Greek Literature Survey

A survey of Greek poetry from early epic to Hellenistic times, with attention paid to translation, meaning, textual transmission, metrics, genre, performance, and the relevant scholarship on all these matters.

Archaic, classical, and Hellenistic poetry, including selections from Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, lyric poetry, classical drama, and the poetry of Alexandria. Texts are studied in chronological sequence, and attention is paid to Greek intellectual and social history as well as to questions of style and genre.