What is the significance of the parade of Roman women presented in Book IV of the Elegies? How do they relate to the other female types seen in the texts you have read? And how important is it to consider the Augustan context of Propertius’ work? [due Friday 26.i.2007 Complete!]
Archive for January 2007
Medieval French: The Tristan Legends
“To describe the Tristan story as ‘courtly’ would be to invoke a contradiction in terms.” Discuss. [Due Wednesday 24.i.2007 Complete!]
Latin Core: Propertius IV
Why does Propertius dub himself the Roman Callimachus and what are the uses of Callimacheanism in Book 4 of the Elegies? How contradictory is the relationship between Calimachean impulses in 4.1A and 4.1B?
