Sunoikisis Greek 391: Homeric Poetry
Seminar Agenda, June 4-6, 2003
Faculty Consultants: Mark Edwards (Stanford), Gregory Nagy (Harvard)
Course Director: Kenny Morrell (Rhodes College)
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Seminar Participants:
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Keyne Cheshire (Davidson) (attended seminar and taught class)
Stephen Clark (Centenary) (attended seminar and taught class)
Rebecca Davis (Sewanee) (attended seminar, did not teach class)
Mark Edwards (Stanford) (attended seminar, did not teach class)
Hal Haskell (Southwestern) (attended seminar and taught class)
Susanne Hofstra (Rhodes) (attended seminar and taught class)
Jim Morrison (Centre) (attended seminar and taught class)
Katherine Panagakos (Rhodes) (attended seminar and taught class)
David Sick (Rhodes) (attended seminar, did not teach course)
Walter Stevenson (Richmond) (attended seminar, did not teach course)
Schedule of Assigned Readings with Links to Texts
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
**Please note the files are in pdf format. You will need the latest version of Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which you can get from the Adobe Acrobat Reader Download Site.
Also, some of the longer readings are split into two files.**
For all the readings below, participants have been assigned to lead the
discussion or to help. The assignments appear in red. Please try to do all the
readings, if possible, even if they are not your assignment.
Editions
A. R. Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad (Norman, Oklahoma: University of
Oklahoma Press, 2001).
J. Griffin, Homer: Iliad Book Nine (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
C.W. Macleod, Homer: Iliad Book XXIV (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1982).
Tuesday, 6/3/03
Afternoon
Arrivals
6:00 PM
Wednesday, 6/4/03
7:30-8:15
Breakfast
AM
Dinner
McCombs
Residential Rm.
131 (Hospitality
Suite)
8:30-10:00
AM
First Session: General Introductions, Overview, and
Feedback
• Introductions
• Review of the evolution of Sunoikisis and the
development of ICC's
• Discussion of proposed modifications based on
feedback from students
10:00-10:30 Break
AM
ACS Tech Center
ACS Office Rm.
201
10:30-12:00 Second Session: Structure and Plot
ACS Tech Center
PM
Cedric Whitman, “Achilles: Evolution of a Hero,” in Homer
and the Homeric Tradition (Cambridge: Havard University
Press, 1958), pp. 181-220.
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from
Susanne Hofstra.]
“Albert Lord, Homer, and The Iliad,” in The Singer of Tales
(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960):
• Pages 141-157
• Pages 186-197.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from
Katherine Panagakos.]
N. Richardson, "Structure and themes," in The Iliad: A
Commentary, volume VI, edited by Nicholas Richardson
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp.1-19.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from
Mark Edwards.]
J. V. Morrison, “Misdirection 3: Thematic Misdirection,” in
Homeric Misdirection: False Predictions in the Iliad (Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992), pp. 73-93.
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with assistance from
Rebecca Davis.]
Miriam Carlisle, “Homeric Fictions: Pseudo-Words in Homer,”
in Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga
Levaniouk (Lanham, Maryland: Roman and Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 1999), pp. 55-91.
• Nine Essays on Homer: bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from Jim
Morrison.]
12:00-1:30
PM
Lunch
McCombs Dining
1:30-3:00
PM
Third Session: Historical and Social Background
W. Donlan, "The Homeric Economy," in A New Companion to
Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp. 649-667.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Rebecca Davis will lead the discussion with assistance from
Hal Haskell.]
W. Donlan, "The structure of authority in the Iliad," Arethusa
12 (1979): 51-70
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with assistance from
David Sick.]
K. Raaflaub, "Homeric Society," in A New Companion to
Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp. 624-648.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance
from Steve Clark.]
G. S. Kirk, "History and fiction in the Iliad," in The Iliad: A
Commentary, volume II, edited by G. S. Kirk (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1990), pp.36-50.
[Mark Edwards will lead the discussion with assistance from
Walt Stevenson.]
K. Crotty, "Fathers and Sons and the Warrior Society," in The
Poetics of Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca:
Cornell University Press, 1994), pp. 24-41.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Katherine Panagakos will lead the discussion with
assistance from Keyne Cheshire.]
ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30
PM
Break
ACS Office Rm.
201
3:30-5:30
PM
Fourth Session: Gods, religion, and myth
ACS Tech Center
M.Willcock, "Ad Hoc Invention in the Iliad", HSCP 81 (1977) :
41-53.
• Available online through JStor at:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=00730688%281977%2981%3C41%3AAHIITI%3E2.0.CO%
3B2-5
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from
Jim Morrison.]
G. S. Kirk, "The Homeric Gods: prior considerations," in The
Iliad: A Commentary, volume II, edited by G. S. Kirk (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1990), pp.1-14.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion.]
M. W. Edwards, "Gods, Fate, and Mortality,” in Homer: Poet of
the Iliad (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press,
1987), pp.124-142.
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion.]
T. E. Jenkins, "HomÍros ekainopoiÍse: Theseus, Aithra, and
Variation in Homeric Myth-Making" in Nine Essays on Homer,
edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk (Lanham,
Maryland: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999),
pp.207-226.
• Nine Essays on Homer: bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from
Mark Edwards.]
L. Edmunds, "Myth in Homer,” in A New Companion to Homer,
edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp.415-441.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with assistance from
Katherine Panagakos.]
Jean-Pierre Vernant, “A ‘Beautiful Death’ and the Disfigured
Corpse in Homeric Epic,” in Mortals and Immortals: Collected
Essays, edited by Froma I. Zeitlin (Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1991), pp. 50-74.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from
Rebecca Davis.]
5:30-7:30
PM
Dinner
McCombs
Residential Rm.
131 (Hospitality
Suite)
7:30-9:00
PM
Fifth Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions:
Book 1
• Work on the study questions for weeks 1 through 4
1.
2. Week 1: Iliad 1.1-147
Iliad 1.1-100
3. Week 2: Iliad 1.148-311
Iliad 1.148-244
4. Week 3: Iliad 1.312-455
Iliad 1.312-412
5. Week 4: Iliad 1.456-611
Iliad 1.456-559
ACS Tech Center
Thursday, 6/5/03
7:30-8:15
Breakfast
AM
McCombs
Residential Rm.
131 (Hospitality
Suite)
8:30-10:00
AM
First Session: Language, formula, and speech [127]
ACS Tech Center
R. Janko, "The origins and evolution of the epic diction,” in
The Iliad: A Commentary, volume IV, edited by R. Janko
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp.8-19.
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from
Katherine Panagakos.]
E. Bakker, "Homeric Discourse and Enjambement. A
Cognitive Approach," TAPA 120 (1990): 1-21.
• Available online through JStor at:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=03605949%281990%29120%3C1%3AHDAEAC%3E2.0.CO
%3B2-2
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from
Walt Stevenson.]
J. Russo, "The Formula,” in A New Companion to Homer,
edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp.238-260.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Rebecca Davis will lead the discussion with assistance from
Keyne Cheshire.]
J. Griffin, "Homeric Words and Speakers," JHS 106 (1986): 3657.
• Available online at:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=00754269%281986%29106%3C36%3AHWAS%3E2.0.CO
%3B2-Y
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with assistance from
Susanne Hofstra.]
R. P. Martin, "The Language of Achilles,” in The Language of
Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 1989), pp.146-205.
• Pages 146-187
• Pages 188-205 and bibliography
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from
David Sick.]
10:00-10:30 Break
AM
ACS Office Rm.
201
10:30-12:00 Second Session: Battles and Type-scenes [93]
PM
M. W. Edwards, "Convention and Individuality in Iliad 1,"
HSCP 84 (1980): 1-28 [1]
• Available online at:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=00730688%281980%2984%3C1%3ACAIII1%3E2.0.CO%3
B2-V
ACS Tech Center
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from
Steve Clark.]
H. van Wees, "Homeric Warfare," in A New Companion to
Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp.668-693.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance
from Rebecca Davis.]
E. Minchin, "Homer's Typical Scenes: Homeric Theme and
Cognitive Script," in Homer and the Resources of Memory:
Some Applications of Cognitive Theory to the Iliad and the
Odyssey (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp.32-72.
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from
Hal Haskell.]
12:00-1:30
PM
1:30-3:00
PM
Lunch
McCombs Dining
Third Session: Ornamentation and Style [78]
M. W. Edwards, "Homeric Style and Oral Poetics," in A New
Companion to Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell
(Leiden: Brill, 1997), pp.261-283.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Katherine Panagakos.]
M. W. Edwards, "Similes," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume
V, edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1991), pp.24-41.
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with assistance from
Kenny Morrell.]
M. W. Edwards, "Style," in The Iliad: A Commentary, volume V,
edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1991), pp. 42-60.
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with assistance from
Susanne Hofstra.]
E. Minchin, "The Story Format and the Generation of 'Rings,'"
in Homer and the Resources of Memory: Some Applications of
Cognitive Theory to the Iliad and the Odyssey (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2001), pp.181-202.
[David Sick will lead the discussion with assistance from
Keyne Cheshire.]
ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30
PM
Break
ACS Office Rm.
201
3:30-5:30
PM
Fourth Session: The author: originality, personality, and
narratology [55]
ACS Tech Center
M. W. Edwards, "The narrator and the audience," in The Iliad:
A Commentary, volume V, edited by M. W. Edwards (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1991), pp. 1-10.
[Katherine Panagakos will lead the discussion with
assistance from Rebecca Davis.]
K. Crotty, "Supplication and the Poetics of the Iliad", in The
Poetics of Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca:
Cornell University Press, 1994), pp. 89-104.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with assistance from
Walt Stevenson.]
J. V. Morrison, ìAlternatives to the Epic Tradition: Homer's
Challenges in the Iliad,î TAPA 122 (1992) : 61-71.
• Available online at:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=03605949%281992%29122%3C61%3AATTETH%3E2.0.C
O%3B2-D
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with assistance
from David Sick.]
I. de Jong: "Homer and Narratology," in A New Companion to
Homer, edited by I. Morris and B. Powell (Leiden: Brill, 1997),
pp.305-325.
• A New Companion to Homer: bibliography
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with assistance from
Jim Morrison.]
5:30-7:30
PM
Dinner
McCombs
Residential Rm.
131 (Hospitality
Suite)
7:30-9:00
PM
Fifth Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions:
Book 9
• Work on the study questions for weeks 5 through 8
1.
2. Week 5: Iliad 9.1-172
Iliad 9.1-113
3. Week 6: Iliad 9.173-343
Iliad 9.173-272
4. Week 7: Iliad 9.344-542
Iliad 9.344-443
5. Week 8: Iliad 9.543-713
Iliad 9.543-642
ACS Tech Center
Friday, 6/6/03
7:30-8:15
Breakfast
AM
McCombs
Residential Rm.
131 (Hospitality
Suite)
8:30-10:00
AM
First Session: Oral poetry and Performance [146]
ACS Tech Center
Gregory Nagy, ìAn Evolutionary Model for the Making of
Homeric Poetry,î in The Ages of Homer, edited by Jane B.
Carter and Sarah P. Morris (Austin: University of Texas Press,
1995), pp. 163-179. Reprinted in G. Nagy, Homeric Questions
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996), pp. 29-63.
• Available online at www. stoa.org:
http://www.stoa.org/cgibin/ptext?doc=Stoa%3Atext%3A2001.06.0002&quer
y=head%3D%233 .
[Susanne Hofstra will lead the discussion with the assistance
of Kenny Morrell.]
Gregory Nagy, "Homer and the Evolution of a Homeric Text,"
in Homeric Questions (Austin: University of Texas Press,
1996), pp.65-112.
• Available online at www. stoa.org:
http://www.stoa.org/cgibin/ptext?doc=Stoa%3Atext%3A2001.06.0002&quer
y=head%3D%234 .
[Jim Morrison will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Walt Stevenson.]
M. Finkelberg, "The Cypria, the Iliad, and the Problem of
Multiformity in Oral and Written Tradition," CP 95 (2000) : 111.
[Keyne Cheshire will lead the discussion with the asssistance
of Hal Haskell.]
J. M. Foley, "Death, Honor, and Peace in Iliad 24," in Immanent
Art: From Structure to Meaning in Traditional Oral Epic
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991), pp.135-189.
• Pages 135-175
• Pages 176-189 and bibliography
[David Sick will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Steve Clark.]
10:00-10:30 Break
AM
ACS Office Rm.
201
10:30-12:00 Second Session: Iliad 1, 9, and 24 [236]
PM
Leonard Muellner, ìThe MÍnis of Achilles and the First Book
of the Iliad,î in The Anger of Achilles: MÍnis in Greek Epic
(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996), pp. 94-175.
• Pages 94-132
• Pages 133-175
• Bibliography
ACS Tech Center
[Walt Stevenson will lead the discussion with the assistance
of Jim Morrison.]
Michael Lynn-George, ìThe Epic Theatre: the Language of
Achilles,î in Epos, Word, Narrative and the Iliad (Atlantic
Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International, Inc., 1988),
pp. 50-140.
• Pages 50-92
• Pages 93-122
• Pages 123-152 and notes
[Kenny Morrell will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Rebecca Davis.]
R. J. Rabel, "Books 18-24: Plot and Subplot Converge," in Plot
and Point of View in the Iliad (Ann Arbor: University of
Michigan Press, 1997), pp.163-210.
• Pages 163-201
• Pages 202-210 and bibliography
[Hal Haskell will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Keyne Cheshire.]
K. Crotty, "Memory and Supplication," in The Poetics of
Supplication: Homerís Iliad and Odyssey (Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 1994), pp. 70-88.
• The Poetics of Supplication: bibliography
[Steve Clark will lead the discussion with the assistance of
Susanne Hofstra.]
12:00-1:30
PM
1:30-3:00
PM
Lunch
McCombs Dining
Third Session: Lecture Topics and Discussion Questions:
Book 24
• Work on the study questions for weeks 9 through 12
1.
2. Week 9: Iliad 24.1-199
Iliad 24.1-119
3. Week 10: Iliad 24.200-404
Iliad 24.200-312
4. Week 11: Iliad 24.405-598
Iliad 24.405-521
5. Week 12: Iliad 24.599-804
Iliad 24.599-724
ACS Tech Center
3:00-3:30
PM
Break
ACS Office Rm.
201
3:30-5:30
PM
Fourth Session: Overview and Final Preparations:
Lectures and Schedule
• Discussion of the lecture topics and lecturers
• Setting the calendar for midterm and final essay
examinations
ACS Tech Center
6:00 PM
Depart from McCombs Residential, Rm. 131 for Restaurant
Walburg
Mercantile
Saturday, 6/7/03
See the schedule for the Plenary Session under course documents.