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Homer's Iliad
TuTh 9.40-11.00 LI 442 http://www.skidmore.edu/classics/courses/2000spring/cl206/ |
Prof.
Michael Arnush
Ladd 209 x5462 Hours MTuTh 11-12 email: marnush@skidmore.edu |
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The first
epic poem from the Greek world – indeed, the first work of Greek literature
– is the focus of our study. We will read the opening book of Homer’s Iliad
and the fateful confrontation between the hero Achilles and King Agamemnon,
and portions of Book VI, where Hector and Andromache have their tearful
farewell scene on the walls of Troy. Students will read the Greek in the
epic meter of dactylic hexameter and examine
scholarship that deals with the authorship of the Iliad, the literary qualities of epic poetry, and the society of Homeric Greece. We will also conduct a series of “virtual class meetings” in video conferences with Greek students at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. |
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Michael Arnush |
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Maintained by Michael Arnush, Classics Department
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
518 580-5462
