http://www.wesleyan.edu/~johara/LAT202Ovid.html

Ovid: Metamorphoses
Latin 202, Spring semester 1999
TTh 1:10-2:30 p.m. SC 339 (or possibly 334)



Jim O'Hara (johara@wesleyan.edu)
(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: ??? and by appointment M-Th, 329 Science Center
Classical Studies office and my mailbox: 341 SC, 685-2070

Reserve shelf: 334 SC (which is open 24 hours)

Course Description and Requirements   .   SYLLABUS   .   Classical Resources


returnCourse Description and Requirements


returnSyllabus

Read all Latin before class; secondary readings TBA

1. Thurs. Jan 21 - Introduction, in-class look at Ovid, Met. 1.1-4

2. Tues. Jan 26 - 1.5-44 (40 lines); Philosophical Creation I: Order from Chaos
(use worksheet and answer keys for 1.5-150; be ready to answer all Q's on worksheet)

3. Thurs. Jan 28 - 1.45-75 (31); Philosophical Creation II: Definite Boundaries

4. Tues. Feb 2 - 1.76-112 (46); Creation III: Humans; Golden Age

5. Thurs. Feb 4 - 1.113-50 (38); Decline: Ages of Silver, Bronze, Iron

6. Tues. Feb 9 - 1.151-98 (48); Giants; Lycaon I: Angry Jupiter Calls Gods to Heaven's Palatine

7. Thurs. Feb 11 - 1.199-239 (41); Lycaon II: Jup. Tells of Fierce Crime and Furry Punishment
Read Books 1-4 in English by now

8. Tues. Feb 16 - 1.240-92 (53); Flood I: More Punishment; Back to Chaos?

9. Thurs. Feb 18 - 293-323 (31); Flood II; Deucalion and Pyrrha I: Last Couple

10. Tues. Feb 23 - FIRST EXAM, WITH SHORT PAPER DUE ON ASSIGNED TOPIC

11. Thurs. Feb 25 - 323-74 (52); Deucalion and Pyrrha II: "We two"

12. Tues. Mar 2 - 375-415 (41); Deucalion and Pyrrha III: Rocks and Re-creation

13. Thurs. Mar 4 - 452-503 (52, note skipped lines); Apollo & Daphne I: He Loves Her, She Virginity

Spring Break: Catch up, get ahead, read Books 5-12 in English, think about next paper

14. Tues. Mar 23 - 504-87 (84); Apollo & Daphne II: Flight, Fright, Prayer and Tree

15. Thurs. Mar 25 - 583-667 (81, note longer assigns. after break); Jupiter, Juno & Io I: Cow Story

16. Tues. Mar 30 - 668-750 (83); Jupiter, Juno & Io II: Argus, "Hermes," Syrinx & Pan Story

17. Thurs. Apr 1 - SECOND EXAM, WITH SHORT PAPER DUE ON ONE OF SEVERAL TOPICS


Rest of Class TBA; suggestions welcome; likely choices below; finish poem in English

Tues. Apr 6/Thurs. Apr 8/ Tues. Apr 13/Thurs. Apr 15/ Tues. Apr 20/Thurs. Apr 22/ Tues. Apr 27/Thurs. Ap 29/ Tues. May 4

1. 750-79, 2.1-62 Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun

3.339(342)-510 Narcissus & Echo: Self-love and Selflessness

4.55-77; 4.78-168 Pyramus & Thisbe: Young Love & Bloody Berries

6.1-145 Arachne: God, Mortal & Art

8.620-737 Baucis & Philemon: House-guests, Piety & its Reward

10.185(105) Orpheus (+ Cyparissus 106-42): the Master-Singer

15.745-879 Julius Caesar, Augustus & Ovid

THIRD EXAM WITH PAPER WILL BE DURING EXAM WEEK, MAY 10-14 (unless we change schedule)


returnClassical Resources

Ovid . General Classical Studies . Other Sites for Classics Resources in General . Bibliography
Background on Other Epic Poetry . Greek Background: Homer, Apollonius etc.


returnOvid:
 

  • An outline of the structure of the Metamorphoses
  • Resources for the Study of Ovid's Metamorphoses Book 8.614-724: Judith de Luce's page (in progress) on Baucis and Philemon
  • Ovid: Metamorphoses (great set of links on a page at Reed College)
  • Scansion of Latin Poetry: Hexameter
  • Introduction to Latin Epic (Oxford): Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • U of T Classics: Synopsis of Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • Analytical Onomasticon Project (A clickable "who's who" of The Metamorphoses, produced by King's College London and Princeton University)
  • Ovid Project (at U. Vermont. Plates from two illustrated editions of The Metamorphoses, one dated 1640 and the other 1713)
  • Illustrations for Ovid at the Davison Art Center! (for Wesleyan access only, I think)
  • Sean Redmond -- Recent Ovidian Bibliography (easy-to-use and up-to-date bib. on recent work)
  • Ulrich Schmitzer's (German) Ovid home page (lots of great stuff, even if you don't know German)
  • Perseus Project Text of Ovid in English & Latin w/ Notes
  • Professor Roberts' project on Apollo-Daphne (in progress--only partial url given here)
  • Timeline of (some) historical and literary events of Ovid's lifetime
  • http://www.huygens.org/~hanssen/ovidius.html = Some information on Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)
  • http://ancienthistory.miningco.com/msub17.htm includes some links on Latin grammar etc. and lower on the page some Ovid links that might be worth checking out
  • http://www.lib.msu.edu/ioannide/oe/oe.htm o e = Orpheus and Eurydice, which we may read later
  • http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/gradstud/mayer/Tiresias.html = Tiresias + Echo & Narcissus, which we'll read I think
  • http://daex.ufsc.br/~ssaguiar/ovid.htm links to texts; from Spain vel sim.
  • http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/3988/morph.html text of Kafka's story, Metamorphosis, just for fun
  • A slightly modified version of the synopsis found in Henry T. Riley's prose translation of the Metamorphoses (1851)
  • Diotima bibliography for Ovid
  • Oxford dissertation in progress on Ovid's Heroides
  • Ovid im (German for "in/on") WWW the extensive Ovid page and links of scholar Ulrich Schmitzer (lotsa links here)

  • Courses taught (at least partly) on Ovid here at Wesleyan:
     

  • LAT 202 Ovid
  • LAT 242 Roman Elegy
  • LCCIV 203 Latin Literature in English Translation
  • CCIV 217 Approaches to Antiquity
  • CCIV325 Roman Epic
  • CCIV118 SP: ROME AND THE CAESARS

  • returnGeneral Classical Studies:
     

  • Wesleyan Classical Studies Department Home Page
  • Related Resources for Classical Studies (Wesleyan Page)
  • Perseus Project Home Page (Great online material on Greek stuff: texts in G. & E., pics of vases etc., historical and mythological background. Roman stuff [next] just getting started.)
  • Roman Perseus (Roman part of Perseus project is in early stages but has texts and translations of major authors.)
  • Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World (lots of info: links, pics, bibliog., some texts)
  • Diotima Anthology of Translated Materials
  • Tech Classics Archive (Eng trans)
  • The Romulus Project: An Electronic Library of Latin Literature With Virtual Commentary
  • Fiction.html (about antiq.) (Nothing to do with this course, directly, but it's fun to know about the many good historical novels and mysteries (esp. Davis & Saylor) being written about the ancient world.)
  • CLASSICS List (an internet discussion list; often annoying but sometimes useful & fun)

  • returnOther Sites for Classics Resources in General:
     

  • Tools of the Trade for the Study of Roman Literature Lowell Edmunds and Shirley Werner (scholarly stuff)
  • Bullfinch's Mythology online. Searchable.
  • The Allen & Greenough from your 201 course
  • Missouri Classics (with resources)
  • Classics Resources LWright
  • Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Home Page
  • Mississippi classics
  • Holy Cross Topoi
  • Jim O'Donnell's Classical, Medieval, etc links and indices
  • Kentucky: Classics Elsewhere
  • Diogenes'Links To The Ancient World
  • Pantelia-Resources for Classicists
  • Classical Resources (J. Ruebel)
  • Stanford Links (good on depts.)

  • returnBibliography (see also Diotima and other sites):
     

  • Look it up! THIS IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**** (great search tool for all kinds of stuff in Classics, including the next two bibliographic tools)
  • TOCS-IN Search (great search tool for recent articles in Classics)
  • Gnomon: Titelsuche (Classics bibliographical tool; you don't really have to know German; just type your terms in the Alle Felder [all fields] box and click Suche Starten [start search]. Then it may help to know that Rez. = "a review", S. = p. [page].)

  • returnBackground on Other Epic Poetry:
     

  • The Classics Pages: Has something on the Aeneid, and it might be interesting generally.
  • Introduction to Latin Epic (Oxford): Life Histories of Roman Epic Poets
  • Epic Web Pages (good stuff for a course on Latin epic at Oxford)
  • cl420.html (good stuff at a Roman epic course at Middlebury C.)
  • Welcome to Masterpieces of Roman Literature. (course at Middlebury C.)
  • CCIV325Epic.html (another course I teach at Wesleyan)
  • Epicsyl.html (Syllabus for a course on Greek & Roman Epic at Temple U.)

  • returnGreek Background: Homer, Apollonius etc.:
     

  • Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (defunct link??)
  • Introduction to Latin Epic (Oxford): The Iliad, The Odyssey, Greek Epic Background, The Argonautica
  • The Iliad by Homer
  • The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes (complete text in E. with some notes)
  • The Argonautica: Introduction (some outdated: don't believe everything you read about the alleged "quarrel" between A.R. and Callimachus)
  • A Bibliography for Apollonius Rhodius

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