This lecture provides a general introduction to this subject by providing a chronological framework and basic geography of the ancient Greek world.

Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

This lecture provides a general introduction to this subject by providing a chronological framework and basic geography of the ancient Greek world. Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Introduction to Ancient Greece

In this subject students are introduced to the diversity of the ancient Greek achievement, which has exercised a fundamental and continuing influence upon later European literature and culture. The subject commences with a detailed treatment of Homer's Iliad and the myth of the Trojan war. This is one of the dominant myths in the Greek tradition and is narrated in some detail in epic poetry, in drama, and in art and architecture. We explore how myths are 'read' in their historical context, especially in the contexts of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars of the 5th Century BC. A variety of sources are treated to enable students to build up a picture of Greek society as a whole.

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