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CLSICS 233L - The Homeric Warrior

Formerly 233L
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course will be devoted to close readings of a Homeric epic, either the Iliad of the Odyssey, with particular attention to the stresses of combat and homecoming. At the same time, the Homeric epics are important historical sources for understanding the society, economy, religion and warfare of Greece in the Bronze and Archaic Ages, and class time will be devoted to comparing poetry with the archaeological evidence.

Course Note
CLSICS 233L and HIST 233L are the same course.

This course is cross-listed as HIST 233L

Distribution Area: Humanities
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