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Weeks 1-2: 1/22-2/2

M 1/22

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.1-7

W 1/24

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.1-52
Secondary Reading: Drapper, "Homeric Greek " (pp. 11-13) and "Dactylic Hexameter" (pp. 13-16)

F 1/26

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Α.53-83
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Language" & "Meter and Formulae" (pp. 42-53)

M 1/29

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.84-129
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Word Order and Emphasis" (pp. 55-60)
Group Recitation: Proem of Iliad

W 1/31

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.130-171
Write: Scan the proem of the Iliad
Review: Homeric Personal Pronouns (Benner §110)

F 2/2

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Α.172-205
Solo Recitation: Proem of Iliad

Weeks 3-4: 2/5-2/16

M 2/5

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.206-53

W 2/7

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.254-91
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Story Patterns and the Use of Myth " (pp. 62-69)
Write: Meter Worksheet

F 2/9

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Α.292-325

M 2/12

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.326-84
Group Recitation: Proem of Odyssey

W 2/14

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.393-439

F 2/16

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Α.440-492
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "The Bard, Oral Poetry, and Our Present Text" (pp. 15-28)

Weeks 5-6: 2/19-3/2

M 2/19

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.493-559
Solo Recitation: Proem of Odyssey

W 2/21

Primary Reading: Iliad Α.560-610
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Narrative: The Poet's Voice" (pp. 29-41)
Solo Recitation: Proem of Odyssey

F 2/23

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad B.1-47
Please bring Journals to be turned in.

M 2/26

Primary Reading: Iliad Β.48-108
Extensive Reading: Iliad Β.109-154 [be sure to include a summary of this section in your reading journal]
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Similes" (pp. 102-110)

W 2/28

Primary Reading: Iliad Β.455-485, 780-806
English Reading: Iliad B. 155-454, 486-779
Resource: Maps of the Greek contingents of the Catalogue of Ships

F 3/2

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Β.807-815, Γ.1-57
English Reading: Iliad B. 815-877

Weeks 7-8: 3/5-3/23

M 3/5

English Reading: Iliad Γ. 58-120
Primary Reading: Iliad Γ.121-190 (read Γ.58-120 through in Greek after you read it in English)
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Sound" (pp. 117-119)

W 3/7

Primary Reading: Iliad Γ.191-244

F 3/9

EXAM

M 3/19

Primary Reading: Iliad Γ.324-398
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Type-Scenes and Expansion " (pp. 71-77)

W 3/21

Primary Reading: Iliad Γ.399-461
English Reading: Iliad Δ-Ε

F 3/23

QUIZ
English Reading: Iliad Ζ.1-439
Primary Reading: Iliad Z.440-502
Commentary Project: "Inform me of your selection by emailing (as an attachment ) an approximately 100 word description of your project, including what aspects of the passage motivate your interest. This description should include at least one word in Unicode Greek (for information on typing Unicode Greek, see “Formalities” below). I will provide feedback or guidance as appropriate and may suggest we meet to discuss your project."

Weeks 9-10: 3/26-4/6

M 3/26

English Reading: Iliad Z.503-I.181
Primary Reading: Iliad I.182-263
Commentary Project: "Scan your passage, noting especially any unusual metrical effects. Links to digital texts are available on the “Digital Resources” page of the course website. I suggest that you print out the passage and scan as you would on a metrical worksheet. Submit this sheet."

W 3/28

Primary Reading: Iliad I.263-342
English Reading: Iliad I.343-605

F 3/30

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Ι.606-668
English Reading: Iliad I.669-713

M 4/2

Primary Reading: Iliad Ο.592-655
English Reading: Iliad K-O.591

W 4/4

English Reading: Iliad O.653-Π.683
Primary Reading: Iliad Π.684-764
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Battle Scenes" (pp. 78-81)

F 4/6

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad Π.785-867

Weeks 11-12: 4/9-4/20

M 4/9

Primary Reading: Iliad Σ.462-540
Secondary Reading: Iliad P.1-Σ.461 (note esp. Menelaus' odd aristeia and the delivery of the news of Patroclus' death); Edwards, "Shield of Achilles" (pp. 278-286)
Commentary Project: "Once you know how your passage should sound, begin memorizing it. Once you have memorized the passage, record yourself reciting it, incorporating meter and stress. I suggest using the freeware program “Audacity” (if you have a computer with a microphone, you can use this program on your own computer); otherwise you should use one in the Language Learning Center in Stokes 205). Email the sound file to me as an attachment or submit it to me on a CD or drop it in my network dropbox (bmulliga). If you like, you are encouraged to recite some or all of our passage during ORALitTea ’07 (Oral Recitation of Ancient Languages)"

W 4/11

Secondary Reading: Iliad Σ.541-X
Primary Reading: Iliad X.1-76


F 4/13

QUIZ
LIBRARY VISIT
Primary Reading: Iliad X.77-98


M 4/16

Primary Reading: Iliad X.99-187

W 4/18

Primary Reading: Iliad X.188-249
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Honor, Proper Behavior, and Warfare" (pp. 149-158)

F 4/20

QUIZ
Primary Reading: Iliad X.250-305

Weeks 13-14: 4/23-5/4

M 4/23

Primary Reading: Iliad X.306-394
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Gods, Fate, and Mortality" (pp. 124-131)

W 4/25

Primary Reading: Iliad X.395-475

F 4/27

Primary Reading: Iliad X.476-515
Commentary Project Due

Recommended Lecture (Bryn Mawr Colloquium): Margalit Finkelberg, "The Mycenaeans, the Anatolians, and the Dating of the Trojan War"

M 4/30

Primary Reading: Iliad Ω.472-571

W 5/2

Primary Reading: Iliad Ω.572-640
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "History and Society " (pp.159-169)

F 5/4

Primary Reading: Iliad Ω.641-691
Secondary Reading: Edwards, "Afterword: The World-View of Homer" (pp. 317-323)

 

Activities and Projects

Reading Journal: Guidelines; Template
Recitations:Introduction and Guidelines
Commentary Project