Greek and Roman Religion

3 units

This course explores the religious beliefs and rituals of the ancient Greeks and Romans from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Rather than emphasizing ancient myths and legends, it examines the actual worship of the gods and the ways in which the Greeks and Romans interpreted and interacted with the supernatural world around them. This examination will involve the use of ancient sources which give contemporary eyewitness testimony, inscriptions, votive offerings, and other archaeological remains.