Ancient Greece: Myth, Art, War

• • • Ancient Greek epic poetry (The Iliad).
  • • Ancient Greek history (especially 6th – 5th century BCE).
  • • Ancient Greek drama (tragedy and comedy).
  • • Art and architecture of ancient Greece.

Others

Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed ANG1AMC (Ancient Mediterranean Culture - The Greek Achievement) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

In this subject students are introduced to the diversity of the ancient Greek achievement, which has exercised a fundamental and continuing influence upon later European literature and culture. The subject commences with a detailed treatment of Homer's Iliad and the myth of the Trojan war. This is one of the dominant myths in the Greek tradition and is narrated in some detail in epic poetry, in drama, and in art and architecture. We explore how myths are 'read' in their historical context, especially in the contexts of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars of the 5th Century BC. A variety of sources are treated to enable students to build up a picture of Greek society as a whole. Texts are read in translation and students are encouraged to consider certain questions of method, (for example, historical versus literary evidence) in dealing with the study of a culture removed in time and nature from our own.

• One written assignment (1,500-word equivalent). In-depth source analysis. (30%)
• One essay (2,000-word equivalent). (50%)
• One in-class test (500-word equivalent). End of subject short exam (visual slide test). (20%)

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