GRST 321 - Advanced Greek: Topics in Greek Literature

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

Topic for 2015/16b: Greek Historians. (Same as GRST 226). This course reads selections from the three major Greek Historians of the Classical Period: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Readings focus on the treatment of the foreign and internal wars of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Major topics include Spartan and Athenian military leadership, political life, and the formation of historical memory. Readings in Greek language. Ms. Olsen.

Prerequisite: GRST 226 or permission of the instructor.

This course should be elected by students before electing any advanced Greek course in the department.

Students enrolled in GRST 226 will have an extra hour of grammar review and students enrolled in 321 will have longer Greek assignments.

Two 75-minute periods.