GRKA3602 - Greek Epic

Semester 2, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Frances Muecke
Phone: +61 2 9351 2672
Email: frances.muecke@sydney.edu.au

Description

The Iliad, the Odyssey and the poems of Hesiod are the classics of the classics. This unit offers an introduction to the language, style and content of the Greek epics which served as the foundations of Greek cultural identity and are the primary textual sources for Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic Greek language, religion, history and thought.

Assessments

1x2000wd essay (40%), 1x2hr exam (50%), participation (10%)

Classes

3x1hr seminars/week

Corequisites

GRKA2601

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