Ancient World Humanities
Fall 2025
Section 01 [HUM] [H]
Fall 2025
SLN 04564
MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon.
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
ANCIENT WORLD SYLLABUS
August 18 — A couple fables; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor.
August 20 — Genesis.
August 22 —
August 25 — The Book of Job.
August 27 — The Greek Gods; Homer’s Odyssey: Books 1, 2.
August 29 — Odyssey: Books 3, 4.
[September 1 — Labor Day Holiday.]
September 3 — Odyssey: Books 5, 6.
September 5 — Odyssey: Books 7, 8.
September 8 — Odyssey: Books 9, 10.
September 10 — Odyssey: Book 11.
September 12 — Odyssey: Books 12, 13.
September 15 — Odyssey: Books 14, 15.
September 17 — Odyssey: Books 16, 17.
September 19 — Odyssey: Books 18, 19.
September 22 — The Odyssey: Books 20, 21.
September 24 — The Odyssey: Books 22, 23.
September 26 — The Odyssey: Book 24; Review.
September 29 — Writing Advice.
October 1 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
October 3 — Pause.
October 6 — Ancient Greek Music; Oedipus.
October 8 — Medea.
October 10 — Heraclitus; Pythagoras and Sacred Geometry.
October 13 — Egypt and Ancient (Lost?) Knowledge.
October 15 — Plato, “The Myth of the Cave,” “The Death of Socrates.”
October 17 — Sappho, Catullus.
October 20 — Aesop.
October 22 — Aesop.
October 24 — The Lost Fables of Aesop.
October 27 — Synoptic Gospels.
October 29 — Synoptic Gospels.
October 31 — Apocryphal Gospels: The Gospel of Thomas, The Infancy Gospel of Thomas.
November 3 — Apocryphal Gospels: The Gospel of Peter, The Dream of the Rood.
November 5 — Clement’s Letter: A Secret Gospel of Mark?
[November 7 — Holy War Holiday: No Class Whatsoever.]
November 10 — Tao Te Ching.
November 12 — Upanishads.
November 14 — “Office” Hours.
November 17 — Review.
November 19 — Final Exam.
November 21 — Essay Due at Noon.
[November 24-28 — Thanksgiving Week.]
December 1 — Final Ancientarama 2025.
December 3 — Final Ancientarama 2025.
December 5 — The rest is silence.