Greek 3040 - Euripides

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Millsaps College

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Euripides composed tragedies that pushed the boundaries of genre and challenged the ethical, social, and theological norms of Athenian society. Like most avant-garde artists, he only found popular acclaim after he died, but the millennia since his death have done nothing to blunt his modernistic edge. This edge makes Euripides the most widely read and widely performed of the Classical dramatists today. In this advanced Greek class we will read in Greek his Electra, which, in typical Euripidean fashion, confronts the canonical myth of a girl and her brother who kill their own mother to avenge their father. In order to understand what makes this play so terrific, we will read Sophocles version of the same myth, as well as some other Euripides plays to round out our understanding of this essential poet. Prerequisites: At least three semesters of college ancient Greek or equivalent, or by permission of instructor.

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3.00 - 4.00

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www.millsaps.edu

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(601) 974-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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