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This course, Icarus: entering the world of myth, will introduce you to one of the best-known myths from classical antiquity and its various re-tellings in later periods.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
3 hours, 12 minutes
Units & Quizzes
12
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
You will begin by examining how the Icarus story connects with a number of other ancient myths, such as that of Theseus and the Minotaur. You will then be guided through an in-depth reading of Icarus’ story as told by the Roman poet Ovid, one of the most important and sophisticated figures in the history of ancient myth-making. After this you will study the way in which Ovid’s Icarus myth has been reworked and transformed by later poets and painters.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Display knowledge of one well-known classical myth, and understand its relation to a number of other myths and characters
- Understand how this myth functions in a range of historical, cultural and artistic contexts
- Engage in basic literary and visual analysis of ancient and later sources of myth.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Learning outcomes 00:07:00
- Ovid as mythographer and myth-maker 00:15:00
- Icarus as symbol and signifier 00:20:00
- Daedalus and Icarus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses 00:15:00
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- Brueghel and Auden 00:20:00
- Brueghel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus 00:15:00
- A further angle on the painting 00:15:00
- Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts 00:20:00
- Auden’s Stop All the Clocks 00:20:00
- A further angle on the poems 00:20:00
- Conclusion 00:15:00
