LATIN 2205 - [Virgil]

(HB) (LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: LATIN 1205 or grade of A- or above in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204, or placement by departmental exam. Next offered 2014-2015.

Staff.

We will read in Latin selections from Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics and, in English translation, selections from his chief Greek models, Theocritus and Hesiod. Discussion will focus on the poems in their historical and literary context and on Virgil’s language, meter, and poetic technique.