The Classical Epic
                                                                    (CLAS 2301)

      Fall 2004 / Prof Cotter (F231) / E Mail address: cottereu@shu.edu
      TuTh 1:00-2:15  Office Hours: set up by E-Mail / Phone: (761) 9137

    Welcome to The Classical Studies Dept. course in The Classical Epic
          (the "Novel" section will be omitted this term)

Part One: PRELIMINARIES

     If you do not know if you have an E-Mail address, make sure you do,
and check your E-Mail every day. Much of the material for the course
will be distributed via E-Mail, especially notes designed to make the reading
more intelligible, indicating what you should look for throughout the readings.
          To E-mail me: cottereu@shu.edu
                                           (click my address here to get the E-Mail form)

1. Your first move: SEND ME AN E-MAIL MESSAGE with the information
    requested below
    (i.e., copy the text below -- (SELECT, then press CTRL-C ) -- into the E-Mail form, then SEND):

         NAME: (Last name first)
         ADDRESS (home & school, if needed):
         TEL. (home & school):
         E-MAIL ADDRESS: (include AOL, or any other addresses you may have, 
                     (include AOL, or any other addresses you may have,  besides @ SHU   
         YEAR  (fr, soph, etc):
         MAJOR:
         MINOR  (if any):
         COMPUTER ACCESS:  (Campus machine, ‘Home’ Modem):  If your ‘own’, laptop? desktop?:
         LANGUAGES  (studied, and/or spoken)

2.  Become familiar with the WorldWideWeb (WWW), and especially
the Classical Epic Web Site
       (this page could be clicked on directly here in the line above by clicking on
       Classical Epic, but is usually reached by clicking on "Up" in the left column).

    If you are unfamiliar with the WWW, visit a few sites right away.
I will be demonstrating how it works through the Perseus site at the first few
class meetings, and will propose a small experimental project for each student,
which you will report on one week later. These sessions will take place at the
usual class time, but your own research will be done outside class time.
Depending on your reaction to these sessions, some other class sessions may
be allotted for your personal, individual research in a specific project on your own
(i.e., instead of class), using Perseus (see below) and other WWW resources.

In addition to the Classical Epic Web Page

          Each of the 3 Epics has a page of its own (See the column on the upper left).

                     Check also the Classical Studies Links page ... 
                         as well as more general Links at the...  
                                             Classical Studies Department page

                     Especially Useful and Important is:
                          The Perseus Database on the Web:
                                (It's best to use the Perseus Starting Points Page
                                 to get acquainted with the Perseus Resources quickly.)

    We will make frequent use of and reference to these very extensive sources
     of information about the Iliad, Odyssey, & Aeneid.
    

3. Readings of each section of the Epic being considered in the lectures are
     to be done before each class meeting.
 
4. "The 100% Paperless Project"
            Click for more information about this course requirement.