Introduction – Homeric Background to Roman Epic
Tuesday, August 27: Introduction to Ancient Epic Poetry; read Homer, Iliad 1 (pdf on D2L)
Thursday, August 29: Homer, selections from Iliad 16, 18, 22, 24 (pdf on D2L)
Part I – Roman Heroic Epic
Tuesday, September 3: Vergil, Aeneid 1
Thursday, September 5: Vergil, Aeneid 2-3
Tuesday, September 10: Vergil, Aeneid 4, 5.1-103
Thursday, September 12: Vergil, Aeneid 5.104-871, 6; Homer, selection from Odyssey 11 (pdf on D2L)
Tuesday, September 17: Vergil, Aeneid 7-8; re-read Homer, Iliad 18.504-661 (Achilles' shield, assigned for 8/29)
Thursday, September 19: Vergil, Aeneid 9-10; "Mark Zuckerberg's Admiration for Emperor Augustus is Misplaced; "Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta's emperor rebrands in new clothes" (optional readings)
Tuesday, September 24: Vergil, Aeneid 11-12; "Why I won't surrender the classics to the far right" (optional reading)
Thursday, September 26: Examination #1
Tuesday, October 1: Statius, Thebaid 1-2
Thursday, October 3: Statius, Thebaid 3, 4.1-645
Tuesday, October 8: Statius, Thebaid 7, 8.1-126, 8.456-766
Thursday, October 10: Statius, Thebaid 10.262-452, 10.556-939, 11.205-761, 12.173-463, 12.782-819
Tuesday, October 15: Statius, Achilleid (all); Creative Project #1 Due (D2L)
Thursday, October 17: Group Projects
Tuesday, October 22: Group Projects
Part II – Roman Historical Epic
Thursday, October 24: Lucan, Civil War 1; "What America Can Learn from the Fall of the Roman Republic" (optional reading)
Monday, October 28: Response #1 Due (D2L)
Tuesday, October 29: Lucan, Civil War 2-3
Thursday, October 31: Lucan, Civil War 6-7
Tuesday, November 5: Lucan, Civil War 8-10; "Why is Stoicism Having a Cultural Moment?" (optional reading)
Thursday, November 7: Examination #2
Part III – Roman Didactic & Scientific Epic
Tuesday, November 12: Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 1.1-634, 1.921-1117, 2.1-61, 2.1023-1174, 3.1-93, 3.830-1094; "An Unearthed Treasure That Changed Things" (optional reading)
Thursday, November 14: Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 4.1-25, 4.907-1287, 5.1-234, 5.772-1457, 6.1-95, 6.1090-1286
Part IV – Ovidian Epic
Tuesday, November 19: Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.1-4 (pdf on D2L), 15.745-879 (pdf on D2L); "Looking" stories in Alison, pp. 32-55 (Arachne, Daphne, Actaeon, Echo and Narcissus, Perseus and Andromeda, Arethusa, Pygmalion)
Thursday, November 21: Ovid, Metamorphoses "Taking" stories in Alison, pp. 56-74 (Io, Callisto, Europa, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Proserpina, Ganymede); "Can We Ever Look at Titian's Paintings the Same Way Again?" (optional reading)
Tuesday, November 26: Ovid, Metamorphoses "Ruining" stories in Alison, pp. 75-98 (Semele, Tereus, Procne, and Philomela, Scylla, Hyacinth, Adonis, Glaucus and Scylla)
Wednesday, November 27: Draft of Response #2 Due (D2L)
Thursday, November 28: Thanksgivng Holiday
Tuesday, December 3: Ovid, Metamorphoses "Wanting Someone too Close" and "Switching" stories in Alison, pp. 99-120 (Byblis and Caunus, Myrrha, Hippolytus, Tiresias, Iphis and Ianthe, Orpheus and Eurydice, Caenis); "What Women Don't Want: Tiresias on Female Pleasure" (optional reading)
Thursday, December 5: Group Projects
Friday, December 6: Creative Project #2 due (D2L)
Tuesday, December 10: Group Projects
Wednesday, December 11: Response #2 Due (D2L)
Final Examination: Tuesday, December 17, 10:30-12:30pm
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