| Course ID: | CLAS 1000H. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Greek Culture (Honors) |
Course
Description: | The characteristics of Greek literature and culture, taught principally through translations of selections from Greek authors. |
| Oasis Title: | Greek Culture Honors |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1000, CLAS 1000E |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will be exposed to a detailed overview of Greek literature and culture,
beginning with the time of Homer and extending into the Hellenistic period. Greek
literature will be placed within its historical, social, political, and cultural
context. The students will read original works in English translation and will
engage in critical analysis of the literary merit, meaning, and importance of the
texts. The students will produce writing which is stylistically appropriate and
appropriate to the discipline of classics. |
| Topical Outline: | Week 1: geographical framework
Week 2: the Greek gods - Hesiod
Weeks 3-4: the Greek gods - Homer
Weeks 5-7: the Greek gods - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
Week 8: Greek society and work - Hesiod
Weeks 9-10: Greek women - Hesiod, Euripides and Simonides
Week 11: Greek politics - Solon
Weeks 12-13: Greek war - Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Thucydides
Weeks 14-15: Hellenistic period - Apollonius |