assignments

Due Feb. 17: lines 1-24.

Due Feb. 19: lines 25-44, and the introduction to Peter Green’s Ovid (posted under “readings”).

***A reading comment will be due on Friday, Feb. 19 concerning Green’s introduction. Please see the syllabus for more details.

Due Feb. 22: lines 41 through 61-80 (you can decide how far you want to read). Please try scanning lines 39-40.

Due Feb. 24: lines 61-92.

Due Feb. 29: lines 83-110.

Due March 2: lines 103-134.

Due March 4: lines 127-150; reading on Ovid (posted under “readings”).

Due March 7: lines 143-170.

Due March 9: lines 163-194.

Due March 11: lines 191-222.

Due March 14: lines 223-252.

Due March 16: lines 253-288.

Due March 18: Reading comment by 11:59 pm. The readings have been posted under “readings.”

Due March 21: lines 283-314.

Due March 23: lines 315-350.

Due March 25: lines 337-370.

Due April 4: lines 356-76. Please come to class with questions for review (lines 1-356).

Due April 11: lines 357-386. Monday marks the official transition (if you have not done so already) from reading our translations to translating the text in class directly from the Latin. Please come to class with a clean copy of the text and any necessary vocabulary or notes written on a separate sheet of paper.

Due April 13: lines 381-412. I will provide clean copies of the text in class. Please read “Elegaic Meter and Ovidian Style” posted under readings and identify the long and short marks for the first two lines of the reading assigned for April 11 (these lines appear on the back side of the handout on meter and scanning provided today in class). You do not need to submit a reading comment.

Due April 18: review and scan lines 381-412. Click here for an enlarged version of the text for scansion. Then translate lines 413-20.

Due April 20: lines 405-440.

Due April 22: lines 419-440, 505-26. (On Friday you will be signing up for times to present. If your project topic is similar to someone else’s, please consult with this person/these persons soon to discuss whether you want to combine your research in a creative way, or present independently with a joint introduction.)

Due April 25: lines 511-24, then read lines 525-588 in English (translation posted under readings, due April 25). Next translate lines 589-610, and then finish reading Book One in English. Please scan lines 589-593. I will be collecting your scansion at the end of class. Please sign up for a time to present by 11:59 pm on Sunday, April 24. Here is a link to the sign-up sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p_sl3R3X4iO2nKtfjhMw1pl4OSM2sfmMM4SDLkG8pLQ/edit

Due April 27: review lines 589-610. Pay attention to and identify as many of the stylistic, rhetorical, syntactical features as you can (see the handout “Ovidian Style Guide” posted under “et alia.” How do these features function and what do they add to the text?

Due Monday May 9: Ludus Fourplease prepare lines 61-90 of Book Three as well.

Due May 11: ludus five, prepare lines 86-120 of Book Three. I have revised the final exam information to reflect today’s discussion. This information has been posted under “et alia.”

Due May 13: ludus sixOn Friday we’ll review the lines from Book One that may appear on the final exam (please consult the exam information posted under “et alia.” Please also re-scan the lines assigned for ludus three and four. If you would like me to look over any ludi that you have not passed in yet, please submit them on Friday. This is last day to submit ludi. Ludus six will also be the last ludus assigned.