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Required Texts (Chapman Bookstore)
Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 1984. ISBN: 0140443339.
Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. Seth Bernardete. St. Augustine Press, 2002. ISBN: 1587310260.
Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 1999. ISBN: 0140268863.
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. A. D. Melville. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN: 019283472X.
Plato. Four Texts on Socrates. Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and Aristophanes' The Clouds. Translators West, Thomas G. and Grace West. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1998. ISBN: 0801485746.
Sophocles. Three Theban Plays. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 2000. ISBN: 0140444254.
Virgil. The Aeneid. Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam, 1981. ISBN: 0553210416.
Course Policies. (Please review this information.)
Term Paper. 5-7 pages; see instructions. Rough draft due Thursday, 11/06; final draft due on day of final exam, Tuesday, 12/09.
Journal Instructions. (Journals due in class Thursday of Weeks 4 (9/18), 8 (10/16), 12 (11/13), and Finals Week (12/09).
Classics Sites: Didaskalia | Perseus | Diotima | Forum | Homeric Singing
General: College | Sample Paper | Grammar Guide | Deductive Essays | Citation | Analysis | Editing | Plagiphrasing | Rubric | Links
Guides: Odyssey Time Frame | Agamemnon Structure | Tennyson's "The Lotos-Eaters" | Tennyson's "Ulysses" | Nietzsche's Greeks
Questions: Homer | Aeschylus | Aristotle | Sophocles | Plato | Virgil | Ovid
SCHEDULE: WE WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING WORKS ON THE DATES INDICATED
WEEK 1
Tu. 08/26. Intro to Course and to Homer.
Th. 08/28. Homer. The Odyssey, Book 1.
WEEK 2
Tu. 09/02. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 2-5.
Th. 09/04. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 6-8.
WEEK 3
Tu. 09/09. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 9-10.
Th. 09/11. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 11-13.
WEEK 4
Tu. 09/16. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 18-21. (skim 14-17 for plot)
Th. 09/18. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 22-24. Journal Set 1 due.
WEEK 5
Tu. 09/23. Intro to Greek Tragedy, Arisotle's Poetics.
Th. 09/25. Aristotle. The Poetics.
WEEK 6
Tu. 09/30. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. (film in class: Agamemnon)
Th. 10/02. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. (film in class: Agamemnon)
WEEK 7
Tu. 10/07. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Discussion of Agamemnon.
Th. 10/09. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Discussion of The Libation Bearers. (+ Film)
WEEK 8
Tu. 10/14. Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Discussion of The Eumenides. (+ Film)
Th. 10/16. Sophocles. Antigone. (Film, 70 minutes) Journal Set 2 Due.
WEEK 9
Tu. 10/21. Sophocles. Antigone. (Film, Discussion)
Th. 10/23. Sophocles. Antigone. (Discussion)
WEEK 10
Tu. 10/28. Plato. The Apology for Socrates.
Th. 10/30. Plato. The Apology for Socrates.
WEEK 11
Tu. 11/04. Virgil. The Aeneid, Books 1-2.
Th. 11/06. Virgil. The Aeneid, Books 3-4. Paper rough draft due.
WEEK 12
Tu. 11/11. Virgil. The Aeneid, Books 5-6. Comment on 7-12, which aren't assigned.
Th. 11/13. Ovid. The Metamorphoses, Book 1. Journal Set 3 Due.
WEEK 13
Tu. 11/18. Ovid. The Metamorphoses, Books 2-4.
Th. 11/20. Ovid. The Metamorphoses, from Book 5: "The Rape of Proserpine" and "Arethusa"; from Book 6: "Arachne" and "Tereus, Procne, and Philomela."
WEEK 14
Tu. 11/25. Ovid. The Metamorphoses, from Book 7: "Medea and Jason," "Medea and Aeson," "Medea and Peleas," "Theseus"; from Book 8: "Daedalus and Icarus"; from Book 10: "Orpheus and Eurydice," "Cyparissus," "Ganymede," "Hyacinth," "Pygmalion"; from Book 11: "Death of Orpheus," "Midas," "First Foundation and Destruction of Troy."
Th. 11/27. Thanksgiving Holiday.
WEEK 15
Tu. 12/02. Ovid. The Metamorphoses, from Book 12: "Expedition Against Troy," "Death of Achilles"; from Book 13: "Ajax and Achilles," "The Fall of Troy," "The Pilgrimage of Aeneas"; from Book 14: "The Pilgrimage of Aeneas, cont.," "Island of Circe," "Triumph and Apotheosis of Aeneas"; from Book 15: "Aesculapius," "Apotheosis of Julius Caesar," "Epilogue."
Th. 12/04. Course Review.
FINAL EXAM
12/09. Tuesday, 10:45-1:15, regular location. (Notes, books allowed.) Term Paper and Journal Set 4 due with final exam.