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University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences / Department of Classics
Fall 2009
GRW 6347: Graduate Seminar on the Odyssey
Mondays 5:15-7:45pm, Dauer 125

The aim of this course is to acquaint graduate students with archaic Greek, to appreciate Homeric poetry in its social and historical context, and to gain some familiarity with with Homeric scholarship. NOTE: READINGS FOR THIS COURSE ARE IN ANCIENT GREEK

instructor
Jim Marks
jmarks@ufl.edu
office hours: 1:45-3pm MWF, Dauer 380

required texts (purchase online or at UF bookstore)

Homer Odyssea edited by Peter von der Muehll, K.G. Saur Publishers (ISBN 9783598714320)
Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect, Richard J. Cunliffe (ISBN 0806114304)

online resources

click here for SCHEDULE
click here for an ODYSSEY OUTLINE
click here for BIBLIOGRAPHY
click here for the online CHICAGO HOMER

evaluation (for UF grades see http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html)
final grades will be based on class participation (80%: coming to class prepared to translate and discuss readings) and on completion of a brief (around 750 words) abstract describing a paper that might be delivered at a scholarly meeting (20%).
click here for sample abstract
click here for APA guidelines for abstracts (see p. 5)

This course is conducted in compliance with all University of Florida policies regarding special needs, academic honesty, and absences for emergencies, religious holidays and extracurricular activities. For details, see www.dso.ufl.edu/osd/ (special needs); www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/procedures/academicguide.php#3 (academic honesty).