The teaching methodology of this subject will consist of combining the theoretical explanations of each of the topics with comments from textual and iconographic documents that serve to illustrate and apply the knowledge acquired and, what is more important, to know the sources of 'this knowledge.

Throughout the course, a selection of texts will be provided for working in class. Other complementary ones may be added, depending on the needs and interests of the students.

The students must read three of the Homeric Hymns: the Hymn to Demeter, the Hymn to Apollo and the Hymn to Aphrodite. The hymns will also be commented on in class, with the participation of the students, and the reading and comment will be evaluated in the partial exams.

The students, in groups of 2 or 3, will choose a topic from among those proposed in the attached list and make a written summary, a short selection of texts and images to comment on and a presentation to the class using the same format of ordinary classes.

Proposal of topics for the assignments (students will have to choose one, or propose a different one):

Mystery Cults:

1. The myth of Orpheus and Orphism

2. Orphic conceptions: the immortality and transmigration of the soul

3. Orphic cosmogonies and their relationship with Hesiod's Theogony

4. Cults and mysterious initiations: Eleusis, Cybele, the Cabirs.

5. Orphic Dionysus

Myths and cults of minor heroes and deities

6. The myth and the cult of Pelops

7. The cult of Heracles and its relationship with some of its myths

8. Theseus: myth and cult

9. The cult of Achilles

10. Other myths and cults of heroines: Atalanta, Deianira.

11. Agricultural rites: the worship of nymphs and related myths

12. The myth and the cult of Pan

Rites of transition

13. Rites of the life cycle: births, marriage, funeral rites

14. Initiations and rites of passage.

15. River cults.

16.The Spartan (and/or Cretan) agogé.

17. Homoerotic initiation: the myths of Ganymede and Pelops

18. Rituals of ambiguity and sexual identity: Ceneu, Tiresias, Hermaphroditus, Achilles in Scyros.

Myths and rites of purification

19. Conceptions of impurity and purification. Purification rites

20. Purification in myth: The cases of Odysseus and Orestes

21. Myths of human sacrifices: Iphigenia

22. The Scapegoat (Pharmacós)

23. Katapontismos: Phaeton, Hippolytus, Myrtilus and Ino-Leucôtea, etc.

24. The foundation of colonies as purification rites.

USE OF AI

This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic or content-based searches. Other specific situations may be contemplated, as deemed appropriate by the teacher. The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii)

specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero.

In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

ORDINARY EVALUATION

The final grade of the subject will be the average between

- Oral presentation of a topic prepared by the student from the list provided in this guide (30%)

- 1st partial exam (35%)

- 2nd partial exam (35%)

It is important for the student to bear in mind that the assessment includes regular attendance in class and the completion and delivery of the activities proposed in class within the established deadlines. Continued non-attendance without justification and the fact of not delivering the activities within the deadline presupposes the loss of the right to continuous assessment.

Students will obtain a not assessable/no submitted course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.

Erasmus and exchange students who request to advance an exam must present a document from their home university justifying their request.

UNIQUE ASSESSMENT

It will consist of three activities

- Oral presentation of a topic prepared by the student from the list provided in this guide (30%)

-Written theoretical exam on the syllabus (35%)

-Written commentary on two texts (35%)

REASSESSMENT

To participate in remediation, students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade (CONTINUED ASSESSMENT) or submit all the tests planned (SINGLE ASSESSMENT).

At the reassessment, the student will be able to recover the grade corresponding to the two partial exams and the oral presentation.

If the mark for any of the parts that can be reassessed is lower than 3, it will be necessary to recover it, even if the average mark for the subject is approved.

The revaluation can only be done if the partial exams or the oral presentation are suspended and the average grade for the subject is lower than 5, or if one of these tests could not be completed in its moment for a reason that can be justified with an official document.

A date of an assessment activity can only be changed if the absence or non-delivery can be justified with an official document.

On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.

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If the tests cannot be taken in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB's virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and/or exercise discussions through Teams, etc. The teacher will ensure that the student can access it or will offer him or her alternative means, which are within their reach.

In the event that the student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In the event that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.