HIEU 5141 - Thucydides

A team-taught course reading Thucydides in ancient Greek, with attention to his style, the structure of his work, its literary qualities, and scholarly controveries about the author. Meets twice a week: one session to read the text together in the Greek, and the other to consider the historical and historiographical issues to which the text gives rise, with readings in modern scholarly literature.

Credits: 3