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Classical Studies 2015 The Odyssey Greek Society 5thC BC Greek Drama – Tragedy Course Set-up • What we could have done & why we don’t • Stage 1 Ancient Studies • Mixture of literature and social studies – Term 1: Odyssey – Term 2: Greek Society – Term 3: Greek Tragedy What relevance … • To the modern world The Odyssey • Epic poem – what is that? • One of first works of literature • Relations between gods and men, men and women, heroes and their environment • The importance of revenge and honour • The evolving concept of hero Greek Society 5th C BC • Much comparison of Sparta and Athens • Relationship of people to their city state (polis) and their family group (oikos) • Education in both cities • Roles of women, sex & marriage • Class groups in each place • From Persian Wars 490BC to end Peloponnesian Wars 404BC. Greek Drama • • - Origins in Dionysiac revelry Tragedy in 5th C BC Foundation of modern theatre Individual vs the state loyalty to the gods the place of women The faults of humans Books • Homer, The Odyssey, Penguin Classics edition, revised translation by DCH Rieu (not the original by EV Rieu) $11.95 • Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays, Penguin Classics, tr. Robert Fagles $11.95 • Euripides, Medea and Other Plays, Penguin Classics, tr. Philip Vellacott $11.95 Assignments • • • Nine assignments (70% of year’s mark) Essays (40%) 1 at end of each term, i.e. 13.3% each: exam conditions, questions from past exam papers Folio (30%) 2 per term: analysis reports, creative writing, narrative etc. Special Study • • • • • • 30% of year’s mark You choose the topic Can be up to 50% in modern world Polished essay of 2,000 words Must be an argument, not a report Close contact with teacher Skills • Independent thinking – look at the modern world in a different way • Literacy – highly polished essay skills • Learn about the cradle of modern western civilisation – the Classical Age • Do timeline … The Holidays • Read first four books of The Odyssey • Consider the construction of the Epic Hero as presented in these books (Odysseus, Nestor, Menelaus, the problems of Telemachus … and Helen!) • Return pumped for first lecture on Homer and Greek pre-history