Assignment Sheet for

Latin 423: Cicero and Sallust

Winter Quarter 2015

TTh 2:30-3:50, MGH 253

Prof. A.M. Gowing

Denny Hall M-24

Office Hour: M 10-11

Required Texts: J.T. Ramsey, ed. Sallust's Bellum Catilinae, 2^nd edition (Oxford 2007)

A. R. Dyck, ed. Cicero Catilinarians (Cambridge 2008)

NB: Oxford USA offers a supplementary website to the Ramsey text which features some additions to the hardcopy, including an up-to-date bibliography, a ‘who’s who’ in the Cat., a vocabulary list as well as downloadable pdfs of the text (note, however, that it does not include the commentary!):

http://www.us.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195320855/?view=usa

Grading: Class participation and daily preparation - 10%

Paper - 15%, ca. 5 type-written pages in length, on a topic of your choosing and approved by me. This may be handed in any time after the mid-term (Feb. 12) but no later than March 17.

Mid-term examination - 35%

Final examination - 40%

Course website: http://faculty.washington.edu/alain/Lat423CicSall/Lat423home.htm

I will post here this syllabus and links to other, potentially useful resources.

Reading Assignments:

Jan. 6: INTRODUCTION

8: Ramsey's Introduction, pp. 1-23; Sallust Cat. 1-2

13: Cat. 3-11

15: Cat. 12-14

20: Cat. 15-24

22: Cat. 25-28

27: Cat. 29-39

29: Cat. 40-43

Feb. 3: Cat. 44-51

5: Cat. 52

10: Cat. 53-61

12: MIDTERM

17: Dyck’s Introduction, pp. 1-21. Cicero Cat. 1, Chapter I=Cat. 1.1 (Chapter numbers are those in brackets on the left hand side of the page). All subsequent readings are in Cat. 1, i.e., the Oratio Prima.

19: Cat. 1.2

24: Cat. 1.3-5

26: Cat. 1.6

Mar. 3: Cat. 1.7-10

5: Cat. 1.11

10: Cat. 1.12-13

12: REVIEW

FINAL EXAM/PAPER DUE: Tuesday, March 17, 2013, 4:30-6:20 pm, MGH 253