THE GREEK TRAGEDIANS

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Prerequisite: LITT 2114. LITT 2123 or 3 terms of Classical Greek. Pre-1700 Course. Not open to those with credit for LANG/LITT 2125. (Cross-listed LANG 3103.) Close comparative study of 12 plays from 5th-century Athens: Aeschylus' Prometheus and Oresteia trilogy; Sophocles' Philoctetes, Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus; and Euripides' Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae -- all within a 70-year span of the golden age of Athens. Faculty: D. ROESSEL