Department of Classical Studies

In this Advanced Greek language course, we plunge together into the beautiful and brutal world of 5^th-century Athenian tragedy through the plays of Euripides. Vindictive gods, resolute women, and juvenile heroes take the stage in our two primary Greek texts, Alcestis and Bacchae, and in Euripides’ other plays read in translation. Class time is divided between translation of Greek passages and discussion of Euripides’ cultural context, his reception among his peers and successors, and the conventions of Greek theater.