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York University

 

Programme in Classical Studies

Humanities 3110

 

“The Age of Augustus”

 

Paul Swarney

033 McLaughlin College

416 736 5158  pswarney@yorku.ca

 

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Fall Term 2004

 

Required Texts: 

 

Horace, The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West, Oxford University Press,ISBN: 019283942X

Vergil, The Aenied, translated by  L. R. Lind, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0-253-20045-8

Cicero, Selected Political Speeches, translated by Michael Grant, Penguin ISBN 0140442146

Vergil, The Eclogues and Georgics, translated by C.D. Lewis, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-283768-0

Propertius, The Poems, translated by Guy Lee, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192835734

Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe, translated by Ronald Melville, Oxford University Press  ISBN 0-19-281761-2

ESSAYS: FALL TERM 2004

 

Several essays and assignments will be set during the Fall Term. Performance in essays and assignments will constitute 50% of the term’s evaluation.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSAYS AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE IN CLASS ON THE ASSIGNED DATE. ANY ESSAY HANDED IN AFTER THE DUE  DATE WILL HAVE  ONE GRADE SUBTRACTED FROM ITS EVALUATION FOR EACH CLASS BY WHICH IT IS OVERDUE; e.g AN “A” ESSAY HANDED IN ONE CLASS LATE WILL BE GRADED “B”  ETC.

 

TESTS: FALL TERM   2004     

 

Two   tests on the assigned material and the topics covered in class and discussion will be set at the start of class on Thursdays 28 October and 02 December in Founders College 110. Performance in examination will constitute 50% of the term evaluation.

 

PARTICIPATION

 

From -3 to +3 points.

 

FORMAT

 

The class will meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00-11:20 in Founders College 110. The activities at each meeting will vary, but will generally comprise analysis and explanation of assigned readings and source material, and discussion of the topics, events and methodology which form the foundation of the course.  Each meeting will focus on a specific topic and text and will be the locus of discussion about essays and other matters in the course.

 

The potential litigiousness of a small minority of the undergraduate population and the precise facts about student attendance demanded by Faculties at York require that attendance records be kept for each session. Students should note that par­ticipation in the discussions of topics and analysis of assigned readings is obligatory, and that reading and preliminary analysis of assigned material should be completed in advance of the session in which the material is to be employed.

      

Participation in the course will add between ‑3 points to +3 points to the term evaluation. It should be noted that students who habitually absent themselves from lectures, discussions and presentations generally find it impossible to participate in sessions which they do not attend!

 

ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS

 

The rules and regulations concerning plagiarism and other forms of  academic dishonesty governing the course are those of the University and Faculty of Arts. Students will be expected to have acquainted themselves with these regulations and will be reminded of disciplinary procedures and penalties should occasion  for such procedures present themselves.  Please carefully read and understand:

 

 http://www.yorku.ca/academicintegrity/students.htm

 

Rule # 24 You may no longer eat or drink in class.  You must either have breakfast before the lecture or starve.  This is a matter of courtesy to your fellow students and a matter of necessity for the professor.

 

LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: FALL TERM 2004     

                 

September   09     The End: XVII PR. KAL. OCTOBRES, SEX.POMPEIO, SEX. APPULEIO COS.

          First Assignments Assigned

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14      res gestae divi Augusti

         

21      res gestae Vergilii 

          Aeneid

23                VIIII K. OCT.

 

   

28      Reading Day: No Class

30                Aeneid 2-3

 

October     5        Aeneid 4-5

7                Aeneid  6

 

12          Aeneid 7-8

14     Aeneid 9-10

 

19              Aeneid 11-12

21      War and Revolution I

          Cicero, in Catilinam 1

26 ­      in Catilinam 2-4

28             Examination 1

 

November  2       The way things are.

          Lucretius 1

4                Lucretius 2-3

 

8             Lucretius 4-5

10              Luretius 6

 

16              War and Revolution II

          Horace, Epodes

18      Horace Odes 1, 1-16

 

23                Horace Odes 1, 17-38

25                Horace Odes 2

 

30                Horace Odes 3

December     2     Examination 2

 

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