GRST 380 - Lucretius and Virgil

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

In Book 3 of De Rerum Natura Lucretius argues for the mortality of the soul and attacks the fear of death. In Book 6 of the Aeneid Virgil describes the visit of Aeneas to the underworld. The reading of selections from both these works allows us to compare, on the one hand, differing Roman views on death, the soul, and the afterlife, and on the other, the poetic styles and philosophical outlooks of two of Rome’s greatest poets. Mr. Brown.

Prerequisite(s): two 200-level Latin courses, or permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.

Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.