Notebook
Essay: The Nature of Polytheism
Sunday 11 February 2007 #
- What is a god? What distinguished a god from a non-god? How would an inhabitant of the Roman Empire recognize a god if he met one? (Briefly) Was the Emperor a god or not?
- Were there categories between those of human and divine? Were the distinctions clear-cut?
- What were the gods like? What did they do? How many of them were there? What is syncretism, why is it important?
- Paper:
- Religions of the Greek & Roman World
- Due:
16 February 2007Complete!
Essay: Varro, Agriculture, Linguistics, and Rome
Saturday 3 February 2007 #
“Find out more about Varro's life and literary output and consider what is at issue in the narrative frame for De Re Rustica I, its setting, its preoccupation with etymology as well as agriculture.”
- Paper:
- Latin Core
- Due:
9 February 2007Complete!
Essay: La Vie de Saint Alexis
Saturday 3 February 2007 #
“We cannot consider the Vie de Saint Alexis to be literally true.” How justified is this statement?
- Paper:
- Medieval French
- Due:
7 February 2007Complete!
Essay: Propertius IV
Saturday 20 January 2007 #
“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?”
- Paper:
- Latin Core
- Due:
26 January 2007Complete!
Essay: The Tristan Legends
Saturday 20 January 2007 #
“To describe the Tristan story as ‘courtly’ would be to invoke a contradiction in terms.” Discuss.
- Paper:
- Medieval French
- Due:
24 January 2007Complete!
Essay: Propertius IV
Tuesday 16 January 2007 #
Why does Propertius dub himself the Roman Callimachus and what are the uses of Callimacheanism in Book IV of the Elegies? How contradictory is the relationship between Callimachean impulses in IV.1A and IV.1B?
- Paper:
- Latin Core
- Due:
19 January 2007Complete!
