CLAS 055: Three Greek and Roman Epics

Fall 2009 MWF 1 – 1:50 PM Murphey 104

Instructor: Jim OÕHara

course home page: http://www.unc.edu/courses/2009fall/clas/055/001

 

1. Wed. Aug. 26 Introduction to course

 

2. Fri. Aug. 28 Homer and the Iliad: introduction.
Read Introduction to your translation (remember you must use the translations I specify!).
Read online : "Homer" in the Perseus Encyclopedia; "The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age" by John Porter; "Homeric Society" by John Porter

 

3. Mon. Aug. 31  Iliad Books 1-3
look at study questions from Temple(even though they use another translation) and Virginia Tech (scroll down)

 

4. Wed. Sept.  2 Iliad 4-6

 

5. Fri. Sept. 4 Iliad 7-9 Simple 2-p. writing exercise on part of Iliad 9

 

Mon. Sept. 7 Labor Day Holiday: NO CLASS

 

6. Wed. Sept. 9 Iliad 10-12

 

7. Fri. Sept. 11 Iliad 13-15

 

8. Mon. Sept. 14 28 Iliad 16-18

 

9. Wed. Sept. 16 Iliad 19-21

 

10. Fri. Sept. 18 Iliad 22-24

 

11. Mon. Sept. 21 Odyssey: introduction.
Read Intro. to your translation.
Read Odyssey Books 1-3
Read online: Look over this Odyssey site (note his maps, links to plot summaries and different translations, etc.) and for the Odyssey generally continue to use the study questions fromTemple U. by Robin Mitchell-Boyask at (see also his info at bottom of page). For lists of characters and plot summary see here.

 

12. Wed. Sept. 23 2-page paper on Iliad

 

13. Fri. Sept. 25 8 Odyssey 4-6

 

14. Mon. Sept. 28 Odyssey 7-9

 

15. Wed. Sept. 30 Odyssey 10-12

 

16. Fri. Oct.  2 Odyssey 13-15

 

17. Mon. Oct. 5 Odyssey 16-18

 

18. Wed. Oct. 7 Odyssey 19-21

 

19. Fri. Oct. 10 Odyssey 22-24

 

20. Mon. Oct. 12 Sophocles: introduction. Read Introduction to your translation.
Read online Dunkle, Introduction to Greek Tragedy (new url as of 10/7/09; works)
Read online: Sophocles entry in the Perseus Encyclopedia (new url as of 10/7/09; works)

 

21. Wed. Oct. 14  2-page paper on Odyssey (do 2 of last 3 short papers: Odyssey, Sophocles, Aeneid; register with me ahead of time)

 

22. Fri. Oct. 16 Either: a) a second day of reading Odyssey papers, if the class is large, or b) TBA

 

23. Mon. Oct. 19 Sophocles, Ajax

 

24. Wed. Oct. 21 Sophocles, Philoctetes (Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy)

 

FRI.       Oct. 23 Fall Break: NO CLASS

 

25.  Mon. Oct. 26 Sophocles, Electra

 

26. Wed. Oct. 28 Sophocles, Trachiniae (Women of Trachis)

 

27. Fri. Oct. 30 Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus

 

28. Mon. Nov. 2   Sophocles, Antigone  NEW DATE

 

29. Wed. Nov. 4 Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus NEW DATE

 

30. Fri. Nov. 6 Read online Coppolino's essay on Augustus  (about 10 pp.).
For each Vergil assignment, see the Prof. Houston notes (sent to you as an attachment) and also a version of my assignment notes online at Mitchell-Boyask's epic page.
Check out too, either now or soon, my page of Vergil Links (which are for graduate students and undergraduates).

 

31. Mon. Nov. 9 2-page paper on Sophocles

 

32. Wed. Nov 11 Read Aeneid 1-2

 

33. Fri. Nov. 13 Aeneid 3-4

 

34. Mon. Nov. 16 Aeneid 5-7 (changed from earlier syll.)

 

35. Wed. Nov. 18 Aeneid 8-10 (changed from earlier syll.)

 

36. Fri. Nov. 20 Aeneid 11-12

 

37. Mon. Nov. 23 2-page paper on Aeneid

 

Wed. Nov. 25-Fri Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday: NO CLASS

 

38. Mon. Nov. 30 Term paper reports, 8-10 minutes each, Homer first

 

39. Wed. Dec. 2 Term paper reports

 

40. Fri. Dec. 4 Term paper reports

 

41. Mon. Dec. 7 Term paper reports

 

42. Wed. Dec. 9 Wrap-up

 

No Final Exam.  Term Papers due Fri. Dec. 11 12:00 PM