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Section 2: Texts

Core

  • Unit Reader
    • “Ancient Greek Wisdom for Today’s Leadership Crisis,” Emily Anhalt, The Conversation, October 15, 2017
    • “Hero,” from the introduction to The Odyssey (pp. 37–41), Bernard Knox, Penguin Publishing Group, 1996
    • “Odysseus the Foreigner,” Joshua R. Hall, Ancient World Magazine, June 22, 2018
  • Tradebook
    • The Odyssey, Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Publishing Group, 1996
  • Digital Access
    • “What Role Do the Gods Play in The Iliad and The Odyssey?,” Barry Powell, YouTube, Oxford University Press, June 30, 2014