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Humanities
Greek and Roman Literature
HML 101
LLE 102 or permission
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Michael Popkin
October 30, 2003
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is aimed at introducing students to the literature of Greek and Rome, with emphasis
on the way stories were treated in different ways by different writers and used by those writers to
express both societal and individual interpretations of reality.
COURSE/DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES
The student will:
 Familiarize herself with the most significant works of Greek and Roman literature
 Understand that knowing about these particular works can enrich and enliven her
interpretation of other works of literature
 Improve her ability to think critically
 Gain an appreciation for different cultures and different ways of perceiving reality
 Improve her ability to analyze and write about literature
COURSE/INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES
This course is intended to enrich students’understanding of their place in the Western tradition,
to develop their critical reasoning skills, and to foster their abilities to access and evaluate
information clearly and objectively. More specifically, the course is designed to cultivate the
ability to analyze and appreciate literature, philosophy, and art. Through the study of diverse
populations, the course also will foster a respect and appreciation for cultural diversity.
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COURSE CONTENT
Epic Poetry
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Homer: The Odyssey
Homer: The Iliad
Virgil: The Aeneid
Greek Tragedy
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Aeschylus:
Aeschylus:
Aeschylus:
Sophocles:
Sophocles:
Euripides:
Euripides:
Agamemnon
The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides
Oedipus the King
Antigone
Medea
Helen
Poetry and Philosophy
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Ovid
Horace
Herodotus and Thucydides
Plato
Aristotle
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE/MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS:
Not applicable.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Regular Attendance
Reading Assignments
Quizzes
Mid-Term Exam
Ten-Fifteen pages of written work
Final Exam
GRADING GUIDELINES
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Students must come to class prepared and ready to participate.
Students must take at least five quizzes. (50 points)
Students must take the mid-term exam. (60 points)
Student must hand in carefully written essays on a timely basis. (130 points)
Students must take the final exam. (60 points)
METHODOLOGY
In addition to lecturing, the professor should regularly call on students to ask and answer
questions and to state their opinions.
COURSE TEXTS
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Literature of the Western World
Brian Wilkie and James Hurt
Fifth Edition, Volume 1
2001
Prentice Hall
0-13-018666-X
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Note: Most of the following volumes have been reprinted many times. Used copes of various editions can be
found on websites such as add.com and amazon.com. For that reason, no publishers are listed.
GENERAL
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Mimesis
Erich Auerbach
(1953)
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Anatomy of Criticism
Northrop Frye
(1957)
GREEK CIVILIZATION
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The Greek Experience
C. M. Bowra
(1957)
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The Greek Way
Edith Hamilton
(1930)
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Title:
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The Oldest Dead White European Males
Bernard M. W. Knox
(1993)
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The Greeks
H. D. F. Kitto
(1951)
MYTHOLOGY
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The Greeks and the Irrational
E. R. Dodds
(1951)
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The Greeks and Their Gods
W. K. C. Guthrie
(1950)
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Mythology
Edith Hamilton
(1940)
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The Nature of Greek Myths
G. S. Kirk
(1974)
HOMER
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The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition
Charles Rowan Beye
(1966)
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The Art of the Odyssey
Howard W. Clarke
1967)
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The World of Odysseus
M. I. Finley
1954)
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Homer: The Odyssey
Jasper Griffin
(1987)
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Reading the Odyssey
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Ed. Seth L. Schein
(1996)
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Homer
Ed. George Steiner and Robert Fagles
(1962)
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Essays on the Odyssey
Ed. Charles H. Taylor, Jr.
1969)
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Homer and the Heroic Tradition
Cedric H. Whitman
(1958)
GREEK TRAGEDY
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On Aristotle and Greek Tragedy
John James
(1962)
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Form and Meaning in Drama
H. D. F. Kitto
(1956)
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Greek Tragedy
H. D. F. Kitto
(1939)
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The Eating of the Gods
Jan Kott
(1974)
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Greek Tragedy: Modern Essays in Criticism
Ed. Erich Segal
(1983)
AESCHYLUS
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Aeschylus
Ed. Marsh H. McCall, Jr.
(1972)
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The Art of Aeschylus
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Thomas G. Rosenmayer
(1982)
SOPHOCLES
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Oedipus
Ed. Luci Berkowitz and Theodore F. Brunner
(1970)
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Oedipus Rex: A Mirror for Greek Drama
Ed. Albert Cook
(1963)
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The Heroic Temper
Bernard M. W. Knox
(1964)
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Oedipus Rex
Ed. Michael J. O'Brien
(1968)
EURIPIDES
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Euripides
Ed. Erich Segal
(1968)
ARISTOPHANES
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The Origin of Attic Comedy
Francis Macdonald Cornford
(1961)
PLATO
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The Trial of Socrates
I. F. Stone
(1989)
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Socrates
A. E. Taylor
(1953)
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Plato: Totalitarian or Democrat?
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Ed. Thomas Landon Thorson
(1963)
ROMAN CIVILIZATION
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The Civilization of Rome
Donald R. Dudley
(1960)
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A History of Latin Literature
Moses Hadas
(1952)
VIRGIL
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Virgil
Ed. Steele Commager
(1966)
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On Poetry and Poets
T. S. Eliot
(1957)
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The Art of Vergil
Victor Poschl
(1962)
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Virgil's Aeneid
Kenneth Quinn
(1969)
OVID
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Ovid Surveyed
L. P. Wilkinson
(1962)
JUVENAL
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Juvenal the Satirist
Gilbert Highet
(1954)
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Satire
Ed. J. P. Sullivan
(1963)
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