This course will introduce concentrators to the study of classical antiquity. Students will become acquainted with different fields of study within the Department, including literature, ancient history, ancient culture, linguistics, and reception studies; gain experience in the methods of their chosen area(s) of study; and acquire an…

This course gives upper-level Greek students the chance for comparative, in-depth study of two canonical texts, each representing an important mythological mother-daughter relationship. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter examines the catastrophic consequences of disruption to the mother-daughter relationship and the possibilities for reconciliation…

Hegel called Sophocles' Antigone "the most magnificent figure ever to have appeared on earth." In the past decades, Antigone's star has again risen. The seminar is devoted to reading two Sophoclean plays, Antigone and the Oedipus at Colonus, and selections from the Oedipus Tyrannus and Euripides' Phoenician Women. We will also read influential…