-Folklore may have read the story of Pygmalion last week, so you might enjoy this great video from the Indian musicians Maati Baani: Naina Bawre (click on CC for English captions):
Myth Item. And for those of you who might be reading the story of Queen Esther in the Bible Women unit, here is The Entire Story Of Purim, As Told By Cat GIFs. Meet King Ahasuerus:
Growth Mindset Cats. This kitten wants to be a hero: Don't let your fear paralyze you.
And here's a video about hero stories: What makes a hero?
Event on Campus. Come to the Q&A with President Gallogly at 3:30PM in Meacham. (details)
September 4: Mary Renault. Today, September 4, marks the birthday of the English novelist Mary Renault who was born in 1904; she died in 1983. Renault wrote novels based on ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek history. She wrote a pair of novels about the mythological hero Theseus (The King Must Die, Bull from the Sea), as well as a trilogy of novels about Alexander the Great. The middle novel of that Alexander trilogy — The Persian Boy — is my own personal favorite of her novels. The novel is narrated by Bagoas, the Persian boy whom Alexander took as his lover. Highly recommended!
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