- Winter 2024
Syllabus Description:
Latin 462 Latin Literature of the Augustan Age
Livy and Vergil
Winter 2024
TTH 2:30-4:20
DEN 110
Instructor: James J. Clauss, Department of Classics
Office: Denny Hall M262F (difficult to find); tel. 543-2266 (department office phone)
E-mail: jjc@uw.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Holidays: January 15 and February 19
Required Texts:
H.E. Gould and J.L. Whiteley, Titus Livius Book 1. Originally published by Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press 1968
- J. O’Hara, Vergil Aeneid 8. Focus 2018.
Gary Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome. Berkeley 2005 (ebook at the library)
Goals of the Course:
In addition to reading and gaining insight into Livy’s historical work Ab Urbe Condita and Vergil’s Aeneid, both important literary monuments of the Augustan age, students will enhance their knowledge of Latin morphology, grammar, syntax and style. In the case of the Aeneid, we will also look at meter (dactylic hexameter). The Loeb translations of both works are available through the UW Library.
Grades:
Grades will be based on the following:
Translation in class (not graded, but everyone is expected to translate): 20%
Exam 1, Feb 6 30%
Final paper (6-8 pages, double spaced, 12-point font) on topic TBA
due last day of class, March 7 by noon per email 20%
Exam 2, March 5 30%
Schedule of Readings:
Tuesday Thursday
Week 1 (1/4) Introduction
Week 2 (1/9,11) Livy 1-2 Livy 3
Week 3 (1/16, 18) Livy 4-6 Livy 7
Week 4 (1/23, 25) Livy 8-9 Livy 10-11
Week 5 (1/30, 2/1) Livy 12-14 Livy 15-16
Week 6 (2/6, 8) Exam 1 Vergil 8.1-41
Week 7 (2/13, 15) Vergil 8.42-101 Vergil 8.102-151
Week 8 (2/20, 22) Vergil 8.152-218 Vergil 8.219-279
Week 9 (2/27, 29) Vergil 8.280-369 Vergil 8.370-423
Week 10 (3/5, 7) Exam 2 Discussion: report on final paper
Readings in English
Livy
Week 2 Praefatio 1.17-21 (Numa)
Week 3 1.22-31 (Tullus Hostilius) 1.32-34 (Ancus Marcius)
Week 4 1.35-41 (Tarquinius Priscus) 1.42-48 (Servius Tullius)
Week 5 1.49-60 (Tarquinius Superbus)
Week 7 Forsythe 59-74
Week 8 Forsythe 78-115
Week 9 Forsythe 125-143 Rest of Aeneid 8 in English
Week 10
Please note:
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To apply for funding, please fill out this web form and attach a receipt showing proof of purchase of your textbook(s).
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