October 31st-December 19th, 2020
My destiny was that I would sleep with my mother and show humankind offspring that was unthinkable, and that I would be the murderer of the father who had sired me.
(Oedipus Rex 791-793)
INSTRUCTOR
Paolo Pezzuolo
INTENDED COURSE AUDIENCE:
Teachers, students, and scholars of the ancient world.
WHERE?
Online, using Zoom as a platform
LANGUAGE
Ancient Greek (Attic)
LEVEL
Intermediate to Advanced
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
At the end of the course, a certificate of participation will be issued.
PRICE
€70
ENROLLMENT
Once enrolled, you will be placed on the participants’ list and you will be sent an email with the necessary login information for your course. A recording of each lesson will be available at the for three days from the conclusion of each session.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The story of Oedipus, who killed his own father and married his own mother, is among the most multivalent and stirring that the Greeks have left us. Over the course of centuries, many poets and scholars have poured over the complexities of this story, at times out of an effort to interpret and deepen appreciation of the work, at other times out of an effort to rewrite it with artistic license, but in either case with a consistent interest in plumbing its depths.
In the sessions of this course, we will read and discuss in Ancient Greek the two tragedies which describe the story of Oedipus. Each lesson will consist of a guided reading of the most prominent passages in Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, with text explorations and exercises. These will help the course participants gain familiarity of these tragedies and deepen their proficiency of Ancient Greek.
In this course, we will explore a dark story replete with omens and prophecies, , we will trace the steps of Oedipus from Corinth to Thebes, and from Thebes to Athens, examining a crime that was committed a long time ago, in the evening, near crossroads that impose a fork in the road with one path leading to Daulis and the other to Delphi.
| Schedule | Topic |
|---|---|
| Sat. October 31st, 2020 h. 17:00-18:00 CET | Introduction. The plague and the oracle. |
| Sat. 7th November, 2020 h. 17:00-18:00 CET | The beginning of the investigation into the crime |
| Sat. November 14th, 2020 h. 17:00-18:00 CET | Dialogue of the king and the seer |
| Sat. November 21st, 2020 h. 17:00-18:00 CET | Cross-examinations |
| Sat. November 28th, 2020 17:00-18:00 CET | The messenger’s speech |
| Sat. December 5th, 2020 17:00-18:00 CET | The murderer is revealed |
| Sat. December 12th, 2020 17:00-18:00 CET | Oedipus the Wanderer |
| Sat.December 19th, 2020 17:00-18:00 CET | The death of Oedipus |
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 29th, 2020
