In this module, we will take deep-dive into the text of the first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Students should have at least basic knowledge of Latin as we will be reading the original text. We will read the text together discussing points of grammar, metrics, story, but will be spending more time on the aspects that students are interested in, struggle with, or have questions about.

Course structure

• Session 1: Creation (Lines 1-88)
• Session 2: The Golden, Silver, Bronze, Iron Ages; the Giants; Jupiter threatens to destroy the world (Lines 89-198)
• Session 3: Lycaon; The Great Flood (Lines 199-292)
• Session 4: The Drowned World; Deucalion & Pyrrha (Lines 293-380)
• Session 5: Recreation of the world; Python; Daphne and Apollo (beginning) (Lines 381-472)
• Session 6: Daphne & Apollo (cont); Inachus mounts for Io (Lines 473-587)
• Session 7: Io (Lines 588-688)
• Session 8: Syrinx, Io returned to human form; Phaeton (Lines 689-779)