HIST101K PO

This research seminar critically engages with debates about the nature and negotiation of honor in ancient Greece. Over the centuries from Achilles to Alexander diverse forms of honor served as the foundation of every identity and the currency of every relationship. Honor shaped the institutional skeleton and enlivened the ideological lifeblood that sustained the Greek body politic. As we converse with Homeric heroes and tragic heroines, famous philosophers and everyday Athenians, we will ponder together, "What is honor, and (why) does it matter?" All readings (e.g. from Homer's Iliad, Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles' Antigone, Herodotus' Histories) will be in English translations. Assignments will include two in-class presentations and three writing assignments: a book review, a shorter essay on a common reading, and a significant final research paper on a topic developed by each student. Letter grade only. (Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean). Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110K PO.

PO Area 3 Requirement, PO Writing Intensive Req, Classics, History