Classics 24 Myths and Legends of the Trojan War Fall 2010 MWF 3:00-3:50 Votey 105 Robert Rodgers 481 Main Street, Room 103 [email protected] 656-4626 Office hours: M 9:30-10:30, W 1:00-2:00, F 1:30-2:30, and by appointment COURSE OBJECTIVE: Introducing students to a careful reading of ancient works of literature which deal with the general theme of the war between Greeks and Trojans. The theme of the Trojan War was a part of the Greek sense of self-identity, and it was used again and again as the historical-mythological background against which Greeks and their successors turned in recurrent searches to know themselves. Textbooks: Susan Woodford, The Trojan War in Ancient Art The Iliad of Homer, trans. Richmond Lattimore Homer Odyssey, trans. Richmond Lattimore Aeschylus I Oresteia, trans. Richmond Lattimore Sophocles Plays Euripides Ten Plays Virgil Aeneid, trans. Fitzgerald Week 1 (30 Aug.-3 Sept.) Introduction Weekly Quizzes Weeks 2-4 (8-24 Sept.) Homer's Iliad Homer paper due: 15 October Weeks 5-7 (27 Sept.-15 Oct.) Homer's Odyssey Midterm Test: 15 October Weeks 8-10 (18 Oct.-5 Nov.) Athenian drama Drama/Virgil paper due: 8 December Weeks 11-14 (8 Nov.-8 Dec.) Virgil's Aeneid Final Exam (cumulative): 11 December August M 30 Introduction: Synoptic story September W 1 Epic as genre; Homer; Dates F 3 Homeric narrative M 6 LABOR DAY W 8 Homer's Iliad, Books 1-3 F 10 Homer's Iliad, Books 4-6 M 13 Homer's Iliad, Books 7-9 W 15 Homer's Iliad, Books 10-12 F 17 Homer's Iliad, Books 13-15 M 20 Homer's Iliad, Books 16-18 W 22 Homer's Iliad, Books 19-21 F 24 Homer's Iliad, Books 22-24 M 27 Homer's Odyssey, Books 1-3 W 29 Homer's Odyssey, Books 4-6 October F 1 Homer's Odyssey, Books 7-9 M 4 Homer's Odyssey, Books 10-12 W 6 Homer's Odyssey, Books 13-15 F 8 Homer's Odyssey, Books 16-18 M 11 Homer's Odyssey, Books 19-21 W 13 Homer's Odyssey, Books 22-24 F 15 MIDTERM TEST. Homer paper due M 18 Drama and the Polis: Aeschylus, Agamemnon W 20 Aeschylus, Libation Bearers F 22 Aeschylus, Eumenides M 25 Sophocles, Ajax W 27 Sophocles, Philoctetes F 29 Sophocles, Electra November M 1 Euripides, Andromache W 3 Euripides, Trojan Women F 5 Euripides, Iphigeneia at Aulis M 8 Trojans to Italy: Virgil's Aeneid, Book 1 W 10 Virgil's Aeneid, Books 2-3 F 12 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4 M 15 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 5 W 17 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 6 F 19 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 7 M-F 22-26 THANKSGIVING RECESS M 29 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 8 December W 1 Virgil's Aeneid, Books 9-10 F 3 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 11 M 6 Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12 W 8 Recapitulation DRAMA/VIRGIL PAPER DUE SATURDAY* 11. 10:30-1:15 FINAL EXAM (Votey 105, same as classroom) *Students with religious beliefs that would preclude Saturday exams must set up an alternative exam time with their instructor during the first three weeks of the semester (by Friday, 17 September) *.Students with exam conflicts must make arrangements with instructor during the first three weeks of the semester (by Friday, 17 September) PAPERS. There will be two required papers, both short (!). First will be based on readings from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the second will be based on readings from Athenian tragedy and Virgil's Aeneid. Paper details will be announced later, but each will require you to choose a short passage (scene or episode) and discuss how the narrative and/or dramatic techniques create something you find effective as literature and meaningful for yourself as a modern reader. GRADING: quizzes (in class), announced and unannounced* 40% midterm test (15 October)* 20% papers (two) due 15 October, 8 December 10% final exam (cumulative) (11 Decmber) 30% *ALL quizzes are required, except for CERTIFIED ABSENCE. There will be NO MAKEUPS (a missed quiz will count as zero, EVEN for persons who register on or after the date the quiz is given). The two lowest quiz grades will be eliminated from calculation.\ Midterm test: MAKEUP will be allowed only for CERTIFIED REASONS. Students who require special accommodations for quizzes and/or exams should make arrangements with the instructor as early in the course as possible. .