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Unit 1 : Euripides

Unit 1 is devoted to Euripides (485–406 BCE), the youngest of the great tragedians and the least successful in his own time. His fame after death, however, became the greatest of the three, and more of his plays survive than of any other ancient playwright.

As part of this unit, students will begin the Stagings exercises and embark upon the Semester project.

	Monday, January 22
	Topics for today
	-- Course, requirements, website -- What is Tragedy? -- Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

	Wednesday, January 24
	Due
	-- Rehm 2002.1 (35–41 only)

	Topics for today
	-- The origins of Greek drama -- Theaters and Theatrical Space -- Who Was Euripides? -- Reflections: Overview -- Stagings: Overview

	Monday, January 29
	Due
	-- Euripides, Medea (431 BCE, third prize) -- Reflections on Medea (by noon) -- Optional background: Medea

	Topics for today
	-- Discussion of Medea -- The parts of tragedy -- Medea: Video highlights

	Wednesday, January 31
	Due
	-- Rehm 1992.5 (43–61 only)

	Topics for today
	-- Modes of performance -- Actors versus Chorus -- Agon and Debate in Athenian Culture -- Medea: Video highlights -- Project: Overview

	Saturday, February 3
	Due
	-- Review Project page -- Project: Qualifications (email, 11:00 p.m.)

	Monday, February 5
	Due
	-- Euripides, Bacchae (after 406 BCE, posthumous first) -- Reflections on Bacchae (by noon) -- Optional background: Dionysus

	Topics for today
	-- Stagings: Alpha -- Discussion of Bacchae -- The Dionysiac

	Wednesday, February 7
	Topics for today
	-- Project: Group meeting 1

	Monday, February 12
	Due
	-- Euripides, Hippolytus (428 BCE, first prize) -- Reflections on Hippolytus (by noon) -- Optional background: Hippolytus, Phaedra, Theseus

	Topics for today
	-- Discussion of Hippolytus -- Stagings: Beta

	Wednesday, February 14
	Due
	--Sommerstein 2005 (all)

	Topics for today
	-- Dramatizing myth -- Plotting the Project

	Saturday, February 17
	Due
	-- Project: myth option (email class, 11:00 p.m.)

	Monday, February 19
	Due
	-- Euripides, Heracles (416–4 BCE) -- Reflections on Heracles (by noon) -- Optional background: Heracles, Theseus

	Topics for today
	-- Discussion of Heracles -- Stagings: Gamma