Schedule of Assignments
Do not print this schedule. Subject to change at any time, up to the class meeting preceding that on which the assignment is due.
Th Jan 9
Introduction
Lines 1-7
Hexameter (1)
Tu Jan 14
Memorize vocabulary list for 1-32 (click to download)
Read Book 1 (Α), lines 1-32
Scansion exercise in class (complete at home)
Week of Jan 13: Greek 324 students should start reading (or rereading) books 1-12 of the Odyssey in translation (see syllabus for recommendations).
Th Jan 16
Memorize vocabulary list for 33-67
Read lines 33-67
Hexameter (2)
Scansion exercise in class (complete at home; include caesura)
Tu Jan 21
Memorize vocabulary list for 68-100
Read lines 68-100: Rapid Reading sheet (click to download)
Week of Jan 20: Greek 324 students finish reading books 1-12 of the Odyssey in translation and start on the reading for next week, from book 6. If you have not read the full Odyssey, you should take the opportunity to read Books 13-24 as well.
Th Jan 23
Memorize vocabulary list for 101-147
Read lines 101-147
QUIZ on lines 1-100
Begin to memorize lines 1-7
Tu Jan 28
Memorize vocabulary list for 148-187
Read lines 148-187
Week of Jan 27: Greek 324 students begin the reading of the Odyssey in Greek: Od. 6.1-71
Here is a pdf of the opening lines and a pdf of the BMCR commentary to the opening lines
Topic: The Nature of Formulaic poetry (waj)
Th Jan 30
Memorize vocabulary list for 188-244
Read lines 188-244: Rapid Reading sheet
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Feb 4
Memorize vocabulary list for 245-303
Read lines 245-303
Remember to finish memorizing lines 1-7
QUIZ on lines 101-244
Week of Jan Feb 3: Greek 324 students read Od. 6.72-147
Th Feb 6
Memorize vocabulary lists for 304-363
Read lines 304-317 + Rapid Reading Sheet 318-348 + lines 349-363
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Feb 11
Review vocabulary: Homeric vocabulary summary
Review readings, including Rapid Reading sheets; review grammar & morphology highlighted in class
=First Hour Examination=
Week of Feb 3: Greek 324 students read Od. 6.148-185 (a lesser assignment to accommodate studying for the exam)
Th Feb 13
From here on out, you need to develop your own vocabulary lists. I recommend you use Owen and Goodspeed to help gauge which vocabulary you should commit to memory. The Homeric Vocabularies in Owen and Goodspeed also exist as a Memrise course (I have not used this, however, and cannot vouch for its accuracy.)
Read lines 364-412
Fill out Topic Preference Sheet and BRING TO CLASS. To look into the possible topics, go to the Guide tab above, and scroll down to the Presentation/Paper Topics
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Feb 18
Read lines 413-429 + Rapid Reading sheet for lines 430-492 (we will not get through all of this in class)
scansion exercise: write out at home to work through in class
Week of Feb 17: Greek 324 students read Od. 6.186-253
Th Feb 20
Read lines 493-530
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Feb 25
Read lines 531-583
Week of Feb 24: Greek 324 students read Od. 6.254-330
Topic 1 - "Homeric Style and Oral Poetics"- Cordelia Hogan
Th Feb 27
Read lines 584-610 + Β (=book 2), lines 1-34
Topic 2 - "Homeric Society" - Greg Orme
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Mar 3
Read Β lines 35-94
Week of Mar 2: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.105-176
Topic 3 - "Type Scenes" - Sophia Dort
Th Mar 5
Read Β 95-141
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
S P R I N G B R E A K - Mar 7-15
C O V I D 1 9 B R E A K - Mar 16-22
Week of Mar 16: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.177-251
Greek 324 students will meet at 3:00 Thursday for Odyssey reading
NOTE THAT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD OFFICE HOURS AND CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING ZOOM LOCATION:
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Tu Mar 24
Read Β 142-197
Week of Mar 23: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.252-318
Th Mar 26
Read Β 198-242
Topic 4 - "Homer and Archaeology" - Josh Young
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Mar 31
Review for exam
=Second Hour Examination - TO BE TAKEN AT HOME =
When you are ready to take the exam, click on the Link supplied by email to download.
Week of Mar 30: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.319-412
Th Apr 2
Read Β 243-283 (a short reading: take the time to isolate which passage you will memorize for your epideixis, and start working on the memorization)
Topic 5 - "Similes" - Andrew Forrester
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for Odyssey reading
Tu Apr 7
Read Β 284-335
Week of Apr 6: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.413-490
Topic 6 - "Gender in Homer" - Amelia Bell
Th Apr 9
Read Ω (Book 24) 472-551 (note: a long, stretch assignment)
Topic 7 - "Hero" and Epic - Danny Cordray
Tu Apr 14
Read Ω 552-595
Week of Apr 13: Greek 324 students read Od. 9.491-565
Topic 8 - Gods, Religion, and Belief - Andrew Raines & Caleb Cooke [OR presentation can be split between 4/14 and 4/16]
Th Apr 16
Read Ω 596-642
Greek 324 students will meet at 2:45 for the last Odyssey reading
Fr Apr 17
ΕΠΙΔΕΙΧΕΙΣ ῾ΡΑΨΩΙΔΙΚΑΙ: On an evening in April you will give an ἐπίδειξις of your rhapsodic skills [after a dinner at my home, once we have put away our desire for food and drink.] You will recite from memory a passage of at least 10 lines from the Iliad. The lines can be from anywhere in the epic (excepting the proem!); and you are welcome, indeed encouraged, to select passages where you can recite, dialogue-wise, together with someone else in the class. Feel free to bring staffs, raiment, golden crowns, or whatever will help you feel inspired. I will have one rhapsode’s staff.
Tu Apr 21
Read Ω 643-691
R E A D I N G P E R I O D
FINAL EXAM WILL BE A TAKE-HOME EXAM, DUE THURSDAY APRIL 30 at NOON
The painting at top is a detail of hoplites running, from a black-figure vase, 6th c. BCE, currently in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.