GREATEST BOOKS IN CHRISTIAN LITERATURE (Ancient)

King David: "Poet - Warrior of God - King of Israel"
Homer: “The First Apostle of Civilization” (Blessed John Henry Newman) ****************************************************************************

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LIT 1153 Greatest Books in Christian Literature(3)

This course covers Greek and Roman writers such as Homer, Virgil, Sophocles and Aeschylus as well as Christian roots in Jewish culture through the sacred poetry of Kings David and Solomon. Special emphasis is given to the first great epic of Western civilization, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and the heroes of Judism recorded in the Golden Legend.

GREATEST and GREAT BOOKS INCLUDE:

Homer's: The Iliad and/or The Odyssey
Sophocles: Antigone or other selections from The Oedipus Trilogy
Aristophanes: The Clouds
Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
Virgil: Aenead
Euripides: Iphigenia
St. Ephraem of Syria: The Pearl, Nativity Hymns and other Hymns on the Faith
King David: Psalms
Solomon: Canticle of Canticles

The Golden Legend: Volumes I and II