GREEK 4130 - [Epistolography]

(crosslisted) LATIN 4230
(HB) (LA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Spring. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: one semester of Greek and Latin at the 3000 level or above. Co-meets with GREEK 7130/LATIN 7230.

H. Pelliccia.

A general introduction to ancient epistolography will be followed by more focused study of letters (and other relevant documents) concerned with the relationship between tyrant and sage, the letters mostly having been written by members of the second category. The Platonic or Pseudo-Platonic epistles discussing the philosopher’s relations with the Syracusan tyranny, and Cicero’s letters written from the Bay of Naples during the run-up to Pharsalia will be the texts chiefly studied.