Homer: The Iliad

3 units

This course will develop students' ability to read Homeric Greek and will serve as an introduction to the academic study of Homeric poetry. Students will be expected to read sizable amounts of Homeric text and to develop an expertise in the grammar of Homeric language, both from a practical and a linguistic perspective. A wide range of scholarly topics will be included in this course, but chief among them will be the nature of Homeric composition and the relationship between orality and literacy in the history of Homer and of Greek poetry generally. Prerequisite: GREEK 318C or permission of instructor.