Jim O'Hara
e-mail: johara@wesleyan.edu
my home-page: http://www.wesleyan.edu/classics/faculty/jim.html)
office: 685-2066; home: 1-203-407-0834 (only if really nec., and only 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.!)
office hours: W 2-4 p.m. and by appointment M-Th, 329 Science Center
Classical Studies office with my mailbox and potable water: 341 SC, 685-2070
Reserve shelf: 334 SC (open 24 hours; great for studying Latin; see Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary!)
SC 343 = computer room, for use w/ permission

Books (all at Atticus):

• Garrison, The Student’s Catullus: The Poems
• Cicero, Pro Caelio, Englert, ed.
• (dictionary? not really nec., but you'll need one eventually)
• possibly one more cheap paperback TBA

• Come to class; let me know ahead of time if you have a legitimate reason for missing class; leave voice mail if you don't get me.
• Get here on time
• You are responsible for learning from a classmate what you missed when you miss a class; you may come to me for handouts, etc.

• There will two exams each worth one-third of the course grade, the first on Nov. 2, the second in December [new: the last exam will be a take home due 4 p.m. Wed Dec 15--the last day of study period]
• Each will consist of an 80 minute in-class portion [change: the last one will be take-home] and a short take-home paper.
• There will also be a short take-home exam with translation and an essay, after completion of the first group of Catullus poems, equal to one-sixth of the course grade.
• The remaining one-sixth of the course grade will be determined by classroom performance.

Please make use of my office hours (which can be extended by asking for appointment) for any difficulties you are having.  Don't hesitate to come forward: it's easier to help you sooner than later

Syllabus:

TH Sept. 2  Introductory remarks and Catullus 1 Cui dono lepidum novum libellum  (10 lines)

T Sept. 7 Catullus 2 Passer, deliciae meae puellae (13) (reread 1, done in class last time)

TH Sept. 9 Catullus 3 Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque (18), 5 Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus (13) (we may not finish 5 until next class)

T Sept. 14 Catullus  6 Flavi, delicias tuas Catullo (17)

TH Sept. 16 Catullus 7 Quaeris, quot mihi basiationes (12), 9 Verani, omnibus e meis amicis (11) (essay on 8 will be part of mini-test)

T Sept. 21 Catullus 10 Varus me meus ad suos amores (34)

TH Sept. 23    Catullus 12 Marrucine Asini, manu sinistra (17)

Take-home mini-test due T Sept. 28

T Sept. 28- Th Oct. 28: Selections from Cicero, Pro Caelio (9 classes)

[no class Th Oct. 21: Fall Break]

T Nov. 2 Cicero EXAM (in-class)

Th Nov. 4- TH Dec. 9 BACK TO CATULLUS [no class T-Th 11/23-25, Thanksgiving]

(Be alert for additional readings [some articles], assignments, or exercises)

TH Nov 4 (Cicero, Calvus, Lesbia)
49 Disertissime Romuli nepotum (7 lines)
50 Hesterno, Licini, die otiosi  (21)
51 Ille mi par esse deo videtur (16 = 44 lines total for day)
(little metrical exercise)
Optional: 53 Risi nescioquem .... (5)
(note: Pizza lunch at noon in 339 SC!)

T Nov 9 (good & bad poetry)
35 Poetae tenero, meo sodali (17)
36 Annales Volusi, cacata charta (20)
95 Smyrna mei Cinnae, nonam post denique messem (10 = 47)
(little metrical exercise)
(note: W Nov. 10 speaker on Romans & Christians)

TH Nov 11 (insult poetry)
40 Quaenam te mala mens, Ravide (8)
41 Ameana puella defututa (8)
42 Adeste, hendecasyllabi, quot estis (24)
43 Salve, nec minimo puella naso (8 = 48)
Optional extra: 22 Suffenus iste, Vare (21)

T Nov 16 (love & sex)
32 Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla (11)
45 Acmen Septimius, suos amores (26)
83 Lesbia mi praesente viro male plurima dicit (6)
87 Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam (4)
92 Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam (4 = 51)
Optional: 86 Quintia formosast multis; mihi candida, longa (6)
(note: W Nov 17: Alden Smith lecture on Roman poetry & art)

TH Nov 18 (love & hate)
107 Si quicquam cupidoque optantique obtigit umquam (8)
109 Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem (6)
37 Salax taberna vosque contubernales (20)
58 Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa (5)
70 Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere ... (4)
   (cont. on next column)
72 Dicebas quondam solum te nosse Catullum (8)
75 Huc est mens deducta tua ... (4)
85 Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris (2 = 57)

(T-TH 11/23-25: Break; longish assignments for next T & TH;
also reread & work on weaknesses; finish The Venus Throw)

T Nov 30 (love, grief, betrayal, anger)
96 Si quicquam mutis gratum acceptumve sepulcris (6)
101 Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus (10)
11 Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli (24)
64, lines 50-70 only (21 = 61)
Also: Read the longer poems 64 and 68 in English (xeroxes)
(note: W Dec. 1 speaker on Greek poetry)

TH Dec 2 (Faithlessness)
30 Alfene immemor atque unanimi (12)
73 Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri (6)
76 Siqua recordanti benefacta priora voluptas (26)
77 Rufe mihi frustra ac nequiquam credite amice (6 = 58)

T Dec 7 (love/sex/power/threats/poetry)
15 Commendo tibi me ac meos amores (19)
16 Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo (14)
21 Aureli, pater esuritionum (13)
24 O qui flosculus es Iuventiorum (10)
48 Mellitos oculos tuos, Iuventi (6 = 62)
optional extra: 99 Surripui tibi, dum ludis, mellite Iuventi (16)
(note: W Dec 8 (prob.) speaker on Aristophanes)

TH Dec 9 (Friends, Romans, Caesar)
93 Nil nimium studeo, Caesar, tibi velle placere (2)
28 Pisonis comites, cohors inanis (15)
29 Quis hoc potest videre (24)
57 Pulchre convenit improbis cinaedis (10 = 51)

Take-home exam on these poems, and 5-page Catullus paper on poem(s)
or topic of your own choosing, due 4 p.m. Wed Dec 15 [last day of study period])

Links for Catullus & Cicero See especially the links to the annotated texts at the Perseus site, and to bibliographical tools.