GREK 314 - Images of Helen in Ancient Greece

Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

We will study a variety of archaic and classical Greek texts that describe, invoke, and narrate the story of Helen, the paradigm of female beauty in the ancient Greek world. Of particular interest will be the ways that Classical authors manipulate the image of Helen (as depicted in the Iliad and Odyssey) to create new rhetorical, political, and cultural meanings. Texts read will include Euripides’ Helen, Gorgias’ Encomium, and selections from Homer and Hesiod.
Instructor: K. Ormand
Prerequisites & Notes
Greek 202 or the equivalent