AP/HUMA 3108 6.00
Ancient Greek and Roman Comic Drama
This course explores the evolving tradition of ancient Greek and Roman comic drama from later fifth-century BCE Athens to the early second-century Roman Republic, studying the works of the playwrights Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus and Terence, their influence on the development of the Western Canon, selected topics in Greek and Roman social and cultural history, and the theory of the comic.