Objects and Bodies in Ancient Greece

Harvard FAS

This course brings together ancient Greek art and literature to explore how connections between the human body and material objects were imagined and represented in antiquity. Drawing on statues, ceramics, metalwork, and other artifacts alongside a range of literary texts, including Homeric epic, Pindar’s victory odes, Athenian drama, and medical writings, we will examine how ideas about the body and its material dimensions emerged in social contexts such as sanctuaries, drinking parties, and…