Ancient Epic

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Warfare. Exotic travel. Sometimes even love. Engaging the greatest human concerns, epic endured as one of the most popular poetic genres in the Greek and Roman worlds. Trace epic's evolution from oral narrative to crafted literary masterpiece as we consider representative works, from Homer to Vergil and beyond. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits. Equivalent to AHCL 2340H.