Classical Civilisation

Course summary

The World of the Hero Students study either Homer’s Odyssey or Iliad: the earliest European literature and the society that produced it, and Virgil’s Aeneid, Rome’s great epic. Greek Theatre The first and definitive drama of Europe, and the beliefs, fears and assumptions of Athenian society. Belief and Ideas Students will investigate an area of Classical thought, from ideas about politics and correct governance, to what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ when it comes to love and desire, to the nature of gods and their relationship with mankind.