You might like to add this to your reflections on Herodotus:
And consider Greg Grandin's article on Obama and Melville when reading Benito Cereno:
Obama, Melville and the Tea Party
Thanks to Jim M. for pointing these out!
You can now download a printable PDF of our Brilliant Minds Spring 2014 syllabus with recommended editions and dates for discussion:
Coursebook
You can download a compilation of Wikipedia articles on the books and authors we will be reading this semester. Two formats available (just click):
Herodotus
Book 1: 1-5, Enmity of East & West; 95-216, Cyrus
Book 2: 1-182, Egypt
Book 3: 67-160, Darius
Book 6: 94-120, Battle of Marathon
Book 7: 1-239, Battle of Thermopylae
Book 8: 40-125, Battle of Salamis
Argonautica
Book 3: Jason and Medea
Book 4: Homeward Bound
Aeneid
Books 1 - 6: Dido and Aeneas
Romance of the Rose
(Refer to line number references on page margins)
Lines 1-48, Allegory
Lines 49-474, Spring & Courtly Love
Lines 1309-1548, Narcissus
Lines 3080-3189, A shift in sympathies
Lines 3190-3334, Reason
Lines 3335-3786, Venus
Lines 4277-4432, Vekke
Lines 4433-4480, Change in voice
Lines 4481-4614, Hope
Lines 4766-4881, Courtly Love
Lines 5311-5809, Fortune
Lines 5811-5876, Cupid