Classics 242 - Classical Methodology

Institution:

Bard College

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An introduction to selected myths of ancient Greece and Rome, through texts in a variety of genres-epic, lyric, dramatic, and ancient prose summaries. Subjects addressed include the principal activities in which gods, heroes, and mortals all engage and can thus be compared (war, for example, in the sky and on the earth); speech (how gods address mortals, and the hymns and prayers with which the ancients addressed their gods); love (between gods and humans as well as within each group). Readings (all in English translation) are largely of primary texts from Greek and Roman literature, with occasional texts for comparison from two other sets of cultures: the Indo-European cousins of the Greeks and Romans, e.g., Sanskrit, Norse and Irish texts; and the complex Near Eastern civilizations with whom they interacted, primarily Egyptian and Mesopotamian texts.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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