In the period of the early polis (eighth-early fifth centuries), lyric poetry was aristocratic society's most important medium for examining an extensive array of issues, from partisan politics to moral and political philosophies to friendships and love-affairs. The implied audience for many lyric poems, and often the actual audience for their original performance, was a group of hetairoi/ai, "companions," who regularly gathered for ritual celebrations or occasions like the symposium. The thematics of dike, eros, and arete will guide our study of selections from the archaic monodic poets (e.g., Archilochus, Tyrtaeus, Semonides, Sappho, Alcaeus, Mimnermus, Solon, Xenophanes, Anacreon, Ibycus, Theognis, Simonides) and, if time permits, from some archaic choral poets (e.g., Alcman and Pindar). We will consider not only the social institutions that provided the original contexts for performing this poetry but also, and more importantly, the different types of audience this poetry constructs. The class will meet twice weekly, with students' translations of the Greek usually constituting the recitation feature of a tutorial. Each student will also present several oral reports (about 5 pages written) and prepare one or two special translation assignments. There will be a final paper and a final exam (translation and scansion only). Prerequisite: Greek 201 or the equivalent.