Prof. Alexander Hollmann (office Denny M262E, hollmann@uw.edu)
MW 2.30–4.20pm, SMI 109
Office hour: T 1.30–2.30pm
We will read (in the original ancient Greek: please do not register for this course if you have not taken at least two years of ancient Greek!) the Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe, attributed to Longus and written in the imperial period (perhaps 2nd c. CE?). We will follow the story of the two lovers, both abandoned as infants on the island of Lesbos, as they experience the power of eros and make their first unsuccessful efforts at sex. Will they finally learn how to do it? We'll have to read to the end to find out. Themes we will investigate are the genre of the ancient novel, pastoral literature, other influences on Longus, and the Greek literary language in the hellenistic and imperial periods.
Text: please buy the Cambridge "Green and Yellow" edition and commentary by Ewen Bowie (2019).
Course components:
1. Class participation 10%
2. Four in-class, closed-book translation quizzes 60%
3. Final project (can be paper on theme in work, exploration of reception of the work, creative project) 30%
Week 1: BOOK ONE
M March 31 Introduction. We’ll read the Prooimion together. Here's a pdf of Greek text and comm. by Bowie
W April 2 Prepare through 1.8.3
Week 2
M April 7 Prepare 1.9.1 through 1.12.6
W April 9 Prepare 1.13.1 through 1.15.4
Week 3
M April 14 QUIZ 1: for 2nd half of class, prepare 1.16.1 through 1.18.2
W April 16 Prepare 1.19.1 through 1.25.3.
Please read the rest of Book One on your own in Greek or in translation.
Week 4: BOOK TWO
M April 21 Prepare 1.23.1 through 1.25.3.
Please read the rest of Book One on your own in Greek or in translation.
Prepare 2.1.1 through 2.3.5
W April 23
Prepare 2.4.1 through 2.8.5
Week 5
M April 28
Catch up: 2.7.5 through 2.8.5
Continue: 2.9.1 through 2.11.3
W April 30
Please read intervening parts in English (or Greek)
2.25.1 through 2.28.3 Panic attack disables Methymnians
2.33.1 through 2.34.3 Myth of Syrinx
Please read subsequent parts in English (or Greek)
Week 6: BOOK THREE
M May 5 QUIZ 2. In remaining time after quiz, we'll continue to read handout of passages relating to Panic attacks, also 2.33.1 through 2.34.3 Myth of Syrinx
W May 7 3.13.1–3.19.3 Further attempts of Daphnis and Chloe at sex. Help from Lykainion.
Week 7
M May 12 Finish 3.19.1–3.
Read in English or Greek intervening parts.
Prepare 3.27.1–3.30.5 Daphnis and the treasure of 3000 drachmas.
W May 14 Prepare 3.31.1–3.34.3 Who is Daphnis? The last apple on the tree. Sappho fr. 105
Week 8
M May 19 QUIZ 3. In remaining time, we'll read 4.1.1–4.3.2. Paradeisos.
W May 21 Prepare 4.4.1–4.9.3 Destruction of paradeisos, Lampis.
Week 9: BOOK FOUR cont’d
M May 26: NO CLASS—MEMORIAL DAY
W May 28 4.8.1–4.13.5
Week 10
M June 2 4.11.1–4.12.4 Gnathon and Daphnis
4.19.1–4.21.3 Dionysophanes recognizes gnorismata of Daphnis.
W June 4 4.34.1–4.40.3. Dream of Dionysophanes. Megakles recognizes gnorismata of Chloe. Rustic feast. Dedication of eikones. Telos.
EXAM WEEK
No final exam
Final project due F June 13 11.59pm
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