Penn State Penn State: College of the Liberal Arts

Department ofClassics and Ancient
Mediterranean Studies

GREEK 420: Greek Prose Authors

GREEK 420: Greek Prose Authors

GREEK 420 is an advanced reading course in ancient Greek, which focuses on the writings of prose authors. The primary aim of the course will be to hone students¿ ability to read connected passages of Greek prose by a given author or on a particular theme. In addition, students will read and evaluate secondary scholarship in preparation for a final research project. Possible authors/ genres of focus include, but are not limited to: Plato, Xenophon, the Attic Orators, Aristotle, Plutarch, Lucian, the Greek Novel, and the New Testament. The prerequisite for this course is GREEK 203 or the permission of the instruction. This course may be repeated.

Instructor:

Anna Peterson
Accepting Grad Students
Accepting Grad Students
Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Pronouns: She/Her
Research Interests: Second Sophistic and Imperial-era Greek literature and culture; Landscape and environment in ancient literature; Gender and sexuality in Greek and Roman culture
Anna Peterson