St. John's College Reading Plan

As many of you know, I originally started my Great Books Project after being inspired by Clifton Fadiman's New Lifetime Reading Plan. While I've been steadily whittling away at many of the more modern selections, I've had a hard time trying to figure out how to attack "the classics" in any systematic way.

My prayers have been answered. Starting just as soon as my copies of The Iliad and The Odyssey (trans. Fagles) arrive, I will be following the syllabus used by students at St. Johns College, which is generously published here. Even better, my reading of Homer will be accompanied by Homeric Moments, a guide written by a professor who taught at St. John's for 40 years. I can't wait.