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CCIV 265Ancient Epic in Translation

Faculty
Arts
Offered
Fall
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1986–87

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1983–84 to 1986–87 (before that, 1977–78 to 1982–83 used the number for Classical Verse in Translation 1 Greek and Roman Epic and Early Tragedy and Classical Verse in Translation 1); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

This course examines ancient epic through the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Argonautice of Apollonius Rhodius and the Aeneid of Vergil. The evolution of the epic genre is traced in lectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed. CcCciV 266 W 3C 05 Ancient Tragedy In Translation This course focuses upon the dramatic literature of the classical age in Athens. ~ It features the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the “Oedipus” plays of Sophocles, and the Medea, Hippolytus and Bacchae of Euripides. Roman tragedy is also studied, for comparative purposes, through the plays of Seneca. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed. Same as DRAMA 251.

As printed in the 1983–84 to 1986–87 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

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    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1977–78 to 1986–87, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1983–84 to 1986–87 3 calendars

    This course examines ancient epic through the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Argonautice of Apollonius Rhodius and the Aeneid of Vergil. The evolution of the epic genre is traced in lectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.

    CcCciV 266 W 3C 05

    Ancient Tragedy In Translation

    This course focuses upon the dramatic literature of the classical age in Athens. ~ It features the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the “Oedipus” plays of Sophocles, and the Medea, Hippolytus and Bacchae of Euripides. Roman tragedy is also studied, for comparative purposes, through the plays of Seneca. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed. Same as DRAMA 251.

    Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

    * Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.

    1978–79 to 1982–83 5 calendars

    Another title: Classical Verse in Translation 1, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

    Greek and Roman Epic and Early Tragedy: a study of the evolution of ancient epic from Homer to Vergil. The beginnings of the art of tragic drama will be studied through the plays of Aeschylus.

    Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

    1977–78 1 calendar

    Another title: Classical Verse in Translation 1 Greek and Roman Epic and Early Tragedy, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).

    * Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.