Spring 2024
GREEK 115 001 - LEC 001
Archaic Poetry
Archaic Greek Poetry
Leslie V Kurke
Class #:31450
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
15
Enrolled: 5
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 20
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week.
Final Exam
THU, MAY 9TH
08:00 am - 11:00 am
Doe Library 308C
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Course Catalog Description
Readings in various Greek poets.
Class Description
This course will serve as an introduction to the poetic production of the archaic period—the elegy, iambic, and melic poetry composed between ca. 650-450 BCE throughout the Greek world. All material will be read in the original ancient Greek. This will entail reading selected poems and fragments by Archilochos, Tyrtaios, Mimnermos, Solon, Theognis, Xenophanes, Alkman, Stesichoros, Sappho, Alkaios, Ibykos, Anakreon, and Simonides. We will focus on the poems simultaneously as literary texts and as historical artifacts, considering such topics as their relation to Homeric themes and diction, the effects of orality and literacy, performance context, genre, and sociological/ideological position. We will then devote approximately the last third of the course to reading selected poetry of Pindar and Bacchylides. Course requirements include two midterms, a final exam, and a short (6-10 pp.) literary paper.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None