For this section, students should read Books XIII-XV of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Book XIII
In Book XIII, the Greek warriors Ulysses and Ajax argue over who should inherit the dead Achilles’s armor. Ulysses wins their war of words, and is granted the armor, but Ajax is so frustrated that he throws himself upon his own sword. But the big story is the fall of Troy:...
