CLAS022 PO

Epic poetry educated, validated and entertained ancient audiences from Greek mountainsides to the city of Rome and beyond. Our discussions will explore the heroes, gods and empires that populate these texts to better understand the cultures that both produced and consumed them. We will also examine how and why modern authors from a variety of socio-political, ethnic and cultural contexts continue to engage Greco-Roman epic. Previously offered as CLAS010.

PO Area 1 Requirement, PO Speaking Intensive, All Gend/Fem/Women Stds, Classics, English or Engl Wrld Lit, Gender/Women's/Fem. Stds, Gender & Women's Studies