For nearly 3,000 years, the Trojan War's story of love, betrayal, heroism, and revenge has fired imaginations and inspired many of our greatest works of art. At once exotic and immediate, it provides an unrivaled panorama of the human condition.

In this course we will seek to understand the myth of the Trojan War and its role in the history of western literature and culture. While our focus will be on a (mostly) chronological survey of the fundamental texts of the Troy-myth, some time will be spent investigating the myth's influence on art, music, and film.