Greek 202: Classical Poetry, Medea
MWF Hathorn 306, 9:30-10:50am
Perseus text
Teaching Euripides' Medea [links to texts and secondary literature]
Barbara McManus' Greek Tragedy Course
E.P. Coleridge translation ; Ian Johnstone translation
Background of Medea by Euripides, Roger Blackwell Bailey, Ph.D.
Hypotheses and Selected Scholia to Euripides' Medea, Translation copyright 1999 Celia Luschnig; all rights reserved. [from Diotima]
Euripides, Medea Essential Facts, Marilyn B. Skinner
The Fragments of Neophron's Medea, Translation copyright 1999 Celia Luschnig; all rights reserved.
Assignments:
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week 1 |
For Friday's class - Lines 1-35 |
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week 2 |
For Monday's class - Lines 36 -65 For Friday's class - Lines 66-97; reading assignment 1 |
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week 3 |
For Monday's class - Lines 98 - 136 Wednesday: translation quiz on lines 1-136 For Friday's class - Lines 137 - 171 |
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week 4 |
For Monday's class - Lines 172 - 203 For Friday's class - Lines 204 - 251; reading assignment 2 |
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week 5 |
For Monday's class - Lines 252 - 291 Wednesday: translation quiz on lines 137-291 For Friday's class - Lines 292 - 339 |
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week 6 |
For Monday's class - Lines 340 - 385 Friday: Midterm: translation from 291 to 385 essay/paper option |
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week 7 |
Feb break |
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week 8 |
For Wednesday's class: 386-430 For Friday's class: 431- 474; reading assignment 3 |
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week 9 |
For Monday's class: 475-519 For Friday's class: 520-574; reading assignment 4 |
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week 10 |
Monday: translation quiz from 386-574 For Wednesday's class: 575 - 622 For Friday's class: 622- 672 |
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week 11 |
For Monday's class: 673-730 For Friday's class: 731 - 789 reading assignment 5 |
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week 12 |
Monday: translation quiz from 575-789 For Wednesday's class: 790-845 For Friday's class: 846-904 |
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week 13 |
For Monday's class: 905-940 For Friday's class: 941-981 reading assignment 6 |
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reading week |
no class - paper essay option |
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final |
translation from 790-981 |