LAT 365/385: Ovid
University of Texas, Department of Classics
Unique numbers 83100/83115
June 14-July 2, 1999; M-F 8:30-11:30, Waggener 112
Timothy Moore
Waggener 211, 471-5742
Office Hours, M-F 11:30-12:30 and by appointment (or feel free to drop by at any time)

Description:
Ovid is a central figure in the history of both Roman and world literature. In this course we will examine Ovid's poems, their cultural context, and their influence. Readings will be from a variety of Ovid's works, especially passages included in the Latin Literature Advanced Placement syllabus. Among the topics discussed will be Ovid's life and exile, the tradition of love poetry in Rome, Ovid's relationship to Augustan Rome, and the influence of Ovid on later literature. Special attention will be paid to how readings in Ovid can best be incorporated into the teaching of Latin at all levels.

Grading:

• For students taking LAT 365 (undergraduate credit): Class participation: 40%; Final exam: 60%
• For students taking LAT 385 (graduate credit): Class participation: 40%; Final exam: 30%; Paper (due July 9th): 30%

Texts:

• Richard A. LaFleur, Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader. Addison-Wesley 1995.
• Course Packet (Available at Abel's Copies, 715 W. 23rd, Suite D)

Schedule of Assignments:

Before July 1st: Read an English Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
June
14
Introduction to Course, Ovid, and his works
15
Begin Metamorphoses 1.452-567 (Daphne and Apollo);
Ovid, Tristia 4.10;
Peter Green, "Carmen et Error: prophasis and aitia in the Matter of Ovid's Exile." Classical Antiquity 1 (1982) 202-220.
G.P. Goold, "The Cause of Ovid's Exile." Illinois Classical Studies 8.1 (1983) 94-107.
Geoffrey Brock, "Ovid's Metamorphosis" and "Letter to Ovid in Tomis."
16
Finish Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.452-567 (Daphne and Apollo);
William R. Nethercut, "Daphne and Apollo: A Dynamic Encounter." Classical Journal 74 (1979)
333-347;
Arthur Golding, translation of Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.452-567.
17
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.55-166 (Pyramus and Thisbe);
Carole Newlands, "The Simile of the Fractured Pipe in Ovid's Metamorphoses 4." Ramus 15 (1986) 143-153;
Catherine C. Rhorer, "Red and White in Ovid's Metamorphoses; The Mulberry Tree in the Tale of Pyramus and Thisbe." Ramus 9 (1980) 79-88;
Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5.
18
Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.238-297 (Pygmalion);
William S. Anderson, "Aspects of Love in Ovid's Metamorphoses." Classical Journal 90 (1995)
265-272;
Sally Davis, "Bringing Ovid into the AP Latin Classroom: Pygmalion." Classical Journal 90 (1995) 273-278;
Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid 133-139 ("Pygmalion").
21
Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-77; 11.1-66 (Orpheus and Eurydice);
Vergil Georgics 4.453-527;
John Heath, "The Stupor of Orpheus: Ovid's Metamorphoses 10.64-71." Classical Journal 91 (1996) 353-370;
Sara Mack, "Teaching Ovid's Orpheus to Beginners." Classical Journal 90 (1995) 279-286;
Geoffrey Brock, "The Orpheus Variations."
22
Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.616-724 (Baucis and Philemon);
Mary Kay Gamel, "Baucis and Philemon: Paradigm or Paradox?" Helios 11 (1984) 117-131;
Alan H.F. Griffin, "Philemon and Baucis in Ovid's Metamorphoses." Greece and Rome 38 (1991)
62-74;
Jonathan Swift, "Baucis and Philemon Imitated."
23
Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.183-235 (Daedalus and Icarus);
Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.21-96;
Mary, Lady Chudleigh, "Icarus."
24
Ovid, Amores 1.1, 1.2;
Propertius 1.1;
John F. Miller, "Reading Cupid's Triumph." Classical Journal 90 (1995) 287-294;
F.H. Hummel, "The Poet's Master."
25
Ovid, Amores 1.3, 1.9;
J.C. McKeown, "Militat Omnis Amans." Classical Journal 90 (1995) 295-304.
28
Ovid, Amores 1.11, 1.12, 3.15

29 Guest Lecture, Karl Galinksy: Humor and Wit in the Metamorphoses
30 Guest Lecture, Karl Galinksy: The Poetics of the Metamorphoses
July
1 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.1-99 (Medea's soliloquy); Be prepared to discuss whole Metamorphoses
2 FINAL EXAM

last modified September 1, 2010 by timmoore@mail.utexas.edu