CLAS 405 The Epic Tradition

3 credits · History and Classical Studies · Faculty of Arts · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

The course covers major epics of the Mediterranean world such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius' Argonautica, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucan's Bellum Civile, and Statius' Thebaid. Issues connected to social and cultural context, performance, literary theor…

Restrictions

Not open to students who have taken CLAS 371. Texts taught in translation, no knowledge of ancient Greek or Latin required.

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