Schedule
Mon-Thu, 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (8/18/2025 - 12/10/2025) Location: MAIN MG 232
Mon-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (8/18/2025 - 12/10/2025) Location: MAIN MG 232
Description
What is the good life? How do we know? What is the ideal form of government? When should we submit to authority and when should we practice civil disobedience? We will explore questions such as these through the lenses of the literature and philosophy of classical Greek civilization (understanding that a famous 20th century philosopher summed up the whole of the western philosophical tradition as “a series of footnotes to Plato”). We will review dramas by authors like Aristophanes and Sophocles from the perspective of ancient philosophers, rewrite some of these dramas from a 21st century perspective, and conduct a mock Symposium in which we gather around food (and age-appropriate beverages) to talk with each other about Big Ideas.
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ENG 295: Classical Mythology: This course studies myths of ancient Greece and/or Rome, exploring the importance of these narratives in relation to the art, literature, philosophy, and religion of the West. Meets General Education Distribution Area IV