Senior Seminar 2024-5

Link to Theoi for Myth in Literature and Sources.

Agenda/Homework for Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

1) Read Ars Amatoria down to line 100 in translation.

2) Latin Reading Rabbits: Prepare to read the first 60 lines of the Ars Amatoria, Book 1 (handed out in class). I need to send a translation of the Ars Amatoria to Non-Latin bunnies to read translation. Email if you need documents.

Agenda/Homework for Thursday, September 12, 2024.

1) Thank you to Josselyn, Mirna, and Ian for presentations today.

2) Review notes from class and presentation.

3) Read Ars Amatoria down to line 100 in translation.

4) Latin Reading Rabbits: Finish all of Amores 1.15 and read the first 30 lines of the Ars Amatoria, Book 1 (handed out in class). I need to send a translation of the Ars Amatoria to Non-Latin bunnies to read translation. Email if you need documents.

Agenda/Homework for Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

1) Short Presentations on Significant Literary Antecedents for Ovid

a) Hesiod’s (archaic Greek Author),Theogony (Josselyn). Use article from OCD handed out in class and skim your mythology textbook chapters 3. You do not have to master all this matter, just the salient points for a 5-10 minute informal presentation.

b) Hesiod’s (archaic Greek Author), Works and Days (Mirna). Use article from OCD on Hesiod handed out in class and skim your mythology textbook chapters 4. You do not have to master all this matter, just the salient points for a 5-10 minute informal presentation.

c) Callimachus (Hellenistic/Alexandrian) Aetia, Hymns to Gods, etc (Sir Ian). Read and summarize OCD article handed out in class and have a look at this website. 5-10 minute informal presentation.

2) Latin Reading Rabbits: Finish all of Amores 1.15 and read the first 20 lines of the Ars Amatoria, Book 1 (handed out in class). I need to send a translation of the Ars Amatoria to Non-Latin bunnies to read translation. Email if you need documents.

3) Always review notes from class.poems in translation and Latin read in class.

Agenda/Homework for Tuesday, September 4, 2024.

1) Presentation on Homeric heroic myth:

a) Hector and Andromache in Homer’s Iliad (Josselyn)

b) Briseis and her role in the Iliad (Sir Ian)

c) Ares (Mars) and Aphrodite (Venus) in Demodocus’ song in book 8 of Homer’s Odyssey (Mirna)

2) Prepare to read all of Ovid, Amores 1.9 and half of 1.15. Finish all of 1.15 for Thursday’s Class. Non-Latin bunnies read these poems in translation. See email if you need anything or missed it in class.

3) Always review notes from class and readings.

4) Alexandrian/Hellenistic writers and their influence on Ovid. Aratus, Callimachus and Apollonius Rhodius.

Agenda/Homework for Thursday, August 29.

1) Listen to this podcast on Publius Ovidius Naso and take notes to discuss in class.

2) Prepare to read Ovid, Amores 1.5 and the first 10 lines 1.9. Non-Latin bunnies read these poems in translation. See email for 1.9 in translation.

3) Review notes from class.

Agenda/Homework for Tuesday, August 27.

1) Listen to this podcast on Publius Ovidius Naso and take notes to discuss in class.

2) Prepare to read Ovid, Amores 1.5.

3) We will also finish reading and discuss Ovid, Amores 1.1 on Tuesday.