How does fate affect human beings? How and why do human beings and gods communicate with one another?

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1 Themes and Essential questions IX iunii Nōmen Block A. Background Prior to reading Vergil s Aeneis during the Spring semester, read the all or else abridgements of Homer s Ilias and Odysseia in English and prepare a character list (pp. 4-8). B. English (optional) During the course of the Fall semester, read the College Board-required sections of Caesar Comentariī de bellō gallicō 1, 6, 7 and Vergil Aeneis 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12. Summarize each section, ie events, people, themes (pp. 1-2), in order to understand their entire works. Note scenes from the texts which correspond to the AP themes. History and Memory How do these works reflect the conflicts of the era in which they were written, both explicitly and implicitly? In what ways do the works reflect the impact of an individual on historical events? Within these works, how does shared experience build and sustain communities? How do the authors use historical exempla (heroic ancestors, critical events), and for what purposes? How do individuals in these works use their understanding of the past to create their present and future? How do the authors see the importance of historical events for the Roman people? Human beings and gods What roles do the gods play and how are they perceived? To what extent do the gods of other peoples resemble those of the Romans? How do the authors portray fate? How does fate affect human beings? How and why do human beings and gods communicate with one another? Leadership What different types of leaders (both male and female) and leadership styles do we see in these works? How do leaders deal with setbacks and failures? How does a leader inspire others to follow? Literary genre and style What should we expect from Latin epic or commentarii in terms of form and content? How do the authors confirm or challenge our expectations? What are the purposes and effects of Vergil s and Caesar s style? What points of view do Vergil and Caesar take when describing events? Tremblay

2 How do they represent themselves and for what purposes? What means do the authors use to develop characters in the works? How do the authors portray female characters? How do the authors use characterization to develop key themes? Roman values What values and ideals are portrayed as characteristically Roman? How do these values and ideals differ based on gender, ethnicity, or other criteria? What strengths and weaknesses of character are exemplified by individuals in the works? How do the texts confirm characteristic Roman values? What questions do the texts raise about Roman values? Views of non-romans In what ways do the authors portray the various non-roman peoples that appear in the works? What criteria do they use to evaluate these groups? To what extent do the authors reinforce or challenge stereotypes of these groups? How do the authors use these portrayals in their works? Why do wars happen? War and empire What questions do these works raise about the consequences of war? What questions do the works raise about diplomacy, negotiation, and peacemaking? What are the perspectives of Vergil and Caesar concerning Roman imperialism? What are the perceived purposes, benefits, and costs of empire? What are the effects of war on women and noncombatants? How do the texts portray enemy groups? 2

3 Text Bibliography B Weiden Boyd Vergil s Aeneid Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 (Bolchazy 12) HF Mueller Caesar Selections from his Commentarii De Bello Gallico (Bolchazy 2012) R LaFleur, A McKay A Song of War Readings from Vergil s Aeneid (Pearson 2013) D Perry A Call to Conquest Readings from Caesar s Gallic Wars (Pearson 2013) T Sienkewicz, LA Osburn Vergil a Legamus transitional reader (Bolchazy 2004, 2010) G Steadman College Caesar Dickinson College < R Williams, HF Mueller Caesar a Legamus transitional reader (Bolchazy 2013) Translations C Billson Aeneid (Edward Arnold 1906, Dover 1995) G Cobbold Vergil s Aeneid (BolchazyCarducci 2005) F Copley Vergil (PrenticeHall 1975) C Cranch Aeneid (1872, BarnesNoble 2007) C Day Lewis Aeneid (Scribner 1953; Oxford 1952, 1998) P Dickinson Aeneid (Signet 2002) J Dryden, F Keener Aeneid (1697, Penguin 1997, NTC Contemporary 1999) R Fagles Aeneid (Viking 2006) R Fitzgerald Aeneid (RandomHouse 1983, Vintage 1984, Everyman 1992) K Guinagh Aeneid of Vergil (HoltRinehart 1961) C Hammond The Gallic War Seven Commentaries (Oxford 1996, 1999, 2008) R Humphries Aeneid of Virgil (PrenticeHall 1987, 1997) W Jackson Knight Aeneid (Penguin 1956) S Lombardo Essential Aeneid (Hackett 2005, 2006) A Mandelbaum Aeneid of Virgil (Bantam 1971, 1981; University of California 1982) A Maclardy Parsed Vergil Book I (BolchazyCarducci 2005) D West Aeneid (Penguin 1991, 2003) R Williams Labors of Aeneas (BolchazyCarducci 2003) S Butler Iliad (Dover 1999) Iliad and Odyssey (Wilder 2007) S Lombardo,S Murnaghan Essential Homer:Selections from Iliad and Odyssey (Hackett 2000) G Palmer Odyssey (Dover 1998) Resources Latin Library, Ad Fontes Academy < Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University < Selections from the Gallic War, Dickinson College < Vergil Project, University of Pennsylvania < AS Kline, Virgil < Whitaker s Words, University of Notre Dame < Lexica M Herbert, S Hanford Langenscheidt Latin-English Dictionary (Langenscheidt 1966) D Simpson Cassell s Latin Dictionary (1854, John Wiley 1968, Collier 1987) J Traupman New College Latin Dictionary (Bantam 1995) Classic Latin Dictionary (Follett 1926, 1933) Kidd, Wade Collins Latin Dictionary (HarperCollins 1997) 3

4 Dramatis personae IX iunii Nōmen Block Achaioi (Argeioi) Achates Achilleus Agamemnon Agelaos Agenor Aias (Oileus) Aias (Telamon) Aigisthos Aineias Aiolos Akinoös Alba Longa Alekto Amata Amphinomos Anchises Andromache Anna Antenor Antikleia Antilochos Antinoös Aphrodite (Venus) Apollo Ares (Mars) Argos Artemis (Diana) Ascanius (Iulus) Astyanax Athene (Minerva) Belos 4

5 Briseis Camilla Carthago Charybdis Chryseis Chryses Dardanioi (Teukrioi) Deiphobos Demodokos Dido Diomedes Dolon Elpenor Eos (Aurora) Eris Evandros Eumaios Euryalos Eurykleia Eurylochos Eurymachos Gaetuli Glaukos Haides (Pluton) Hekabe Hektor Helene Helenos Helios Hephaistos (Vulcanus) Hera (Iuno) Hermes (Mercurius) Iarbas Idomeneus 5

6 Ilion Iris Ithaka Iuturna Kalchas Kalypso Kassandra Kirke Klytaimnestra Kreousa Kumai Laertes Laistrygones Laocoön Latinus Latium Lavinia Leto Lotophagoi Melanthios Memnon Menelaos Mentes Mentor Metabus Mezentius Misenus Mykenai Nausikaa Neoptolemos (Pyrrhos) Nestor Nisos Numitor Odysseus 6

7 Palinurus Pallas Paris Patroklos Peisistratos Peleus Penelope Penthesileia Phaiakia Phemios Philoiteos Phoinix Picus Polydamas Polydoros Polyphemos Poseidon (Neptunus) Priamos Proteus Pygmalion Rhea Silvia Romulus Rutuli Sarpedon Seirenes Sibylla Sinon Skamandros Skylla Sparte Sychaios Talthybios Teiresias Telemachos 7

8 Theoklymenos Thetis Turnus Tyros Volsci Xanthos Zeus (Iuppiter) 8