GK 3110 - Archaic Greek Poetry

Readings in Greek epic and didactic poetry (Homer, Hesiod) and the lyric poets (Sappho, Archilochus, Anacreon, etc). Emphasis on poetic form and poet’s social function.

Requisites: GK 2120
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Acquire an ability to read and perform heroic hexameters and such other verse forms as elegy and iambic.
General knowledge of modern controversies concerning Greek epic and lyric poetry.
Refinement of literary interpretative skills.
Refinement of research skills and research writing.
Understanding epic and lyric in the context of archaic Greek.
Understanding of ancient heroic tradition and heroic poetry.
Understanding of broad humanistic relevance of Greek epic and lyric poetry.
Understanding of oral composition.

Ohio University

Ohio University

GK 3110 - Archaic Greek Poetry