Course Description: Seneca's Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudii is one of the few surviving examples of Menippean satire, mixing prose and poetry. An advisor to Nero early in his reign, Seneca hilariously pokes fun at Nero's predecessor Claudius in imagining how he is treated by the gods after death. The Apocolocyntosis shows a different side of Seneca from his letters, essays, and tragedies. This course will be taught in Latin.
DETAILS
Level: Intermediate.
Textbook: Seneca, Apocolocyntosis, Ed. Paul Roth. Bryn Mawr, 1988. (There is also a Cambridge green-and-yellow, ed. P.T. Eden, which contains a translation.) This class will focus on analyzing the grammar as much as reading and translating. If we get through the Apolocolocyntosis before the end of the term we will read one or two of Seneca's letters..
Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.
When
Wednesdays, 7:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time
Cost
$250
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