| Course Title: Elementary Greek: Homer's Iliad |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course introduces the ancient Greek language and epic meter through the study of the Iliad. The grammar of the Iliad, originally an oral poem, is relatively uncomplicated, so that by the middle of the first semester students will begin to read the poem in Greek. By the end of the year they will have read a portion of Iliad, Book I. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Hans Hansen | hhansen@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Monday, Wednesday and Friday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | REES - Reese | 301 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in Greek. |
| Course Tags | ||
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 23 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Iliad Author: Homer, Wilson (translator), -, Emily Copyright: 2024 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781324076148 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 19.99 |
| Title: Homeric Greek Author: Pharr, Clyde Copyright: 2012 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780806141640 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press |
Required | 34.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |