GREK 115. Greek Lyric Poetry

This seminar will focus on the development of archaic Greek elegy (Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Solon, Xenophanes, Semonides, Theognis) monodic lyric (Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreaon, and Simonides) and choral lyric (Pindar and Bacchylides), paying particular attention to lyric’s dialogue with the epic tradition, the so-called rise of the individual, political and performative contexts, and modern interpretive approaches.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Fall 2025. Ledbetter.
Catalog chapter: Classics
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics

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