Do not print this schedule. Subject to change at any time, up to the class meeting preceding that on which the assignment is due.
Th Jan. 12 | Introduction; lines 1-7 (see help sheet) | ||
Tu Jan 17 | Memorize vocabulary list for 1-32 (click to download) | Read Book 1 (Α), lines 1-32 | |
Th Jan 19 | Memorize vocabulary list for 33-67 | Read lines 33-67 | |
Tu Jan 24 | Memorize vocabulary list for 68-100 | Read lines 68-100: Rapid Reading sheet (click to download) | QUIZ on lines 1-100 |
Th Jan 26 | Memorize vocabulary list for 101-147 | Read lines 101-147 | Begin to memorize lines 1-7 |
Tu Jan 31 | Memorize vocabulary list for 148-187 | Read lines 148-187 | |
Th Feb 2 | Memorize vocabulary list for 188-244 | Read lines 188-244: Rapid Reading sheet | QUIZ on lines 101-244 |
Tu Feb 7 | Homeric vocabulary 245-303 | Read lines 245-303 | Remember to finish memorizing lines 1-7 |
Th Feb 9 | Homeric vocabulary 304-363 | Read lines 304-317 + Rapid Reading Sheet 318-348 + lines 349-363 | |
Tu Feb 14 | Review vocabulary: Homeric vocabulary summary | Review readings, including Rapid Reading sheets; review grammar & morphology highlighted in class | First Hour Examination |
Th Feb 16 | Read lines 364-412 | ||
Tu Feb 21 | Read lines 413-429 + Rapid Reading sheet for lines 430-492 (we will not get through all of this in class) | scansion exercise: write out at home to work through in class | |
Th Feb 23 | Read lines 493-530 | The Nature of Formulaic poetry (waj) | |
Tu Feb 28 | Read lines 531-583 | ||
Th Mar 2 | Read lines 584-610 (& review 568-583!) | Brief Writing assignment. Common topic: Donlan (see below*) | |
Tu Mar 7 | Read Book 2 (Β), lines 1-55 | Lines 56-83 at sight in class | |
Th Mar 9 | Read lines 84-141 | ||
S P R I N G B R E A K | |||
Tu Mar 21 | Read lines 141-196 | ||
Th Mar 23 | Read lines 197-242 | ||
Tu Mar 28 | Review for exam | Second Hour Exam: take-home exam | |
Th Mar 30 | Read lines 243-283 | This is a short reading. Take the time to Isolate what you will be doing for your epideixis & start memorizing | |
Tu Apr 4 | Read lines 284-335 | ||
Th Apr 6 | Read lines 336-401 | ||
Tu Apr 11 | Read Book 24 (Ω), lines 472-551 (note: a long, stretch assignment!) | ||
Th Apr 13 | PAPYRUS WORKSHOP: Meet at the entrance to the Rubenstein reading room. | ΕΠΙΔΕΙΧΕΙΣ (extracurricular). For ἐπιδείξεις, see below**. (About here; exact date TBD) | |
Tu Apr 18 | Read lines 552-595 | ||
Th Apr 20 | Read lines 596-634 | ||
Tu Apr 25 | Read lines 635-691 | ||
R E A D I N G P E R I O D | |||
Take home exam due by noon May 2 | Review | Third Hour Examination |
*Donlan assignment: Read carefully Walter Donlan’s essay, “Duelling with Gifts in the Iliad: As the Audience Saw It,” Colby Quarterly 29 (1993) 155-172, and write a 2-page reaction paper: How does Donlan’s argument recast what we have read in Book 1? Is the argument convincing? Are there problems or limitations to this approach?
**ΕΠΙΔΕΙΧΕΙΣ: On an eventing in April you will give an ἐπίδειξις of your rhapsodic skills. You will recite from memory a passage of at least 10 lines from the Iliad. The lines can be from anywhere in the epic (excepting the proem!); and you are welcome, indeed encouraged, to select passages where you can recite, dialogue-wise, together with someone else in the class. Feel free to bring staffs, raiment, golden crowns, or whatever will help you feel inspired. I will have a rhapsode’s staff.