Greek Poetry

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical presentation by the teachers

- Reading and literary analysis of texts by Homer, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Pindar, Bacchylides, Callimachus, Theocritus and Apollonius.

- Discussion in class

Learning Outcomes

This subject aims to present the main questions pertaining to Greek non-dramatic poetry in the archaic, classical and hellenistic periods. The focus is upon the following genres: epic, didactic poetry, monodic and choral lyric, idyll and elegy. By the end of the semester the student should have an overview of how these genres developped in the different periods from Homer to Alexandria.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus consists in reading and analysing the following authors and works: Homer (Iliad and Odyssey), Hesiod (Theogony, Works and Days), Sappho, Alcaeus and Anacreon (monody), Pindar and Bacchylides (victory ode), Callimachus (various genres), Theocritus (idyll), Apollonius (Hellenistic epic).

Head Lecturer(s)

Cláudia Raquel Cravo da Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in classroom: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

HUNTER, R.L., The Argonautica of Apollonius: Literary Studies, Cambridge, new edition, 2005.

HUTCHINSON, G.O., Greek Lyric Poetry, Oxford, 2000.

LOURENÇO, F. (org.), Ensaios sobre Píndaro, Lisboa, 2006.

WEST, M.L., The Making of the Iliad, Oxford, 2011.