Civilization Sequence Program

CVSP 201: READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE Fall 2008-09

Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, MONDAYS, 1:00 pm

Date

Lecture

Reading assignment for class discussions

Sept 29–Oct 3

Introduction

The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin, trans. Sanders), pp. 61-119

Oct 6-10

Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh  (continued)

Oct 13-17

Odyssey I

The Odyssey of Homer (Harper, trans. Lattimore), Books I, V, VI, VIII (line 445-end), IX, XI, XII (lines 1-126).

Oct 20-24

Odyssey II

The Odyssey of Homer, Books XIII, XIV (lines 1-190, 360-456), XVI (lines 1-320), XIX, XXI (lines1-142, lines 269-434), XXII, XXIII, XXIV (lines 453-548).

Oct 27-31

Sophocles

“Antigone,” in The Three Theban Plays (Penguin, trans. Fagles), pp. 55-128.

Nov 3-7

No lecture

No new assignment

Nov 10-14

Socrates/Plato

“Crito” in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin, trans. Tredennick/Tarrant), pp. 79-96.

Nov 17-21

Plato I

The Republic (Penguin, trans. Lee, 2^nd ed. revised), 357a-375a and 427d-457b.

Nov 24-28

Plato II

The Republic , 471c-487a and 502c-521b.

Dec 1-5

Aristotle I

The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin, trans. Thomson/Tredennick), Books I (i-ix; xii-xiii) and II

Dec 8-12

Aristotle II

The Nicomachean Ethics, Books III and X (vii-ix)

Dec 15-19

Lucretius

The Nature of Things (Penguin, trans. Stallings), Book I (lines 1-158, 266-343), II (lines 1-332, 1024-end), III (lines 1-94, 179-258, 417-473, 830-end), IV (lines 469-521, 877-907, 1037-1287), V (lines 1-90, 771-1241), VI (1089-end).

Mon Dec 22

- Tues 23 Dec

No Lecture

No new assignment

Wed Dec 24

- Wed Jan 7

                Christmas and New Year vacation (Dec 24 – Jan 7)

Thurs Jan 8

– Fri Jan 9

No Lecture

No new assignment

Jan 12-16

Virgil-I

The Aeneid: A New Prose Translation, (Penguin, tr. West), Books I, II, IV, V (line 507-end), VI (lines 268-478 and 560-902), VII (to line 641), XII.

Jan 19-23

Virgil-II

The Aeneid (continued)