GREEK LITERATURE I (GL1-B)

Course Registration No. LIT-723

COURSE OVERVIEW

Greek Literature I & II: Two-part, full year course.  We start with an introduction to Greek myth using Bulfinch's Mythology. With that background, we move on to enjoy Homer's timeless epics--The Iliad and The Odyssey (and a brief selection from Herodotus).  The course ends with Aeschylus' Oresteia and Prometheus Bound (or Euripides’ Hippolytus) and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Antigone.

     

    BOOKS AND MATERIALS

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    Bulfinch’s Mythology (out-of-print Avenel Books/Gramercy/Crown Publishers edition) [ORDER USED]

    • Author: Thomas Bulfinch
    • Publisher/Copyright: New York: Avenel Books/Crown Publishers, 1979. Print.
    • ISBN: 0517274159        978-0517262771
    • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com

    Hardback; excellent glossary. Any edition will do, but this is our favorite.
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    Bulfinch's Mythology (Modern Library Classics)

    • Author: Thomas Bulfinch
    • Publisher/Copyright: : Modern Library Classics, 1998. Print.
    • ISBN: 0375751475        978-0375751479
    • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com

    888 pages. We prefer the out of print Avenel Books/Crown Publishers edition (ISBN 0517274159). If the Avenel Books/Crown edition is not available used in good condition for less than $17.00, order the Modern Library Classics edition.

    Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Edition

    • Author: U.S. Catholic Church
    • Publisher/Copyright: 2nd ed.: USCCB Communications, 2000. Print.
    • ISBN: 1574551108        978-1574551105
    • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com

    920 pages. Any edition from any publisher will do. It is standard practice to reference the Catechism as "CCC" in print. The STAA course plans follow this practice.

    Homer: The Iliad (tr. Richmond Lattimore)

    • Author: Homer
    • Publisher/Copyright: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961, 2011. Print.
    • Translator: Richmond Lattimore
    • ISBN: 0226470490        978-0226470498
    • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com

    The 1961 or 2011 edition will work, just as long as you purchase an unabridged copy of Homer's "The Iliad" translated by Richmond Lattimore.

    Cliffs Notes: Homer’s Iliad

    • Author: Bob Linn
    • Publisher/Copyright: Hoboken, NJ: Cliffs Notes/Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2000. Print.
    • ISBN: 076458586X        978-0764585869
    • Supplier: Retail or Amazon.com

    128 pages.

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