Listed in: Classics, as GREE-215
Rebecca H. Sinos (Section 01)
An introduction to Greek tragedy as a literary and ritual form through a close reading of one play. We will read the Bacchae of Euripides, with attention to poetic language, dramatic technique, and ritual context. This course aims to establish reading proficiency in Greek, with review of forms and syntax as needed. Three class hours per week.
Requisite: GREE 111 or equivalent. Fall semester. Professor R. Sinos.
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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Translation, regular exams, short papers.
Section 01
M 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GROS 012
W 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GROS 012
F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GROS 012
ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
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Euripides' Bacchae | Bryn Mawr Commentary | Elizabeth Causey (ed.) | Recommended | Amherst Books | TBD | |
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon | Oxford UP | H.G. Liddell and Robert Scott | Recommended | Amherst Books | TBD | |
Euripides: Bacchae (2nd ed.) | Oxford UP | E. R. Dodds, Ed. | Required | Amherst Books | TBD | |
Euripides V (3rd ed.) | University of Chicago Press | Griffith, Most, Grene and Lattimore, Eds. | Recommended | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.