LAT 231 Vergil's Aeneid 7-12: Syllabus (FALL '98)

LAT 231: Vergil Syllabus (Be alert for changes, esp. w/ secondary readings) Spring '98 d

1. W Sept. 9 Introduction; gentle sight reading, intro to hexameter

2. M Sept 14 Aeneid 7.1-45 ("I shall sing of horrid war ...") (start longer W. assignment)

read Book 1 in English read: Clausen 1-14 (handout), (and more casually) OCD entry on Vergil (ho) Optional: look at Hardie, Horsfall, Martindale on reserve in 334

3. W Sept 16 7.45-147 (Latinus, Turnus, omens and the first pizza)

4. M Sept 21 7.170-273 (Latinus offers his daughter's hand)

read Book 2 in English read: Johnson 1-22 (not easy but imp.)

5. W Sept 23 7.286-372 (Juno and Allecto inflame Queen Amata)

6. M Sept 28 7.373-474 (Allecto enrages Turnus)

read Book 4 in English read: a little Poschl, Otis, Galinsky; Feeney 162-75 (Books 3 and 5 in English are recommended but not required)

7. W Sept 30 7.475-571 (a slain deer starts the war)

8. M Oct.5 7.641-54, 783-817, 8.1-41 (Catalogue; Preparations for War)

read all omitted parts of Book 7 in English, esp. 7.594ff= p.217Fitz) read: Parry, w/ Martindale critique (35-54, but esp. 40-43, 53-54)

9. W Oct 7 8.42-125 (more of Aeneas' dream; he goes to Pallanteum)

Take-home test distributed; due W Oct 21 (but you must do readings that day too)

10. M Oct 12 8.184-305 (Evander and his story of Hercules and Cacus) (if stressed, skip 276-86)

read: Homer summaries; a little Clausen

11. W Oct 14 8.306-406 (Aeneas at the site of Rome) read Book 6 in English

M Oct 19 no class Fall break (break: catch up, work on your weaknesses, build on your strengths, work on take-home, think of both papers)

12. W Oct 21 8.626-731 (the shield of Aeneas) take-home test due

read omitted parts of Book 8 in English

13. M Oct 26 9.176-206, 314-56, 390-449 (Nisus and Euryalus)

read omitted parts of Book 9 in English read: Johnson 59(bottom)-75, esp. 59-66, Petrini

14. W Oct 28 9.590-667 (Numanus' speech; Ascanius kills)

read in English all or selections from Georgics 1-3 read: Thomas, "Cultural Polemics ..."

15. M Nov 2 10.362-473 (Pallas' aristeia and prayer to Hercules)

read omitted parts of Book 10 in English; read in English Georgics 4

Tues Nov. 3: 3-5 pp. paper due (one-day extension possible if you promise to be ready to translate and discuss any passage on Wed.)

16. W Nov 4 10.474-574 (Turnus kills Pallas; the rage of Aeneas)

read: O'Hara 39-44 (Petrini?), Conte

17. M Nov 9 10.689-820 (skim 746-68 if pressed for time) (Lausus saves Mezentius and is killed by Aeneas)

review Johnson 59-75 (from Oct. )

18. W Nov 11 10.821-908 (Mezentius killed by Aeneas)

read: Gotoff, "... Mezentius"

read Book 11 in English, esp. the end, on Camilla

Nov. 11- end, classes 18-25: brief class reports on articles

19. M Nov 16 12.1-112 (Latinus, Amata, Turnus, and Lavinia's blush)

read 12.529-952 in English now, esp. the last page

read: Johnson 49-59

20. W Nov 18 12.138 (subj. = Juno)-282 (skim 161-86 if nec.) (truce, omen, broken truce)

read: Lyne, "Politics of War"

21. M Nov 23 12.311-40, 398-440, 468-528 (Aeneas wounded and healed, speaks to son, A. and T. kill many)

read:

Nov 25: no class W before Thanksgiving: catch up, review, work on paper

22. M Nov 30 12.529-671 (Turnus rages; Aen. threatens; Turnus realizes)

read:

23. W Dec. 2 12.672-790 (Turnus faces Aeneas)

Readings from Homer in English TBA

24. M Dec. 7 12.791-886 (Jupiter and Juno, the omen of the Dira, Juturna's lament) read: 25. 9 12.887-952 (The death of Turnus)

read: Spence; review Lyne, Conte, Otis, Galinsky (and...?)

Dates of second take-home exam and term paper to be announced
 
 
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