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Quiz 2 (on readings from 23-30 September) |
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Tragic monologues in epic, part 1 |
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- Vergil, Aeneid 4 (English): The tragedy
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- Vergil, Aeneid 4.534-52 (Latin)
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- Heroides 7 (English): Dido to Aeneas
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- Heroides 7 (Latin): 181-96
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Tragic monologues in epic, part 2 |
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- Catullus, poem 64 (English): the tragedy of Ariadne
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- Catullus, poem 64 (Latin): 132-8, 177-87
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- Heroides 10 (English): Ariadne to Theseus
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- Heroides 10 (Latin): 59-74
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Tragic monologues in epic, part 3 |
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- Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3 (English):
the tragedy of Medea
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Tragic monologues in epic, part 4 |
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- Selections from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
(tr. Fagles)
- Iliad 17, p. 445: "And back Apollo
strode...'that would be the best.'"
- Iliad 21, p. 538: "And then and
there...'handing him the glory.'"
- Iliad 22, pp. 544-5: "So they wept...'Zeus
awards the glory!'"
- Odyssey 5, pp. 161-2: "With that
he rammed...'I'm doomed to die!'"
- Odyssey 5, p. 163: "With that the
goddess...'no better plan for now.'"
- Odyssey 5, p. 165: "But just offshore...'hates
my very name!'"
- Odyssey 5, pp. 166-7: "So the man
prayed...'drag me off as quarry.'"
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Tuesday |
Quiz 3 (on readings from 5-14 October) |
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Ovid's Deianiras, part 1: the source |
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- Sophocles, The Women of Trachis
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Ovid's Deianiras, part 2: The Metamorphoses |
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- Met. 9.1-272 (English): Deianira and Hercules
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Ovid's Deianiras, part 3: The Heroides |
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- Heroides 9 (English): Deianira to Hercules
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- Heroides 9.1-6, 119-46, 159-68
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Ovid's Deianiras, part 4: summing up |
