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Abbreviations:
 
AO
 = Aeschylus: Oresteia
E5
 = Euripides V
 
E1
 = Euripides I
S1
 = Sophocles I
 
E2
 = Euripides II
S2
 = Sophocles II

 
1
 Euripides, Bacchae (406 BCE, first prize)
Thursday
 

-- Reactions to the Bacchae

 

 
For next class:
  -- Questions on the Bacchae (handout)
   
6
 No class today
Tuesday
 

 
For next class:
  -- Euripides, Hippolytus (E1)
  blank
8
 Euripides, Hippolytus (428 BCE, first prize)
Thursday
 

-- Responses to questions

  -- Pentheus on the couch
  -- HK or HS?
 

 
For next class:
  -- Review course website
  -- Review semester project guidelines
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13
 Euripides, Hippolytus (428 BCE, first prize)
Tuesday
  -- Reactions to the Hippolytus
  -- The function of the prologue
  -- Shame culture
 

 
For next class:
  -- Euripides, Heracles (E2)
  blank
15
 Euripides, Heracles (416-14 BCE)
Thursday
 

-- Reactions to the Heracles

  -- Project discussion: assigning roles
   
For next class:
  -- Euripides, Heracles (E2)
  blank
20
 Euripides, Heracles (416-14 BCE)
Tuesday
 

-- Panel discussion

  -- The life of Sophocles
   
For next class:
  -- Sophocles, Women of Trachis (S2)
  -- Project: diary due
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22
 Sophocles, Women of Trachis (450-30 BCE)
Thursday
 

-- Panel discussion

   
For next class:
  -- J. March, "Deianira and Heracles" (handout)
  -- Project: story due
  blank
27
 Sophocles, Women of Trachis (450-30 BCE)
Tuesday
 

-- Mythography exercise

   
For next class:
  -- Sophocles, Oedipus the King (S1)
  -- Project: diary due
   
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