The World of Ancient Greece.

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Humanities 303 offers students an in-depth look at Greek Culture, its language, laws, arts, history, philosophy, literature, and cultural values. Students can expect to live and breathe Greek culture, and to gauge its impact on the world then, now, and all of the time in between. The course will explore Greek Culture from its earliest cyclic stories surrounding the fall of Troy, the advent of the Pre and Post Socratic thinkers, its formative poets and artists, and the various parts of its historic and linguistic record. Expect to consider the great conflicts with the Persians that ultimately forged a democratic identity that guides our understanding of human governance still, as well as the various Confederacies and alliances with and against other Greek City States, forging for us an identify that shadows us still. Students can expect to experience how the Greeks approached life in ways different from every other ancient culture, engaging in the act of questioning received truths that transformed virtually every aspect of Greek society.