Advanced Greek, ICCS-Catania, Spring 2009<\/p>\n
PINDAR AND BACCHYLIDES<\/p>\n
Nigel Nicholson<\/p>\n
SYLLABUS<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The syllabus is provisional. If we find ourselves behind or ahead, we will alter it.<\/em><\/p>\n Myth, Unity & Praise<\/span><\/p>\n I: Mon \u00a0 2\/2 \u00a0 Introduction<\/p>\n I: Weds\u00a02\/4 Pindar Nemean<\/em> 1.1-40 (use commentary), for Chromios of Aetna (Catane), c. 476<\/p>\n II: Mon\u00a02\/9 Pi. Ne<\/em>. 1.41-72; Peter Rose, “The Myth of Pindar’s First Nemean,” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology<\/em> 78 (1974), 145-75<\/p>\n II: Weds 2\/11 \u00a0Pi. Olympian<\/em> 3, for Theron of Acragas, 476<\/p>\n III: Mon 2\/16 Pi. Olympian<\/em> 3<\/p>\n III: Weds 2\/18 \u00a0Pi., Olympian<\/em> 4, for Psaumis of Camarina, 452; Thomas Cole, Pindar’s Feasts or the Music of Power <\/em>(Rome, 1992), 11-32; Pi. Olympian<\/em> 1.1-15.<\/p>\n Poetics, Poet’s Persona<\/span><\/p>\n IV: Mon 2\/23 Pi. Olympian<\/em> 1.16-65, for Hieron of Syracuse, 476<\/p>\n IV: Weds 2\/25 \u00a0Pi. Olympian<\/em> 1.66-105; Bruno Currie, “Euthymos of Locri: A Case Study in Heroization in the Classical Period,” Journal of Hellenic Studies<\/em> 122 (2002): 24-44<\/p>\n V: Mon 3\/2<\/p>\n Paper I: How unified is Olympian<\/em><\/span> 1?<\/span><\/p>\n Analyze one or more of the features that unify this ode.\u00a04-6 pages. Will be discussed in class.<\/p>\n V: Weds 3\/4 \u00a0Pi. Olympian<\/em> 10.1-35 (with commentary), for Hagesidamos of Locri, 476; William Fitzgerald, Agonistic Poetry <\/em>(California, 1987), 110-24<\/p>\n VI: Mon 3\/9 \u00a0Pi. Ol<\/em>. 10.36-70; Rosemary Harriot, Literary Theory before Plato <\/em>(London, 1969), 34-77<\/p>\n Exchange<\/span><\/p>\n VI: Weds\u00a0 3\/11Pi. Ol<\/em>. 10.70-105; Ian Morris, “Gift and Commodity in Archaic Greece,” Man <\/em>21.1 (1986): 1-17<\/p>\n VII: Mon 3\/16\u00a0Pi. Is<\/em>. 2, for Xenocrates of Acragas, c.470; Bruno Gentili, Poetry and its Public in Ancient Greece<\/em>, trans. Thomas Cole (Baltimore, 1988), 155-76<\/p>\n VII: Weds 3\/18\u00a0Pi. Is<\/em>. 2; Leslie Kurke, The Traffic in Praise <\/em>(Ithaca, 1991), 240-56<\/p>\n Pi. vs. Ba.<\/span><\/p>\n IX: Mon 3\/30 \u00a0Bacchylides 5.1-96, for Hieron of Syracuse, 476<\/p>\n IX: Weds 4\/1 \u00a0 Bacch 5.97-200<\/p>\n X: Mon\u00a04\/6 \u00a0Mary Lefkowitz, The Victory Ode<\/em> (Park Ridge, 1976) (or HSCP<\/em> 73 (1968):\u00a0 45-96)<\/p>\n Paper II: Pindar vs Bacchylides?<\/span><\/p>\n Examine some aspect of Bacchylides 5’s style, strategy or method, and compare this to that of Olympian<\/em> 1 or another Pindaric ode of your choice. 4-6 pages. Will be discussed in class.<\/p>\n Hieron, Aetna and Power<\/span><\/p>\n X: Weds 4\/8 Pi. Py<\/em>. 1.1-30, for Hieron of Aetna\/Syracuse, 470; Carol Dougherty, Poetics of Colonization<\/em> (Cambridge, 1993),<\/p>\n XI \u00a0 [Field Trip]<\/p>\n XII: Mon 4\/20 \u00a0Pi. Py<\/em>. 1.31-65; [in translation] Paus. 6.9.1-6.10.4 (Gelon, Glaucus), 6.11.2-6.12.4 (Hieron), 6.13.1 (Astylus)<\/p>\n XII: Weds 4\/22 Pi. Py<\/em>. 1.66-100; Murray? McGlew?<\/p>\n XIII: <\/em>Mon 4\/27 Pi. Ol<\/em>. 6.1-53<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n XIII: Weds 4\/29 Pi. Ol<\/em>. 6.53-105<\/p>\n XIV: Mon 5\/4 \u00a0Sappho, frr<\/em>. 1, 16; Leslie Kurke, “Archaic Greek Poetry,” The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece<\/em>, ed. H. A. Shapiro (Cambridge, 2007), 141-68<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n XIV: Weds 5\/6<\/p>\n Discuss some aspect of Ol<\/em>. 6. You can draw on the work of this semester, or follow a new tack. Be ready to present your work semi-formally to the class. 4-6 pages.<\/p>\n XV: Mon 5\/11 9:30-12:30<\/p>\n Final Exam<\/span><\/p>\n Two parts: (a) two passages from Ol<\/em>. 1, 6, Py<\/em>. 1, and Ba. 5 to translate and comment on, and (b) one as yet unseen ode, provided in English, to comment on. 3 hours.<\/p>\n Course Bibliography<\/span><\/p>\n Pindar, Olympians<\/em> 1, 3, 4, 6; Pythian<\/em> 1; Nemean<\/em> 1; Isthmian<\/em> 2. Bacchylides 5; Sappho frr<\/em>. 1, 16.<\/p>\n Thomas Cole, Pindar’s Feasts or the Music of Power <\/em>(Rome, 1992), 11-32<\/p>\n Bruno Currie, “Euthymos of Locri: A Case Study in Heroization in the Classical Period,” JHS <\/em>122 (2002): 24-44<\/p>\n Carol Dougherty, Poetics of Colonization<\/em> (Cambridge, 1993),<\/p>\n William Fitzgerald, Agonistic Poetry <\/em>(California, 1987), 110-24<\/p>\n Bruno Gentili, Poetry and its Public in Ancient Greece<\/em>, trans. T. Cole (Baltimore, 1988), 155-76<\/p>\n Rosemary Harriot, Literary Theory before Plato <\/em>(London, 1969), 34-77<\/p>\n Leslie Kurke, The Traffic in Praise <\/em>(Ithaca, 1991), 240-56<\/p>\n Leslie Kurke, “Archaic Greek Poetry,” The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece<\/em>, ed. H. A. Shapiro (Cambridge, 2007), 141-68<\/p>\n Mary Lefkowitz, The Victory Ode<\/em> (Park Ridge, 1976) (or HSCPh<\/em> 73 (1968):\u00a0 45-96)<\/p>\n Ian Morris, “Gift and Commodity in Archaic Greece,” Man <\/em>21.1 (1986): 1-17<\/p>\n Murray? McGlew?<\/p>\n Peter Rose, “The Myth of Pindar’s First Nemean,” HSCPh<\/em> 78 (1974), 145-75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Advanced Greek, ICCS-Catania, Spring 2009 PINDAR AND BACCHYLIDES Nigel Nicholson SYLLABUS \u00a0 The syllabus is provisional. If we find ourselves behind or ahead, we will alter it. 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