Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Image 1 of 1
Instruction Language: Latin
Day & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 05:00–07:00 EDT / 11:00–13:00 CET/CEST.
Course Duration: June 2-25, 2026
Duration: 120 minutes per session
Total Instructional Hours: 16 hours total (8 sessions)
Abstract: This seminar offers a rigorous philological and intertextual analysis of a selection from Ovid’s Heroides, specifically focusing on the epistles associated with the Trojan cycle.
Comprehensive Description: Students will engage in an in-depth reading of Ovid’s work, examining how the poet constructs his characters through constant dialogue with the broader epic and tragic traditions (including the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and Greek tragedy). By analyzing these texts through the lens of the female voice, the course explores the re-contextualization and rewriting of myth. Special attention will be paid to recurrent rhetorical devices—such as prospection, retrospection, and circumspection—and various persuasive strategies. The goal is to understand the organization of Ovidian discourse and its effects on the construction of tone and argumentative structure.
Language Level:
Framework Reference: Designed for students who have completed Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Familia Romana and Roma Aeterna up to at least Chapter XL.
General Description: Advanced students of Latin capable of engaging with original poetic texts. Vocabulary not covered in the prerequisite chapters will be introduced through immersion-based methodologies, including synonyms, visual aids, and philological exercises.
Methodology:
Each session (excluding the introductory and concluding meetings) follows a three-stage reading process:
Preparation: Analysis of the heroine's background and a reading of an adapted version of the text (featuring synonyms and visual support).
Syntactic Facilitation: Engagement with the original lexicon and grammar through a reorganized syntactic structure to clarify complex poetic word orders.
Original Text Reading: A final transition to the original Ovidian text.
Sessions conclude with rhetorical exercises such as paraphrasing, composing epistolary responses, or drafting content syntheses.
Required Textbooks:
Primary Text: Ovid, Heroidum Epistulae.
Digital Resources:
Lexical: Logeion, Lexica Linguax.
Rhetorical: Silva Rhetoricae (BYU).
Digital Corpora: Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).
Selected Further Reading:
Barchiesi, A. (2001), Future Reflexive: Two Modes of Allusion and Ovid’s Heroides.
Fulkerson, L. (2005), The Ovidian Heroine as Author: Reading, Writing and Community in the Heroides.
Verducci, F. (1985), Ovid’s Toyshop of the Heart.
Instruction Language: Latin
Day & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 05:00–07:00 EDT / 11:00–13:00 CET/CEST.
Course Duration: June 2-25, 2026
Duration: 120 minutes per session
Total Instructional Hours: 16 hours total (8 sessions)
Abstract: This seminar offers a rigorous philological and intertextual analysis of a selection from Ovid’s Heroides, specifically focusing on the epistles associated with the Trojan cycle.
Comprehensive Description: Students will engage in an in-depth reading of Ovid’s work, examining how the poet constructs his characters through constant dialogue with the broader epic and tragic traditions (including the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and Greek tragedy). By analyzing these texts through the lens of the female voice, the course explores the re-contextualization and rewriting of myth. Special attention will be paid to recurrent rhetorical devices—such as prospection, retrospection, and circumspection—and various persuasive strategies. The goal is to understand the organization of Ovidian discourse and its effects on the construction of tone and argumentative structure.
Language Level:
Framework Reference: Designed for students who have completed Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Familia Romana and Roma Aeterna up to at least Chapter XL.
General Description: Advanced students of Latin capable of engaging with original poetic texts. Vocabulary not covered in the prerequisite chapters will be introduced through immersion-based methodologies, including synonyms, visual aids, and philological exercises.
Methodology:
Each session (excluding the introductory and concluding meetings) follows a three-stage reading process:
Preparation: Analysis of the heroine's background and a reading of an adapted version of the text (featuring synonyms and visual support).
Syntactic Facilitation: Engagement with the original lexicon and grammar through a reorganized syntactic structure to clarify complex poetic word orders.
Original Text Reading: A final transition to the original Ovidian text.
Sessions conclude with rhetorical exercises such as paraphrasing, composing epistolary responses, or drafting content syntheses.
Required Textbooks:
Primary Text: Ovid, Heroidum Epistulae.
Digital Resources:
Lexical: Logeion, Lexica Linguax.
Rhetorical: Silva Rhetoricae (BYU).
Digital Corpora: Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).
Selected Further Reading:
Barchiesi, A. (2001), Future Reflexive: Two Modes of Allusion and Ovid’s Heroides.
Fulkerson, L. (2005), The Ovidian Heroine as Author: Reading, Writing and Community in the Heroides.
Verducci, F. (1985), Ovid’s Toyshop of the Heart.
