Incipit: Target Practice with Cupid's Bow; finishing touches on Marauder's Map (almost done!).
I. Translation Aen. I: 492-519; we only got as far as 501, so there is no further reading assignment for the weekend!
II. Exegesis and Analysis: Amazons = a+mazon/without a breast, because they interfere with archery and warfare; -trix suffixes (they can change -tor "agent" endings from masculine to feminine, l. ### bellatrix...virgo [yes this is where J.K. Rowling got Bellatrix LaStrange]; consolidating ekphrasis and metaphor.
GREAT DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT THE CINEMATIC DIMENSIONS OF AENEID BOOK I!
III. Crucial "Pop" Slide Lecture on the goddess Diana in ancient and modern art: Here's a link if you think you'd like to review some of those unforgettable images! ---> DIANA :: ARTEMIS :: CYBELE
On the Dock for Monday: Aen. I:502-519; preview of upcoming assessments a. one interpretive (simile of the bees) and the other b. comprehensive translation and analysis of Aeneid I.
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