Tentative schedule of readings and metrical exercises for Latin 725

Latin
2/5

Met. 1.1-150
(Anderson)

English
Califf, pp. viii-ix, 14, 9, 14-15

Meter and
composition
Scansion

Notes
Proem, creation

Met. book 1
Met. 1.151-243
2/12

Newlands:
p.1, Am. 1.1
p.19, Met. 15
p.23, Trist. 1.7

Newlands, pp. xiiixxii

Met. books 2 and 3

Califf, pp. 28-31,
33-36, 38-43

2/19

Met. 1.244-451

Scansion

Anderson, pp.30-37

Jupiter and Lycaon

Professor leaves at
6:30
Scansion and
metrical
analysis

Met. 4 and 5

2/26

Met. 1.452-567

Califf, pp. 17-19

Newlands:
pp.2-3, Am. 1.9
p.26, Pont. 3.3

Anderson, pp.19-30

Met. 1.568-746

Anderson, pp.14-19

Met. 8 and 9
Met. 1.747-79

3/12

3/19

3/26

Newlands:
p.12, Met. 2
pp.24-6, Trist.
4.10
pp.3-4, Am. 1.13
p.24, Trist. 4.6
pp.8-11, Ars Am.
(all selections)

Califf, pp. 20-23,

92-96
Sharrock, "Ovid
and the
discourses of
love"

Amores, post-exile
poetry
Hexameter jumbles
(Califf ex.14)

Apollo and Daphne

Imagery of love

Hexameter jumbles
(ex.14, 15)
Composition: end
of the line
(ex.19)

Io

Hexameter jumbles
(ex.16, 17)
Phaethon
Composition: end
of the line, first
half of line
(ex.19, 20, 21)

Ars Amatoria

Met. 10 and 11

Met. 2.401-530

Califf, pp. 25-26

Newlands:
pp.5-7, Heroides
(all selections)

Richlin, "Reading
Ovid's rapes"

Met. 3.138-315

Deucalion and
Pyrrha

Met. 6 and 7
Califf, pp. 23-24

3/5

Lincoln's birthday:
no class meeting

Met. 12 and 13

Met. 14 and 15

Metrical anomalies
(ex.8)
Composition: first
and second half
of line, whole
hexameters
(ex.21, 22, 23)
Composition: whole
hexameters
(ex.23)

Callisto

Heroides

Midterm in second
hour of class
Actaeon, Semele

Tentative schedule of readings and metrical exercises for Latin 725

Califf, pp. 66-69

4/2

Met. 3.316-510
Martin, pp. 3-11

Composition from a
paraphrase
(ex.27e)

Initial proposal for

lesson plan due
Tiresias, Narcissus

SPRING BREAK (4/9)

Met. 4.55-189
4/16

Newlands:
p.2, Am. 1.6
pp.4-5, Am. 2.15

Califf, pp.70-73
Allen, "Ovid and
art"/
Kennedy, "Recent
receptions of
Ovid"

Composition from a
paraphrase
(ex.27e)

Met. 4.274-338
4/23

Newlands:
pp.20-23, Fasti
(all selections)

Sharrock, "Gender
and sexuality"

Composition from a
paraphrase/
Free composition

Pyramus and
Thisbe

Complete rough
draft of lesson
plan due
Salmacis & Hermaphroditus

Fasti
Anderson pp.6-13
Barchiesi,
"Narrative
technique and
narratology"

Free composition or
alternative

Perseus and
Andromeda

4/30

Met. 4.604-803

5/7

TBD
(Met. 5.346-571?)

Presentations

5/14

TBD

Presentations
FINAL EXAM: May 21, 5:35-7:25pm, room 1441W
Final draft of lesson plan is due.