GREEK 462 A: Literature of Classical Athens

We will read Plato’s Symposium and discuss both literary and philosophical interpretive issues, covering about two thirds of the text in Greek and the rest in English. A few secondary readings (scholarly works or other works by Plato to be read in English) will be assigned for class discussion and short written response. There will be a midterm, a final, and a short term paper.

If you wish to take this course for graduate credit, you will read the whole Symposium in Greek and write a more substantial paper.