CLAS 405. The Epic Tradition.
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CLAS 405
The Epic Tradition.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course covers major epics of the Mediterranean world such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius' Argonautica, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucan's Bellum Civile, and Statius' Thebaid. Issues connected to social and cultural context, performance, literary theory, and interpretation will be discussed.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 371.
- Texts taught in translation, no knowledge of ancient Greek or Latin required.
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