Greek and Latin Epic Poetry
Department
of Classics, Monmouth College
COURSE HANDOUTS AND STUDY GUIDES
Chronology
Genre: Homer and Oral Poetry /
Notes on Heroic Poetry
/ Epic
/ Primary vs. Secondary Epic / Important Terms
/ Some
Important Greek Terms
Gods: Greek Pantheon / The Major Gods
/ The Olympian Gods:
Images and Texts / Gods
in the Iliad
Homer: The Homer Homepage / Struck’s Homer Page
Iliad: Keat's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" / Structure of the Iliad /
Chronological Summary of Events / Summary Book by Book /
Chronology / Slides on Achilles / Analysis Book by Book / Study Questions
/
Garrison
Keilor's "Six-Minute Iliad" / Images
of the Trojan War / Iliad
Chronology
Sample Quiz / Achilles
in Vietnam / Trojan
War Art Museum
/
Outline of the Iliad /
Johnston’s 2006 translation
/ Samuel
Butler's 19th-century translation
Odyssey: Analysis / Characters / Cavafy's "Ithaca" / List of Cyclops slides / Interpretations
of the Cyclops myth / Ambivalence of the Cyclops' Myth /
Kirk on the Cyclopes / Antithesis
and Framing in the Odyssey / Study Questions / More Study Questions / Odyssey
Chronology Quiz
Aeneid: Packet / List of Characters / Slide Lecture /
Bernice Fox's translation of
Aeneid
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Other Classics websites you may find useful
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