CLAS 310 Archaic and Classical Greece

This Classics course considers the literature of the ancient Greeks, from the early poetry of Hesiod and Homer through the literary works produced in the Greek world under Roman imperial domination. From the great narrative and didactic epics of the archaic period and the stirring account of the Persian Wars by Herodotus we move to the fifth century B.C. at Athens and the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the lyric poetry of Pindar. Consideration will also be given to Thucydides’ account of the war between Sparta and the Athenian Empire, and certain masterworks of Plato (especially the Republic and the Phaedrus). From the so-called Hellenistic Age after the death of Alexander the Great we consider the poetic corpus of Callimachus and Apollonius of Rhodes, especially the latter’s account of the voyage of the Argo.

OWU Units: 1.00. Crosslisting(s): None. Prerequisite(s): None. Corequisite(s): None. Antirequisite(s): None. Fee: None. Core Competency: None. Offered: TBD.