San Elijo College is happy to announce its first course offering. 

We will be offering a 3 unit semester long course on the great works of ancient Greek literature. 

We will be reading Hesiod’s  Theogony and Works and Days, Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey, as well as plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. 

The course is open to degree seeking students as well as anyone interested in these great books.  

We will be meeting on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8:30 p.m. beginning on August 31 through December 14.  We will be meeting in the San Elijo Hills town center, with the location TBA. 

The cost will be $100/unit -- 3 units/course.  To register: e-mail administration@sanelijocollege.org

(Tentative) Fall 2010 Greek Literature Seminar

Reading List and Schedule

Hesiod,  Theogony/Works and Days, ISBN: 0472081616

Homer, Illiad, ISBN: 0226469409  Odyssey, ISBN 006124418X

Aeschylus, Aeschylus I , ISBN: 0226307786 Aeschylus II, ISBN: 0226307948

Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, ISBN: 0140444254

Euripides, Ten Plays: ISBN: 0553213636

Aristophanes, Four Plays, ISBN: 0452007178

8/31 Week 1: Hesiod: Theogony/Works and Days

9/7 Week 2: Homer: Illiad

9/14 Week 3: Homer: Illiad

9/21 Week 4: Homer: Illiad

9/28 Week 5: Homer: Odyssey

10/5 Week 6: Homer: Odyssey

10/12 Week 7: Homer: Odyssey

10/19 Week 8: Aeschylus: The Oresteia

10/26 Week 9: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

11/9 Week 11: Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colunus

11/16 Week 12: Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis

11/23 No Meeting Thanksgiving Holiday

11/30 Week 13: Euripides: Medea, Trojan Women

12/7 Week 14: Aristophanes: The Birds

12/14 Week 15: Aristophanes: The Clouds