CLASSICS 202G: Greek Core II: Philosophy, Poetry, and the Arts

Course Description

How did Classical philosophy compete or engage with the powerful poetic and more broadly artistic discourses of the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Detailed reading and discussion of philosophical texts included in the reading list, occasionally juxtaposed and compared with poetic texts of the same period. How did the encounter of Classical philosophy with the verbal and visual arts affect the very concept of canonization that later came to define the discipline.