# Classical poetry

## **Objectives**

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- Understand the defining characteristics of classical poetry

- Analyze and interpret classical poems

## **Materials**

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- Copy of "The Iliad" by Homer

- Collection of poems by Sappho

## **Activities**

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- Discussion on the themes and motifs found in "The Iliad"

- Group analysis of selected poems by Sappho

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