什么是史诗？古希腊人民如何与他们的史诗传统相关联？这些传统如何影响他们的社会？
学生将接触到伊利亚特、神谱（Theogony）、工作与时日，以及荷马的赞美诗等文本。在学习欣赏这些文本的文学价值的同时，学生还会结合考古发掘和现代学术研究，探索性别、性、身体、战争和暴力等主题。在课程的最后，我们会关注亚里士多德和柏拉图关于诗歌的哲学辩论。

What is epic poetry? How did people in ancient Greece relate to their many epic traditions? And how did these traditions shape their society?
Students will be introduced to the literary texts such as the Iliad, Theogony, Works and Days, and the Homeric Hymns. While learning to appreciate the literary value of these texts, students also consider various archaeological records and modern scholarship to explore topics such as class, gender, sexuality, body, warfare and violence. The course ends with discussing poetry as in philosophical debates framed around Aristotle and Plato.