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Fall Semester 2017 |
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Wednesday,
September 6 |
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Topics
for today |
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--
Course overview, requirements, and website
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Ancient authors and genres in CC 220
-- Myth vs. mythology
-- Video: Louis C.K. on Achilles
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Friday,
September 8 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 2: Historical Background (40–57)
-- MLS 3: Myths of Creation (61–71)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Introduction to Hesiod
-- Generations of gods
-- Handout: Theogony/Hesiod
-- Handout: Greco-Roman Conversion Charts
-- Papers: Overview |
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Monday,
September 11 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 3: Myths of Creation (72–80)
-- MLS 4: Zeus' Rise to Power (84–88)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Creating the cosmos
-- Zeus & success(ion)
-- Video: Wonder Woman (2017, excerpt) |
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Wednesday,
September 13 |
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Due |
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-- Met 1: Proem – The second creation (15–33)
-- MLS 4: Zeus' Rise to Power (89–101)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Ages of Mankind
-- Pandora's pithos
-- Introduction to Ovid
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Friday,
September 15 |
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Due |
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-- Met 1–2: Phaethon (46–64)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Destruction & re-creation |
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Wednesday,
September 20 |
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Due |
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-- EH Il. 14: Hera seduces Zeus (134–40)
-- MLS 5: The Twelve Olympians (127–35)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Zeus & Hera, part 2
-- Video: Zeus and Hera on screen |
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Friday,
September 22 |
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Due |
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-- HH 5: To Aphrodite (126–39)
-- Met 10: Pygmalion (350–2)
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MLS 9: Aphrodite & Eros (193–5, 198–201, 221–3)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Introduction to the Homeric Hymns
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Aphrodite and Eros |
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Saturday,
September 23 |
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Due |
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-- Papers: #1 (11:00 p.m.)
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Monday,
September 25 |
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Due |
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-- EH Od. 9: Odysseus & Polyphemus (302–14)
-- Met 13–14: Polyphemus etc. – Glaucus (468–84)
-- MLS 7: Poseidon etc. (168–76: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Poseidon and the sea
-- Handout: Oceanic Genealogy
-- Handout: Midterm 1 preview |
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Wednesday,
September 27 |
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Due |
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-- Met 6: Arachne (189–95)
-- MLS 8: Athena (179–90: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Athena, daughter of Zeus
-- Wisdom & virginity
-- Video: Athena and the Parthenon [1] [2] [3]
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Friday,
September 29 |
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Due |
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-- Met 3: Actaeon & Diana (95–100)
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MLS 10: Artemis (227–48: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- The many faces of Artemis
-- Hunting & virginity
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Monday,
October 2 |
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Due |
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-- HH 3: To Apollo (62–90)
-- Met 1: Apollo & the Python, & Daphne (33–38)
-- Met 6: Niobe (195–202)
-- Met 10: Hyacinthus (347–9)
-- Met 11: Midas (372–7)
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MLS 11: Apollo (251–74: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Apollo, the far-shooter
-- The Delphic oracle
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Wednesday,
October 4 |
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Due |
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-- HH 4: To Hermes (94–122)
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Met 2: Mercury stories (79–85)
-- Met 4: The fountain of Salmacis (134–9)
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MLS 12: Hermes (285–302: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Hermes and tricksters
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Friday,
October 6 |
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Midterm examination 1 |
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Monday,
October 9 |
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Due |
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-- HH 2: To Demeter (33–58)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Demeter and Persephone
-- Handout: Homeric Hymn to Demeter |
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Wednesday,
October 11 |
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Due |
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-- Met 8: Erysichthon & his daughter (293–300)
-- MLS 14: Demeter etc. (339–56: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- The Eleusinian Mysteries
-- Video: Persephone in Percy Jackson (2010) |
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Friday,
October 13 |
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Due |
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-- EH Od. 11: The Nekyia (332–51)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Going to Hades
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The hero's katabasis
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Saturday,
October 14 |
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Due |
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-- Papers: #2 (11:00 p.m.)
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Monday,
October 16 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 15: Views of the Afterlife (359–84: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- The evolving afterlife
-- Audio: Anais Mitchell's Hadestown (2010, excerpts) |
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Wednesday,
October 18 |
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Due |
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-- Met 10–11: Ovid's Orpheus (341–71: skim familiar stories)
-- MLS 16: Orpheus etc. (388–400: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Orpheus and Orphism
-- Other mystery cults
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Friday,
October 20 |
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Due |
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-- HH 7: To Dionysus (141–4)
-- HH 19: To Pan (153–4)
-- MLS 13: Dionysus etc. (304–30: skim overlap) |
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Topics
for today |
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-- Dionysus & interiority
-- Pan is not everything
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Monday,
October 23 |
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Due |
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-- Met 3: Bacchus & Pentheus (111–19)
-- Met 6: Tereus, Procne, & Philomela (206–18)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Dionysus & theatricality
-- What is Tragedy?
-- Handout: Midterm 2 preview |
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Friday,
October 27 |
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Due |
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-- Charles Mee, Big Love
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Topics
for today |
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-- Remaking a classic, part 1 |
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Monday,
October 30 |
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Due |
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-- Review Charles Mee's Remaking Project
-- Read one of Mee's other Greek-themed plays
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Topics
for today |
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-- Remaking a classic, part 2
-- Conversation with cast & crew of Big Love |
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Wednesday,
November 1 |
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Due |
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-- Semester Project: Review peer outlines
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Topics
for today |
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-- Peer critiques of outlines |
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Friday,
November 3 |
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Midterm examination 2 |
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Monday,
November 6 |
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Due |
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-- Met 4–5: Ovid's Perseus (148–69)
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MLS 21: Perseus etc. (548–59)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Heroes and heroism
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Perseus and Argos
-- The monstrous feminine
-- Video: Clash of the Titans (1981, excerpt) |
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Wednesday,
November 8 |
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Due |
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-- Met 8: Ovid's "Theseus" (263–73)
-- MLS 23: Theseus etc. (589–92, 596–609: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Theseus and Athens |
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Friday,
November 10 |
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Due |
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-- Met 7: Medea & Jason (223–9)
-- MLS 24: Jason, Medea etc. (614–24: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- The Argonautic expedition
-- Collective heroism
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Monday,
November 13 |
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Due |
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-- Met 7: Medea & Pelias – Medea's flight (235–40)
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MLS 24: Jason, Medea etc. (624–38)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Murderous mothers |
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Wednesday,
November 15 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 22: Heracles (562–74)
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Topics
for today |
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-- The labors of Heracles |
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Friday,
November 17 |
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Due |
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-- MLS 22: Heracles (574–85)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Heracles as Panhellenic hero |
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Monday,
November 20 |
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Due |
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-- Met 9: Ovid's Hercules (303–15)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Viewing Heracles/Hercules |
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Wednesday,
November 22 |
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Thanksgiving break |
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Friday,
November 24 |
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Thanksgiving break |
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Monday,
November 27 |
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Topics
for today |
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-- Theorizing saga and cycles
-- Starting the Trojan War
-- Handout: The Trojan War |
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Thursday,
November 30 |
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Evening |
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-- Big Love, JKB Theater, 8:00 p.m. |
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Friday,
December 1 |
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Due |
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-- EH Il. 3 (28–42), 6 (69–82)
-- MLS 19: The Trojan Saga etc. (495–98: skim overlap)
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Topics
for today |
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-- Troy: city and family |
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Evening |
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-- Big Love, JKB Theater, 8:00 p.m. |
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Saturday,
December 2 |
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Due |
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-- Papers: #3 (11:00 p.m.)
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Monday,
December 4 |
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Due |
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-- EH Il. 9 (92–106), 16 (153–74), 22 (205–21)
-- MLS 19: The Trojan Saga etc. (498–504: skim overlap) |
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Topics
for today |
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-- Homeric heroic economy
-- Achilles v. Hector
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Wednesday,
December 6 |
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Due |
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-- EH Il. 24 (230–40)
-- Met 15: The poet of the future (553–4)
-- MLS 19: The Trojan Saga etc. (504–16: skim overlap) |
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Topics
for today |
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-- Heroism and humanity
-- Epic endings |
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Friday,
December 8 |
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Due |
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-- Semester project: Final version
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Topics
for today |
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-- Video: Troy (2004, excerpts)
-- Conclusions
-- Course evaluations
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Tuesday,
December 12 |
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Final examination |
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-- 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
-- Semester project returned |
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