LAT 30.10 The ‘Happy Place’

Greek and Roman poets from Homer to Horace employ idealized landscapes as symbols of tranquility, safety, divine inspiration, and removal from the chaos of life. This language seminar explores the emotional impact of this ‘happy place’ and its inverse, the ‘dreadful place’, through selections from a broad range of lyric, bucolic, epic, and erotic poetry. Students may enroll as advanced readers of either Ancient Greek or Latin and will complete readings in their respective language.

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Classics - Classical Studies Greek Latin