Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN: ROMAN EPIC

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course will read early fragments of epic verse and selections from Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius. Topics will include the nature of the epic genre, the development of the Roman epic and its relation to the Greek tradition, the styles of the individual epic poets, and the works' political and historical contexts.