Course Description

Selections from the Iliad and/or the Odyssey.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to direct seminar sessions and write more extensive research papers.

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Athena Title

Homer

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Prerequisite

GREK 2001 or GREK 2001W or GREK 2003 or permission of department

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

1. STUDENT WILL LEARN HOMERIC GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, AND STYLE. 2. STUDENT WILL READ AND TRANSLATE HOMERIC TEXTS. 3. STUDENT WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH MAJOR QUESTIONS INVOLVING COMPOSITION AND TRANSMISSION OF HOMERIC TEXTS. 4. STUDENT WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND TO HOMERIC TEXTS AND THE GENERAL CULTURE OF BRONZE AGE AND ARCHAIC GREECE. 5. STUDENT WILL ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SEMANTIC, SYNTACTIC, GRAMMATICAL, STYLISTIC, METRICAL AND POETIC EVIDENCE IN EPIC POETRY. 6. STUDENT WILL LEARN TO PRODUCE WRITING APPROPRIATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF EPIC POETRY AND TO THE DISCIPLINE OF CLASSICS.

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Topical Outline

I. LITERARY, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND ON THE HOMERIC EPICS II. READING AND TRANSLATION FROM SELECTED BOOKS OF THE ILIAD OR ODYSSEY

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