| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
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| CLASSIC 37A | EARLY ROME | ZISSOS, P. | This course is a survey of some of the highlights of Roman civilization from its 8th century beginnings to the civil wars of the first century BCE. We will look not only at political history, but also at social history, literature, art and architecture, and religion. The course will consider a number of questions, including the various factors underwriting Rome's rise to global domination. We will also consider how the Romans were able to develop stable principles of government, and how these principals were eventually transformed by the actions of figures like the bloodthirsty dictator Sulla. Although Rome was, like America, a relatively inclusive mix of different ethnic groups and peoples, it maintained a fundamental cultural continuity throughout much of its history. The Roman achievement is undeniably impressive, but it was not without a great cost in human suffering. We will examine the Roman system of slavery (which was non-racial in character), the patriarchal nature of Roman society, and the plight of the poor and underprivileged. In brief, beside providing students with a solid factual basis for Roman history, the course will also identify some of the issues that have made Roman civilization an abiding fascination, source of both admiration and loathing for almost all subsequent ages, including our own. Classics 37A is the first part of the Roman Civilization series (37ABC), which satisfies the Humanities General Education Requirement (IV) and is the same as History 37A. |
| CLASSIC 45A | THE GODS | PANTELIA, M. | Classics 45A is the first part of a three-quarter course on Classical Mythology. This class will be an introduction to the most important Greek and Roman myths, their historical and religious context, various interpretations and influence upon ancient and modern art, film and literature. Some of the topics we will discuss are: the creation of the universe, relations between gods and mortals, gender and sexuality, love, marriage, death and afterlife. We will use a standard textbook, but we will also read selected passages from primary sources such as Hesiod's Theogony, Ovid's Metamorphoses and selections from Greek tragedy. The course will make regular use of ancillary visual materials, especially computer resources. The grade for this course will be based on a combination of multiple-choice quizzes and short essay exams. Classics 45A is the first part of the Classical Mythology series (45ABC), which satisfies the Humanities General Education Requirement IV. |
| CLASSIC 99 | SPEC STDS:CLASSICS | STAFF | |
| CLASSIC 160W | SOPHOCLEAN TRAGEDY | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | In this course we shall read the seven extant tragedies written by Sophocles: Ajax, Philoctetes, Women of Trachis, Electra, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Oedipus at Colonus, paying special attention to philosophical, sociopolitical, and stylistic issues. Secondary materials (scholarly articles) will accompany the primary readings. The grade will be determined on the basis of two exams, two short papers, and one oral presentation. |
| CLASSIC 170 | GREEK RELIGION AND RITUALS | KARANIKA, A. | In this course we will study ancient Greek religion from Bronze Age to Hellenistic times by investigating relevant literary accounts and the archaeology of the sacred space. The special themes will be festivals and rituals, gender and religion. We will study ancient religion from an anthropological perspective analyzing ritual tradition in its socio-cultural context, examine how regulations are formed to codify ritual practice, how tradition is established, how bigger festivals have an effect on the life of the city, what rituals mean for their communities and how a network of communities is formed through rituals. |
| CLASSIC 201 | PROSEMINAR | PORTER, J | Graduate Seminar: Proseminar in Classics - Please visit website for more details -
https://sites.google.com/site/proseminarf13/ |
| CLASSIC 220 | COLLECTIVE POETICS | KARANIKA, A. | This seminar will focus on reading a variety of texts that present the making of collective discourse and polyphonic voices. Special themes will be gender and polyphony, genres of collective oral performance and their representation in literature with emphasis on hymnic discourse, performance and the making of identity, ecphrasis and collectivity, mass and elite performances. The texts that we will read will be selections from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony, Sappho and Archilochus, Aeschylus' Choephoroe and Persians, Aristophanes' Frogs and Lysistrata, Sophocles' Electra, Euripides' Bacchae, Medea, Trojan Women, Aristotle's Poetics, and Theocritus' Idyllis 2, 17 and 18. |
| CLASSIC 220 | JULIUS CAESAR | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PORTER, J. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | PORTER, J. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | CLAXTON, C. | |