Activities for Weeks 9 -11 :: CSTS215: Tales of Troy

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Syllabus of Activities > Weeks 9 - 11

Week 9

Tuesday, November 7

Read: Vergil, Aeneid 4-6 [Full Study Guide]; Catullus 64, some background about the life and poetry of Catullus.

Thursday, November 9

Read: Vergil, Aeneid 7-9

Sunday, November 12

Due: Vergil, Aeneid 7-9

Week 10

Tuesday, November 14

Read: Vergil, Aeneid 10-12

Thursday, November 16

Peruse: The continuators of the Aeneid: Pier Candido Demembrio (1419) and Maffeo Vegio (1428). In the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, Maffeo's Supplementum was often printed with Vergil's text, in effect as the "Thirteenth Book" of the Aeneid. At a minimum, read Twyne's translation of the "ARGUMENT" for Vegio's Supplementum.

Homerathon! We will be meeting in the Sunken Lounge of Haverford's Dining Center. The Midterm will be distributed there.

Tuesday, November 21

"The Trojan Myth in Music", class lecture by Michael R. Nock (2006)

Due: Midterm

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