Seminar

3 units

This course will provide a survey of the most important poetic works from the Hellenistic Period, with a focus on the Alexandrian poets Callimachus, Theocritus, and Apollonius. It will address a number of important issues in current scholarship on the period, including aesthetics, the question of performance, the use of realia and contemporary events, and the influence of literary scholarship and scientific discovery. PREREQ: GRADUATE STANDING IN CLASSICS OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.