GREEK 22 - The Lyric Age of Greece

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Dartmouth College

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09W: 10 A study of selected poetry from the archaic period of Greek literature. In addition to excerpts from the hexameter poems of Hesiod and the Homeric hymns, readings will include shorter lyric poems such as those of Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Theognis, Xenophanes and Anacreon. Discussion will include both literary aspects of the poems and their social and cultural context, including the ways in which gender is figured in their performance. Prerequisite: Greek 10, or equivalent. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Williamson.

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.dartmouth.edu

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(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Quarter

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