1/23: deciding

...to read the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus today in Myth class.  There was no reading assignment on the schedule (since we're still in introduction-to-the-course mode), but I realized that it would be short enough for us to read in class from a hand-out, that it would connect to some things we discussed on Tuesday, and that it would be a nice, concrete way to start talking about Classical myth and getting some thoughts in the air.  The decision paid off.  They did a good job of drawing things out of the text and taking turns to read it aloud.