Thisbe by John William Waterhouse (1909)

HUM 161-3: Latin I 2008-3, Day, SFU Department of Humanities, AQ 5115, 604-291-3689 Instructor: Dr. C. S. Morrissey, AQ 5128, 604-291-3906 Course Description This course teaches the student how to read classical Latin. Although the student will learn how to speak and write Latin, the main focus is on learning to read stories from Roman mythology in classical Latin. Stories are selected from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, a wonderful epic poem from antiquity that has exercised a great influence on the works of Western literature, including those of Shakespeare. The student will read stories in classical Latin about Europa and Taurus, Minerva and Arachne, Latona and Niobe, Pan and Syringa, Callisto, Baucis and Philemon, Echo and Narcissus, Phoebus and Daphne, Pyramis and Thisbe, Atalanta and Hippomenes, and Midas and Pan.

Echo and Narcissus
by John William Waterhouse (1903)

Required Text Latin Via Ovid : A First Course Norma Goldman, Jacob E. Nyenhuis (Wayne State University Press, 1982) ISBN: 0814317324 Optional Text Practice! Practice! : A Latin Via Ovid Workbook Norma Goldman, Michael Rossi (Wayne State University Press, 1995) ISBN: 0814326110

Grading 10% Participation (speaking Latin homework assignments) 20% Midterm [Oct. 15] (parsing and translating Latin) 30% Assignments (memorizing, declining, and conjugating Latin) 40% Final exam (parsing and translating Latin) HUM 161-3 may be applied to the Certificate in the Liberal Arts.