“Counting Kisses:”
A Lesson Plan in Hyperbole
Objective:
Students Will Be Able To: analyze the hyperbolic trope of counting kisses in the poems of Catullus and Martial to infer some perspectives of Roman sexuality
Essential Questions
·
What
is hyperbole?
·
Who
was Catullus? What was his contribution to Roman literature?
·
Who
was Martial? What was his contribution to Roman literature?
·
How
do you count in Latin?
Do
Roman poets use different imagery in erotic poetry to men vs. to women?
LGBT Meets SPQR Lesson Plan 10: Counting Kisses, A Lesson in Hyperbole
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