22 Feb Homer I. Introduction, authorship, composition and structure of Homer’s poems, their mutual relationship and brief summary

1 March Homer II. Il 18, 478-608 — Homer’s cosmography, shield of Achilles

8 March Homer III. Soul and body in Homer’s poems

15 March Homer IV. Il 9, 1-420 — Heroic moral code of Iliad

22 March Homer V. Od 11— Nekiya, fate of the soul in Hades

29 March Vergil’s Fourth eclogue and Christianity

31 March: Dante I. Introduction, Dante and his time, medieval cosmography

5 April: Dante II. Inf I. — Dark wood, three beasts, Vergil and hound

12 April: Dante III. Inf III-IV — Gate of Hell and Limbus

19 April: Dante IV. Inf XXXIV — Ninth circle of Hell

26 April: Dante V. Pur I — Classification of mortal sins and system of Purgatory

3 May: Dante VI. Par XXXII — Celestial paradise and Empyreum

10 May Dante VII. Par XXXIII — Raptus and the vision of Holy Trinity

16 May Final examination