Ancient Greek Literature: Texts and Contexts

Harvard FAS

This year-long course is designed to help students develop a map of ancient Greek literary culture and influential approaches to the interpretation of Greek literature. Greek 112a and 112b may be taken independently. (Both semesters are required for graduate students in Classical Philology.) The class prepares students to discuss ancient Greek literature in its historical and cultural context with chronology, genre, theme, performance, and reception context as organizational frameworks.…