Tues-Wed, 12/3-4 - Combo Deal

• P&P

• Discuss Bk 7

HW: Read Bk 8

Monday, 12/2 - The Italian Stallion

• P&P

• HW check 

• Quizzy-quiz

• Discuss Bks 2-5

HW: Read Bk 6 and keep up with Leithart overview

Block, 11/21 - Gettin' all Roman up in this (but don't get too Roman on Thanksgiving)

Turbaconducken

• P&P

• Discuss Book 1

• Begin Book 2

• Accessible Translation of Virgil's Aeneid

HW: Over Thanksgiving Vacation, I would like for you to read Books 2-5. Please select a quote and make comment from each. Also, be ready for a reading check quiz when you return. Finally, thank God, bless your parents and siblings, and enjoy some delicious food.

Wednesday, 11/20 -

Say "hi" to Dr. Leithart

• P&P

• Discuss Leithart intro to Virgil's Aeneid.

HW: Read Book 1 of The Aeneid.
 

Tuesday, 11/19 - Slaughter in Room B-25

Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome

• Test

• Rest

HW: Read Leithart's intro to Virgil's Aeneid, and be ready to discuss the review questions (I will not collect the review questions as a HW assignment). 

Monday, 11/18 - Are you a suitor or a swineherd?

• P&P

• Discuss final books and check Leithart Review Questions

HW: Be ready for an Odyssey quiz tomorrow. Things I will cover (be sure to review all your review questions from Leithart): 

1. Main characters
2. Symbolism and motifs
1. pigs
2. trees
3. weaving
3. Plot and subplots
1. Agamemnon's nostos
2. Ares, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus 
4. Themes on various topics
1. hospitality and food - their religious implications
2. civilization vs. barbarism
3. delayed identification
5. Greek terms and names
1. Names
1. Odysseus - "son of pain"
2. Telemachus - "war from afar"
3. Antinous - "not mindful"
2. Terms
1. metis - cunning
2. menis - demonic rage
3. dolos (dolon) - craft(s)
4. nostos (nostoi) - return home
5. nous - mind
6. aristeia - god-like battle prowess

 

Block, 11/14 - Slaughter in the Hall

• P&P

• Discuss Bk 21

• Begin Bk 22 - "Slaughter in the Hall"

HW: 

• Finish The Odyssey 
• Select quotes from Bks 22-24 and provide commentary
• Finish Leithart
• Do review questions