In this class we are going to study several of the foundational texts of Western Civilization, analyzing their style and content in the light of Biblical truth. We will learn much about writing, about people, and about God through this interaction. The students will have regular opportunities to respond orally and in written reports to the ideas and styles of a wide variety of writings. Here is list of the books which we will read from over the course of this year.
- Mythology, Edith Hamilton
- The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton
- The Essential Homer, (Iliad and the Odyssey)
- The Three Theban Plays, Sophocles
- The Oresteia, Aeschylus
- Excerpts form the histories by Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Livy, and Gibbon
- Makers of Rome, Plutarch
- The Bacchae, Euripides
- Excerpts from Aristophanes’ Comedies
- The Aeneid, Virgil
- Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
- Anthony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare
