WHEN READING HOMER'S ILIAD you should annotate both for the poem's theme in the scale of Greek civilization--be that loyalty, leadership, love, death, honor or what have you--but also the poem's meaning on a human scale. What would Campbell say about this myth's meaning? What would Jung say about Achilles's struggle between fate and honor? Your written, marginal notes should reflect the reader's dialogue with the text, not just about what's happening, but with meaning as well. Remember: writing is a form of thinking. Your written notes should reflect the reader's thinking.

MONDAY

No class because of late start schedule.
HW: Read and annotate books 10-11. There will be a short reading quiz on Tuesday.

TUESDAY

Short reading quiz. We will then turn our attention to a discussion of books 10 and 11. In book 10 we see the slaying of Dolon, as well as Zeus intervening to save Hector. Consider Agamemnon’s killing of Peisander: how does that connect to Zeus inspiring Hector into a meele/berserker killing spree? We see the death of Iphidamas, and how his brother Coon responds, and the wounding of Agamemnon. How does all this relate to the council of Achilles? After the slaughter that Diomedes, Odysseus, and Ajax ravage upon the Trojans, why does Homer describe Achilles speaking with Nestor? How, again, does that relate to the arguments of the council? How does all that impact Patroclus?
HW: Read chapter 4: Psychological Types in Jung: A Very Short Introduction, pages 85-94, an overview of the eight psychological types.

WEDNESDAY

Listening to Book 12 together. The Greeks are pushed back by the surging Trojans. Hector and Plydamas urge the Trojans on, who test Zeus’s support of them, who in turn does send a bird-sign of an Eagle with a scarlet snake. But how to interpret this sign? How are both the Greeks and the Trojans questioning the gods’ will?
HW: Read the rest of Chapter 4 in the Jung text.

THURSDAY

Reading book 13 together.
HW: Read the remaining portion of the “Flood Myth” by Hesiod.

FRIDAY

Reading book 14 together.
HW: Read the first half of chapter 5 in the Jung text.