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Classics

Not all courses are available to SSP students. For example, some courses are offered only for graduate credit. Note especially any listed prerequisites.

Related Courses

  • COMP S-107 Study Abroad in Greece: Cross-Cultural Contact between East and West from Ancient Times to the Present
  • COMP S-109 Reality, Desire, and the Epic Form: Homer, Dante, and Joyce
  • GREK S-123 The Greek Novel

Related Subjects

CLAS S-125 Myth and Poetry in Greece and Rome (32095)
(Print version)
Albert M. Henrichs
(4 credits: UN, GR, NC) T,Th 6-8:30 pm, Boylston Hall, Room 105. Eight-week session. Tuition $2,275.

The mythical world of gods and heroes as seen through the eyes of Greek and Roman poets. Emphasis on continuity and change in the formation of the poetic voice; on genre, narrative techniques, and story patterns; gender roles and fictional identities; the role of myth and religion; and the interplay of past and present. Texts (in translation) include selections from Homer's Odyssey and the Homeric Hymns; Hesiod's Theogony; Pindar and the Greek tragedians; the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes; Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Seneca's tragedies.


 



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