The Romans--CL-HY 216
Block 4, 2003
picture courtesy of Maecenas
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Reading List
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| Week 1 (Thanksgiving Week) November 24-25 or 26. | Week 2
December 1-5. |
Week 3 December 8-12 | |
We'll start with the Augustan form of the Roman foundation myth in Vergil's Aeneid: Books 1-8. (Study questions) Tuesday's reading: Aeneid 1-4: read the study questions and (today or tomorrow) post an answer to the Class Public Folder--located in the Academic Departments section of the Outlook Public Folders, under Classics) Wednesday: 5-8 |
Finish the Aeneid and and and write a paper
on it, cover Livy on the early history: Book 1 for Tuesday and
Wednesday. Books 3-5 for Thursday and Friday. |
Cicero and Lucretius: Monday Cicero Part I; Tuesday Part II; Wednesday Lucretius books 1-3; Thursday 4-6; Friday and onward: JoAnn Shelton--chapters XV and XIV, religion and philosophy, and middle-brow culture, for Friday. This week you'll get started on a final project/paper for the block. | |
December 15-19