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CLAS010 PO - The Epic Tradition

When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): C. Chinn; S. Eccleston
Credit: 1

As the most prestigious form of literary and oral expression in the Greco-Roman world, 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 with Greco-Roman epic.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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