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This 24 instructional-week literature course offers an academically rigorous study of the foundational stories, poetry, ideas, and worldviews of the ancient world. The course will include complete readings of Robert Fagles’s translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as C.S. Lewis Roman myth retelling, Til We Have Faces. Students will also read selections from Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah alongside literature from ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Greek traditions. From a classical Christian perspective, students will examine enduring questions about heroism, wisdom, kingship, hospitality, sacrifice, justice, suffering, homecoming, and the relationship between human responsibility and divine action.
This course is designed for students ages 12–15 who are ready to complete substantial but focused weekly readings and arrive prepared for oral narration and seminar-style discussion. Students will be challenged to read Great Books and taught how to prepare, contribute, and support their ideas, both orally and in writing, with evidence from the text.
Although this is primarily a literature course, students will complete related writing assignments, receive feedback on submitted work, and periodically receive brief instruction in summary, paragraph development, thesis statements, and textual support.
Students will:
Develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of ancient literature
Practice oral synthesis and thoughtful participation in round table discussions
Analyze character, theme, symbolism, narrative structure, epic conventions, and worldview
Compare ancient pagan understandings of humanity, virtue, justice, and the divine with biblical teaching
Communicate literary interpretations through organized summaries, supported paragraphs, and developing thesis statements
Introduction to oral narration, seminar discussion, literary analysis, and reading preparation
Creation, fall, covenant, sacrifice, and providence in selected Genesis narratives
Kingship, friendship, mortality, and the flood in Gilgamesh
Ancient Egyptian narrative and selected biblical poetry, wisdom, and prophecy
Greek mythology and its gods, heroes, virtues, and cultural worldview
The Trojan War, Homeric epic, and the historical and literary background of The Odyssey
Complete reading and study of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, and C.S. Lewis’ Til We Have Faces.
Course meeting time: Wednesdays from 9:40 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Course duration: 24 Instructional Weeks from September 14, 2026 to April 26, 2027; Click here to see the 2026-27 school calendar.
Course prerequisites: None
Class Price ($1,000 for the Year; paid by term)
If your family would like to apply for a scholarshipped class price, please do not register for class. Submit the Scholarship Application form linked here, and we will promptly be in touch.
This 24 instructional-week literature course offers an academically rigorous study of the foundational stories, poetry, ideas, and worldviews of the ancient world. The course will include complete readings of Robert Fagles’s translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as C.S. Lewis Roman myth retelling, Til We Have Faces. Students will also read selections from Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah alongside literature from ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, and Greek traditions. From a classical Christian perspective, students will examine enduring questions about heroism, wisdom, kingship, hospitality, sacrifice, justice, suffering, homecoming, and the relationship between human responsibility and divine action.
This course is designed for students ages 12–15 who are ready to complete substantial but focused weekly readings and arrive prepared for oral narration and seminar-style discussion. Students will be challenged to read Great Books and taught how to prepare, contribute, and support their ideas, both orally and in writing, with evidence from the text.
Although this is primarily a literature course, students will complete related writing assignments, receive feedback on submitted work, and periodically receive brief instruction in summary, paragraph development, thesis statements, and textual support.
Students will:
Develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of ancient literature
Practice oral synthesis and thoughtful participation in round table discussions
Analyze character, theme, symbolism, narrative structure, epic conventions, and worldview
Compare ancient pagan understandings of humanity, virtue, justice, and the divine with biblical teaching
Communicate literary interpretations through organized summaries, supported paragraphs, and developing thesis statements
Introduction to oral narration, seminar discussion, literary analysis, and reading preparation
Creation, fall, covenant, sacrifice, and providence in selected Genesis narratives
Kingship, friendship, mortality, and the flood in Gilgamesh
Ancient Egyptian narrative and selected biblical poetry, wisdom, and prophecy
Greek mythology and its gods, heroes, virtues, and cultural worldview
The Trojan War, Homeric epic, and the historical and literary background of The Odyssey
Complete reading and study of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, and C.S. Lewis’ Til We Have Faces.
Course meeting time: Wednesdays from 9:40 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Course duration: 24 Instructional Weeks from September 14, 2026 to April 26, 2027; Click here to see the 2026-27 school calendar.
Course prerequisites: None
Class Price ($1,000 for the Year; paid by term)
If your family would like to apply for a scholarshipped class price, please do not register for class. Submit the Scholarship Application form linked here, and we will promptly be in touch.