> Freshman Reading: Homer - Illyad, Odyssey ... ok! if you read the Odyssey in your own native language (not greek), you probably will enjoy it, but how are you going to know about the grand themes unless someone tells you about it?

Isn't there a class instruction, supplementary reading, and discussion component for these books? I assume so.

But I think a lot of people — even freshmen! — could just read these books and get something from them anyway.