Archaic Greek Poetry

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this advanced language course, students will read selections from Greek poetry composed during the Archaic Age (before the ascendancy of Athenian literature). Students will explore how poets such as Archilochus, Sappho, Solon, Theognis, and Xenophanes reacted to the didactic epic tradition established by Homer and Hesiod. The course will focus both on the literary style and social agenda of the archaic poets, who expressed wide-ranging opinions about love, sacrifice, nobility, and justice. "Recommended for students with advanced Greek skills."