| The Holy Bible (Meridian bks)
The Odyssey, Homer Greek Tragedies, vol. 1 Aristophanes, Three Comedies Catullus Vergil, Aeneid Ovid, Metamorphoses Petronius, Satyricon xerox packet* |
(tr.) R. Fitzgerald (ed.) Grene & Lattimore (=gk. tr.) (ed.) W. Arrowsmith (tr.) Guy Lee (tr.) C. Day Lewis (tr.) Rolfe Humphries (tr.) Arrowsmith |
| Readings | Lecture topics |
| Introduction |
| Old Testament & The Ancient World |
Genesis pp. 9-12; Exodus pp. 55-87;
Job pp. 442-465; Psalm 23 (p. 473), Psalm 121 (p. 515), Jonah pp. 724-725 |
| Archaic World View; change & continuity : Homeric Epic | Odyssey bks.-6, 8, 9, 10, 11; pp.-319-320; p. 387,
p. 401-411, pp. 429-437. |
| Introduction to tragedy
Prometheus, knowledge vs.-power |
Aeschylus, Prometheus (gk. tr.) |
| Prometheus, the Firebearer
Moira, apportionment Oresteia, change and continuity |
Aeschylus, Agamemnon, (gk. tr.) |
| Oedipus' responsibility,
Oedipus, the sacrifice Spheres, human and divine |
Sophocles, Oedipus (gk. tr.)
Antigone (gk. tr.) |
| Advent of the irrational:
Darkness in the Enlightenment |
Euripides, Hippolytus (gk. tr.) |
| Aristophanes, Clouds
Old education vs. New education |
Aristophanes, Clouds |
| Theocritus (Hellenistic) | Simaetha; (handout) |
| Catullus, A Roman Love Poet | Catullus 1,2,3,5,7,8,10,11,13,
29,32,39,43,50,68,76,79,89,101 |
| Vergil; the reality of Empire | Aeneid bk 1 pp.13-19, bks.-2
4, 6, 8, 12 |
| Ovid, a poet between two worlds | Ovid, Metamorphoses
bk 1, pp. 54-56, 83-87,119-127, bk 6, pp. 181-190 200-208, 234-237 243-261, 320-334 |
| Petronius, barrenness of Empire | Petronius, Dinner with Trimalchio (Arrowsmith) |
| Pagan and Christian in an age of anxiety | N.-T.,-St.-Luke |
xerox packet should include:
1) outlines of lectures and questionnaires of readings.
student work: classs room discussion; 1 hour exam, 1 paper (approx.
10 pages
double spaced, typed), final exam