CLT3340 ANCIENT EPIC: SYLLABUS for SPRING 2013

Please note: students will get the most out of the material if they complete the day's readings for the day BEFORE the lecture.

How to Read the Syllabus:
left-hand column = class day
middle column = topic for that day
right column= readings for that day

required readings
In the right column, the numbers in parentheses refer to the pages in the required texts, and the numbers directly after the ancient texts refer to book and line numbers of these texts in their original language. “Books” correspond roughly to the chapters of modern texts; “lines” refer to individual verses within that book.

example: Odyssey 1.325-55; 8.72-95; 22.330-53; (35-6; 123, 329-30):
    read pages 35-36 of Lattimore’s translation, which correspond to Book 1, verses 352-355 in the original Greek text,
        beginning from line 325, up to line 355 (the “3” is omitted from “355” to save space).
        In most cases our translations will line up more or less, but not exactly, with the original book and line numbers.

Also listed in the right column are links that lead to REQUIRED readings for the course. Depending on the length of the linked reading, it may be necessary to advance through a number of pages.
example: in order to read “Nagy “An Evolutionary Model” pp. 29-43 (link: www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0006:page=29),” click on the right-hand arrows beginning from page 29 until page 43. Please report any inactive links to the instructor.
 
The key to the readings is as follows:
    “Aeneid” = Virgil, Aeneid, translated by David West.
    “Apollodoros” = Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus, translated by Michael Simpson.
    “Argonautika” = Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica, translated by E. V. Rieu
    “Civil War” = Lucan, Civil War (aka Pharsalia), translated by Matt Fox.
    “Iliad” = Homer, Iliad, translated by Richmond Lattimore.
    “Metamorphoses” = Ovid, Metamorphoses, translated by A. D. Melville.
    “Odyssey” = Homer, Odyssey, translated by Richmond Lattimore.
    “Theogony” = Hesiod Theogony, translated by Richard Caldwell.
    “Works & Days” = Appendix A of Hesiod Theogony, translated by Richard Caldwell.

Quizzes and Exams
cover only material through the day before the quiz or exam, and are not cumulative.
    example 1: Quiz #2 on January 25 covers the material from and including the day of the first quiz (January 14, “Non-Greek Creation Accounts”) through and including Wednesday January 23 (“Maintaining the Divine Order”).
    example 2: the first exam covers all the material from the first day of class through Monday February 25.


 

Ancient Epic: Who, What, Where, When and How

date

topic

required readings

M 1/7

Ancient Epic: When and What

 

W 1/9

Historical Context of Greek & Roman Epic

Works & Days 106-79 (Caldwell 108-10)

F 1/11

Composition & Transmission of Epic

 

Odyssey 1.325-55; 8.72-95; 22.330-53; (35-6; 123, 329-30)

Nagy An Evolutionary Model pp. 29-43 (link:

  www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0006:page=29)

Creation Epic

M 1/14

Non-Greek Creation Accounts

QUIZ #1

Enuma Elish (link: http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/enuma.html)

Genesis Chapters 1-8 (any translation is fine, or download)

Near Eastern Theogonies (Caldwell 22-6)

W 1/16

Greek Creation Epic I

 

Theogony (Caldwell 27-85)

Apollodorus: Creation (Gods & Heroes 1-31)

F 1/18

Greek Creation Epic II

Works and Days (Caldwell 87-108)

Apollodorus: Prometheus (Gods & Heroes 32-53)

Monday January 21: UF Holiday

W 1/23

Maintaining the Divine Order

Iliad 1.493-611; 4.1-126; 8.1-62; 24.1-159 (72-5, 113-5, 182-3, 475-7)

Homeric Hymn to Demeter (download)

The Iliad

F 1/25

The Wrath of Achilles

QUIZ #2

Iliad Book 1 (30-75)

M 1/28

The Iliad in Context

Iliad Book 2 (76-99)

Proclus: The Epic Cycle (link:
  www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0004)

Apollodorus: The Trojan War (Gods & Heroes 231-47)

M. Lord Withdrawal & Return pp. 241-8 (link) must be on UF-linked computer


W 1/30

The Plan of Zeus in Action

Iliad Books 3-8 (100-97)

F 2/1

The Consequences of Achilles' wrath

QUIZ #3

Iliad Books 9-13 (198-293)

 

M 2/4

The Turning Point

Iliad Books 14-17 (294-374)

W 2/6

The Return of Achilles

Iliad Books 19-22 (375-449)

F 2/8

Ending the Iliad

Iliad Books 23-24 (450-96)

The Odyssey and Gilgamesh

M 2/11

In the Shadow of Odysseus

QUIZ #4

Odyssey Books 1-4 (1-87)

 

W 2/13

Odysseus in Context

 

Odyssey Book 5 (88-101)

Apollodorus: The Returns (Gods & Heroes 271-90)

Gilgamesh Tablet 1 (download)

 

F 2/15

Odysseus Tells His Story

 

Odyssey Books 6-9 (102-151)

Gilgamesh Tablets II-V (download)

 

M 2/18

To Hell and Back

Odyssey Books 10-12 (152-97)

Apollodorus: Herakles in Hades (Gods & Heroes 99-100)

Gilgamesh Tablets VI-XII (download)

 

W 2/20

Odysseus Returns

QUIZ #5

Odyssey Books 13-15 (198-239)

 

F 2/22

Prelude to Slaughter

Odyssey Books 16-19 (240-97)

 

M 2/25

Revenge & Recognitions

Odyssey Books 20-23 (298-344)

 

W 2/27

The Aftermath

QUIZ #6

Odyssey Books 24 (345-59)

Apollodorus: Death of Odysseus (Gods & Heroes 291-304)

 
F 3/1

return and go over quiz

 

 

3/4-3/8

spring break: no class

 

 


M 3/11
 Review for Exam #1

W  3/13

 Exam #1



F  3/15

A Hellenistic Epic

Argonautica Books 1-2 (Rieu pp. 9-108)

M 3/18

 Jason & Medea

Argonautica Books 3-4 (Rieu 109-195)


Virgil's Aeneid

W 3/20

 From Jason to Aeneas
QUIZ #7

Aeneid Book 1 (vii-xiii. 3-24; 295-7)
Iliad 156-352 (408-12)
Apollodoros: The Fall of Troy (Gods & Heroes 244-7)

F 3/22

Leaving Troy

 Aeneid Books 2-3 (25-68; 300-4)

M 3/25

Aeneas & Dido

Aeneid Books 4-5 (69-114)

W 3/27

To Hell and Back

QUIZ #8

Aeneid Books 6-7 (115-188; 291-3)

 

F 3/29

The War in Italy

Aeneid Books 8-10 (189-271; 294)

M 4/1

End of the War

Aeneid Book 11-12 (272-332)

Ovid's Metamorphoses

W 4/3

 Ovid Tweaks the Tradition
QUIZ #9

Metamorphoses Books 1, 3.250-end, 5, 7 (ix-xxxvii, 1-24, 51-73,
 106-20, 144-70) 

F 4/5

Pre-Trojan War Heroes

 Metamorphoses Books 8-11.1-219 (171-256)

 

M 4/8

Ovid's Trojan War

 Metamorphoses Books 11.220-13.622 (256-313)

 

W 4/10

From Aeneas to Augustus

 Metamorphoses Book 13.623-15 (314-79)

 

Lucan's Civil War (aka Bellum Civile or Pharsalia)

F 4/12

The Civil War Begins
QUIZ #10

 Civil War Introduction, Books 1-3

 

M 4/15

The Road to Pharsalia

 Civil War Introduction, Books 4-7

 

W 4/17

Caesar Triumphant

 Civil War Introduction, Books 8-10

 

F 4/19

The Afterlife of Ancient Epic
QUIZ #11

 link: Selections from Dante's Inferno

 

M 4/22

Review for Exam 2

 

W 4/24

Exam #2