| Week of
|
Topic |
Of Interest |
Study Questions | Reading Assignment |
| Sept.
9 |
Introduction to Course
|
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| Sept.
12 |
Oral Epic poetry: Composition and features Background myths Gods and humans
|
Iliad 1-6 Study Questions | Iliad
1-6 |
|
| Sept.
19 |
kleos and the mortal hero ritual the embassy women of the Iliad treachery
|
Images of the Trojan War Myths, compiled by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, at Temple University | Iliad 7-12 Study Questions | Iliad 7-12 |
| Sept.
26 |
Patroclus lament ekphrasis Wed. Sept. 28; Library workshop at Weldon
|
Iliad 13-18 Study Questions | Iliad 13-18 |
|
| Oct.
3 |
The wrath of Achilles reciprocity The tragedy of Hector
|
Iliad 19-24 Study Questions | Iliad 19-24 |
|
| Oct.
10 |
Monday Thanksgiving Telemacheia
Marriage nostos
|
Penelope and Telemachos | Odyssey 1-6 Study Questions | Odyssey 1-6 |
| Oct.
17 |
xenia The lliad in the Odyssey Narratology Forms of seduction
|
Odysseus consulting Teiresias in Hades
|
Odyssey 7-12 Study questions | Odyssey 7-12 |
| Oct.
24 |
Penelope Strategy Term
test Friday October 28
|
Test Format | Odyssey 13-18 Study questions | Odyssey 13-18 |
| October
31 |
Folly
and gluttony Justice |
Odyssey 19-24 Study questions | Odyssey 19-24 |
|
| Nov.
7 |
Augustan Rome and literary epic Pietas and passion
|
Links to sites on historical context | Aeneid 1-3 Study Questions | Aeneid 1-3 |
| Nov.
14 |
Women in the Aeneid The Iliad and the Odyssey in the Aeneid
|
Map of Aeneas' travels | Aeneid 4-6 Study Questions | Aeneid 4-6 |
| Nov.
21 |
Religion
and philosophy
|
Drawing of Aeneas' Shield | Aeneid 7-9 Study Questions | Aeneid 7-9 |
| Nov.
28 |
Propaganda Ambiguities Essay due Friday December 2
|
Aeneid 10-12 Study Questions | Aeneid 10-12 |
|
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Dec.
5 |
Summary and Review |
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| Dec. 17 | Final Exam: 9-12 SH 3317 |
