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Course Outline: Honors 141 Cleopatra: Her Infinite Variety

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9/3 Introduction   REALITIES PLAYERS
9/5 Hellenistic History C 1-3 Egypt's Wealth Ptolemy XII
9/10 Macedonian Egypt C 4-6; G 1 Alexandria Arsinoe
9/12 Hellenistic Women C 7-8; G 2 Pomeroy 7 Hellenistic Queens; Isis  
9/17 Roman Women Pomeroy 8; Plut Caesar Cleo's Beauty? Caesar
9/19 Imperialism Plut Pompey Civil War Pompey; Calpurnia
9/24 Julius Caesar G 3 Alex. War Apollodorus; Iras
9/26 Death of Caesar G 4-5; B 1-3 JC's Plans Cicero
10/1 2nd Triumvirate G 6-7; B 4-6 2nd Trium Octavian; Octavia
10/3 Antony G 8-10; B 7-9; Plut Ant Cleo & Sex; Donations Antony
10/8 Actium G 11-12; B 10-11 Naval Warfare Agrippa
10/10 Octavian G 13-14; B 12 Battle of Actium Horace
10/15 Fall Break   IMAGES FICTION
10/17 Propaganda G 15; B 13 Fine Art Haggard
10/22 Plutarch etc xeroxes Kid Lit Mundy
10/24 Middle Ages Chaucer, Boccacio Dolls Butts
10/29 Renaissance Shakespeare Teen Lit Balderston
10/31 Renaissance II Shakespeare II Erotica Rofheart
11/5 Restoration Dryden Opera Tarr
11/7 19th Century Shaw C&C film  
11/12 G.B. Shaw Caesar & Cleo Costumes Chase-Riboud
11/14 Pulp Theater Sardou Films 1 George
11/19 Early Films Theda Bara Pop Music Falconer
11/21 Pop Culture 20's Ads Comedy Essex I
11/26 Later Films Liz and Dick Films 2 Scarborough
12/3 Comics Xena Musicals Bradshaw
12/5 Black Cleopatra S. Haley Films 3 Essex II
12/9 Final Exam or Group Project    
         

 

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