Latin 359

Seminar: Virgil

Syllabus


Clara Shaw Hardy
LDC 258
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chardy@carleton
Office Hours: MTW 11:00-12:00; Th. 3:00- 4:00

TTh 1:15-3:00
LDC 345

Some Useful Links:

The Perseus Project (an enormous digital library of mostly Greek texts and images, with some Latin material, including Latin and English texts of all Virgil's works)

Virgil.org: a useful collection of links to resources on Virgil.

Resources for research on Virgil

Schedule of Assignments:

Sept. 11

Introductions; Virgil and Pastoral

Sept. 13

Eclogue 1, Eclogues in translation (on Open Reserve)

Sept. 18

Eclogue 9 and Eclogue 10;

Sept. 20

Georgics 1 and 4 in translation

Sept. 25

Georgic IV, 415-565

Sept. 27

Aeneid 1 and 2

Oct. 2

Aeneid 1.1-33; 2.1-56; 199-233

Choice: 2.526-558 (Death of Priam); 776-795 (Creusa's ghost)

Oct. 4

Aeneid 3 and 4; Article Summary and Short Bibliography

Class Summaries

Oct. 9

Aeneid 4. 259-396

Choice: 3. 154-171 (Penates); 613-654 (Achaemenides)

Oct. 11

Aeneid 5 and 6; First Statement of Topic

Oct. 16

NO CLASS! Work on Latin and your bibliography

Oct. 18

Aeneid 6. 426-476; 637-723

Choice:

Aeneid 7 and 8

Oct. 23

Aeneid 8. 184-369; Annotated Bibliography Due

Oct. 25

Aeneid 9 and 10; Second Statement of Topic

Oct. 30

Aeneid 10.439-509; 755-832

Choice:

Nov. 1

Preliminary Draft of Paper Due in Class; Reports on papers

Nov. 6

Aeneid 11 and 12; Aeneid 12.791 - 952

Nov. 8

Choice:

Nov. 13

Paper Presentations; Final Draft of paper due