[ Wesleyan Home Page ] [ WesMaps Home Page ] [ WesMaps Archive ] [ Course Search ] [ Course Search by CID ]
Academic Year 2000/2001

The Homeric Hymns
GRK 263 FA

Students in this course will read the Homeric hymns to Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, and Aphrodite in Ancient Greek. The course will include discussion of secondary writings on the structure of the hymns as examples of narrative discourse and on the mythology of the various divinities. These hymns as a group represent the major Homeric hymns, in that each of them celebrates one of the principal divinities of the Greek pantheon and each incorporates a story of the god's adventures. Class sessions will include discussion of the manner in which gender exercises an influence on the structure and content of the hymns.

MAJOR READINGS

THE HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER (in Greek) THE HOMERIC HYMN TO APOLLO (in Greek) THE HOMERIC HYMN TO APHRODITE (in Greek) THE HOMERIC HYMN TO HERMES (in Greek) Clay, THE POLITICS OF OLYMPUS Brown, HERMES THE THIEF

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Translation and essay mid-term; translation and essay final exam; optional 10-page paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students enrolled for this course should have the ability to read ancient Greek at an advanced level.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA CLAS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: GRK201 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions. Please include a url, course title, faculty name or other page reference in your email

Copyright Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459