Week 1
| Tues. Aug. 22 | Introduction to course |
| Th. Aug. 24 | Homer's Iliad: Themes and Background **read Iliad, books 1-3 |
Week 2
| Tues. 29 |
The gods in the Iliad: their power and their accessibility; male vs. female kleos **Iliad, books 4-7 |
| Th. Aug. 31 | Achilles' anger and his disavowal
of human nature; Agamemnon's aristeia **Iliad, books 8-11 |
Week 3
| Tues. Sept. 5 | Homeric warfare: a kind of immortality? **Iliad, books 12-14 |
| Th. Sept. 7 | The plan of the gods vs. human attachments:
Patroclus and Achilles **Iliad, books 15-17 |
Week 4
| Tues. Sept. 12 | Achilles' grief and his madness:
the gods join battle **Iliad, books 18-21 |
| Th. Sept. 14 | Death and knowledge; memory and
lament **Iliad, books 22-24 |
Week 5
| Tues. Sept. 19 | Human-divine communication: the
performance of Dedications **xeroxed handout |
| Th. Sept. 21 | The nature of divinity and the aristocratic
ideal **Homeric Hymn to Apollo |
Week 6
| Tues. Sept. 26 | Heroes and hero cult: the power
of mortality **TBA |
| Th. Sept. 28 | Female models of fame: Death and
the Maiden **Sappho, Alcman |
Week 7
| Tues. Oct. 3 | Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis |
| Th. Oct. 5 | Victory and mortality: the Olympic
Games **Pindar |
Week 8
| Tues. Oct. 10 | The New Heroism: the political life Solon 2, 3, and 4, and Simonides 6. |
| Th. Oct. 12 | Models of Devotion: Antigone |
Week 9
| Tues. Oct. 17 | Antigone, cont. |
| Th. Oct. 19 | The Limits of Knowledge: Oedipus the King |
| Tues. Oct. 24 | Oedipus, cont. |
| Th. Oct. 26 | Knowledge and Immortality: Oedipus
Heroized Oedipus at Colonus |
| Tues. Oct. 31 | Recognizing the Divine Homeric Hymn to Demeter |
| Th. Nov. 2 | The Power of Divinity Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite |
Week 12
| Tues. Nov. 7 | Euripides' Hippolytus |
| Th. Nov. 9 | The God of Transformation **Homeric Hymn to Dionysus Euripides' Bacchae |
| Tues. Nov. 14 | Bacchae, cont. |
| Th. Nov. 16 | Hymns to mortals: Demetrius in the
Parthenon **"Hymn to Demetrius Poliorketes," xeroxed handout |
Week 14
| Tues. Nov. 21 |
New Heroes and New Gods? PAPER #2 due |
| Th. Nov. 23 | Holiday |
Week 15
| Tues. Nov. 28 | Apollonius, cont. |
| Th. Nov. 30 | Apollonius, cont. |
Week 16
| Tues. Dec. 5 | Apollonius, cont. |
| Th. Dec. 7 | Apollonius, cont. |
EXAM II: The Final Exam will be held on Wednesday, December 13 at 9:45 a.m.