LAT 448 Roman Pastoral

Explores the ways in which Latin poets adapted a traditionally escapist genre to serve as a vehicle for reflection on contemporary social and political problems. Students read representative bucolics based ultimately on the Theocritean model, with attention also to issues of Roman political and social history (e.g., the collapse of the republican oligarchy, the changing conception of the ideal prince, and the Christianization of the aristocracy).

Credits

3