The Iliad and Odyssey as oral traditional poems, preservers of Bronze Age and archaic lore, locus of the creation of classical Greek culture and predecessors of European epic; together with Hesiodic epic and Homeric hymns. Reading in English with attention to the formal Greek diction and the problems of translation, except that students who know Greek will read parts of the original text. (Not offered 2021-22).

Degree requirement — Critical Learning: HP, Critical Learning: AIM

1 unit

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2021	Block 5	Homer	Owen Cramer	TBA	25 / 16	04/17/2021