Greek 310 - ADV READINGS GREEK LIT I & II

Authors vary from year to year, but they are generally chosen from a list that includes Plato, Homer, Aristophanes, lyric poets, tragedians, historians and orators depending on the interests and needs of the students. May be repeated for credit, provided the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: 213 or permission of the instructor. An in-depth study of Lysistrata, a feminist, pacifist comedy-or is it? We consider the political and intellectual context of the play's first performance; how subversive is Attic comedy, or how conservative? How does comedy "work?" How has Lysistrata been interpreted and adapted in recent decades? We also read short excerpts from other comedies and from Plato's Symposium.

Topic: Sex and War in Attic Comedy: Aristophanes' Lysistrata.