Ancient Literature

Offered 2023-2024

  • Time & Tuition:
    • 2023-2024 Academic Year
      • 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Mondays
      • Seminar with writing tutorial: $75 per month (10 months, August through May)
      • Seminar only: $60 per month (10 months, August through May)
  • Location: Signal Mountain, Tennessee
  • Grades: 9th-12th grades and 8th grade strong readers
  • Prerequisites: Writing II or equivalent writing skills OR take Writing II in addition to this course
  • Pairing: You can pair this course with Ancient History!
  • Description: Through works of ancient Greek and Roman literature, this course examines the great questions humans ask.
  • Assessment:
    • All: Students must complete all readings and daily-work/commonplacing as well as oral exams.
    • Writing tutorial only: Each semester, students write two essays and complete two other written pieces and one semester project. (Students in both history and literature courses only create one project per semester.) At the conclusion of each semester, students participate in Defense Day by giving a brief presentation on one of their essays and responding to questions from the audience.
  • Books Needed: THE FINAL BOOK LIST WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY – PLEASE CHECK BACK. THANKS! Books will be the same as or similar to the works listed below. (Hard copies are required; recommended editions/translations are listed below)
    • Gwynne’s Grammar (ISBN: 9781984897961)
    • Homer—Iliad (Recommended: Lattimore translation, ISBN: 9780226470498)
    • Homer—Odyssey (Recommended: Lattimore translation, ISBN: 9780061244186)
    • Aeschylus—The Oresteia (Recommended: Lattimore/Grene translation, ISBN: 9780226311470)
    • Sophocles—Three Theban Plays (Recommended: Fagles translation, ISBN: 9780140444254)
    • Virgil—Aeneid (Recommended: Ahl translation, ISBN: 9780199231959)
    • Augustine—Confessions (Recommended: Boulding translation/Ignatius, ISBN: 9781586176839)