Tuesday, September 02 Getting Acquainted
The
Aristocratic Ethos
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Reading: The Iliad:
Book XII (305-330), p. 266 Read
the Lecture: Aristocratic Ethos
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Thursday, September 04 The
Leadership Crisis
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Reading:
Book I (complete); Book II (1-495), pp. 59-89. |
| Writing:
Journal:
"Explain the nature of Nestor's wisdom and why it fails."
Heralds (01): Chiriboga & Deragon
Heralds (02): Bondari & Docster
Scribes (01): Viebranz & Tobin
Scribes (022): Santiago & Salesses
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Tuesday, September 09 The Trojan
Women and the men who love them.
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Reading: The Iliad: Book III (complete), pp. 100-112;
Book VI (75-530), pp. 155-167.
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| Writing:
Journal: "Compare and contrast the relationship of Alexandros and Helen with that of Hector and Andromache."
Heralds (01): Farrell & Harrison
Heralds (02): Gregson & Harvey
Scribes (01): Walker & Sonntag
Scribes (02): Roberge & Ricardo
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Thursday, September 11 The Embassy
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Reading: The Iliad: Book IX (complete), pp. 198-217.
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| Writing:
Journal: Submit an outline of the speech assigned you to class via
email. Then bring a printout of the outline to class for group work. Heralds (01):
Lizada & Lynch
Heralds (02): Higgins & Knickerbocker
Scribes (01): Stall & Sivixay
Scribes (02): Rhodes & Morales-Romo
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Tuesday, September 16 The Death of Patrocles
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Reading: The Iliad: Book XVI
(complete), pp. 330-353.
Aristotle's
Rhetoric, Book II, on Anger
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| Writing:
Journal: "Why
did Achilles permit Patrocles to return to battle?"
Heralds (01): Bowers & Caroll
Heralds (02): D'Amore & Lewis
Scribes (01): Reichwein & O'Leary
Scribes (02): Mavhurume & Stephenson
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Thursday, September 18 The Shield of Achilles
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Reading: The Iliad:
Book XVIII (complete), pp 375-391. Book XXII, Death of
Hector W. H. Auden -
"The Shield of Achilles"
The Shield of Achilles by
Gregory Nagy
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| Drawing:
Draw the shield of Achilles in
dark ink on an
8x10 clear white sheet of paper. Then, select a single scene
from the shield and render it imitating the Greek style of linear
drawing. (Hint: consult the
Greek Vases excursion page.) -- for electronic scanning
Heralds (01): Curtis & Dawes
Heralds (02): Mavhurume & Rhodes
Scribes (01): Mahoney & Lynch
Scribes (02): McLean & Lewis
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Tuesday, September 23 The Funeral Games
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Reading: The Iliad: Book XXIII (complete), pp.
450-475. Read
the Lecture: The Shield as Cosmos
You may wish to view
the excursion on the Greek Olympics.
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| Writing: Prompt> "How does the question of justice
make its appearance during the funeral games?"
Heralds (01): Mahoney & O'Leary
Heralds (02): McLean & Ricardo
Scribes (01): Lizada & Harrison
Scribes (02): Bondari & Knickerbocker
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Thursday, September 25 The Return of Hector's Body
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Reading: The Iliad: Book XXIV (complete), pp. 475-496. |
| Writing:
Journal: "Does
Achilles achieve Apollonian wisdom ("Suffering is the human
condition") by the end of Book XXIV? Provide evidence
one way or the other."
No doubt, a man can suffer loss
of someone even closer than a friend--
a brother born from the same mother,
or even a son. He pays his tribute,
with his tears and his laments--then stops.
For Fates have put in men resilient hearts. -- Apollo
Heralds (01): Reichwein &
Sivixay
Heralds (02): Morales-Romo & Roberge
Scribes (01): Farrell & Deragon
Scribes (02): Higgins & Harvey
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Tuesday, September 30 The Lyric Poem
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Reading: Sappho
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| Writing:
Journal: "Compose three short poems or one long one in the Sapphic
style of lyric poetry, incorporating some of the themes, but not
necessarily the characters or events, of the Iliad. These may
be highly personal poems."
Heralds (01): Sonntag & Stahl
Heralds (02): Salesses & Santiago
Scribes (01): Curtis & Chiriboga
Scribes (02): Docster & D'Amore
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