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| CLASSIC 5 | LAT/GR ROOTS IN ENG | FREAS, D. | Studies in the formation and use of English words from Greek and Latin derivatives. Particularly useful for first-year students who wish to augment their vocabulary systematically. No prerequisites. |
| CLASSIC 10 | SCIENTIFIC TERMINOL | STAFF | A study of English terms derived from Greek and Latin and important to contemporary medicine, science, and other professions, with emphasis on development of word-building skills. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin required. For undergraduates, particularly those in the sciences, interested in development of their technical vocabulary. |
| CLASSIC 36C | 4TH C/HELLEN GR | SANTORO L'HOIR, F. | This course examines fourth century Athens, Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic period. The readings will focus on Athenian law, Greek philosophy, the rise of Macedon, and the formation of the Hellenistic empires. This course is a continuation of 36B and completes the series, however, students may begin the 36 series with 36C. It is also suited for students generally interested in Classical Greek and Hellenistic History. |
| CLASSIC 45C | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | Classical Mythology in Literature and Film
Classics 45C is the third part of the Classical Mythology series. This class will focus on a few important Greek myths, their interpretations, and the influence they have exerted on modern art, literature, and film. We will use a standard textbook, as well as readings from ancient and modern works of literature. Prerequisites: this is the third course in the series Classics 45 A-B-C. The courses are best taken in sequence, therefore, students enrolling in 45C should have already taken 45A and B. The Classics 45 A-B-C series satisfies the Humanistic Inquiry Breadth requirement. |
| CLASSIC 98 | GROUP STUDY | STAFF | |
| CLASSIC 99 | SPEC STDS:CLASSICS | STAFF | |
| CLASSIC 160 | GREEK & ROMAN EPIC | KARANIKA, A. | In this course, we will study four poems, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica and Virgil's Aenead. Through these epic poems we will discuss the epic genre and focus on the theme of orality and literacy in the ancient world. There will be required readings of the above epic poems and interpretative essays. Large topics for discussion for this course will be a) heroism and gender b) the role of gods and the supernatural and c) interpretation of travel in ancient epic narratives. Final grade of the class will depend on a combination of two exams, one paper, a creative project, and class participation. |
| CLASSIC 170 | HOMOSEXUALITY & PLATO | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | In this course we shall examine Plato's view of homosexuality as a reflection of the prevailing ideology and social mores of his time. We shall become familiar with the ancient Greek attitude toward pederasty and homoeroticism and ponder the philosophical ramifications of the practice. In that framework, here are some of the questions we shall ask: what is the semantic difference between friendly and erotic love? What sorts of things or people do we love? What is the aim of love? Dialogues to be read: Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, and excerpts from Republic.
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| CLASSIC 220 | LUCRETIUS & BUDDHISM | GLIDDEN, D. | In our Tricampus Classics Seminar this Spring we shall explor Lucretius' De rerum natura. Our focus will be on its ethical import, as a handbook for living the Epicurean life and finding salvation through serenity. For purposes of comparison, we shall also be reading from the contemporary Buddist writings of Thich Nhat Hanh, whose form of 'engaged Buddhism' shares a somewhat similar outlook on the nature of the mind and body, on a shared pathway toward mindfulness and peace. |
| CLASSIC 220 | ROMAN PORTRAIT SCULPTURE | NODELMAN. S. | This seminar will examine one of the most distinctive and important genres of Roman artistic production, and the foundation – both aesthetic and ideological – of the later Western tradition of portraiture until the present. The origins of the Roman portrait tradition in its creative adaptation of Hellenistic representational apparatus to the needs of Roman society will be scrutinized, as will its successive transformations in the changing social and political contexts of the later Republic and Empire. Problems of connoisseurship – the evaluation of the material evidence of surviving objects with regard to their origins, dating, original function and meaning – will be foregrounded. Principal work for the course will be a term paper involving close analysis of an actual ancient work in the collection of the Getty Museum in Malibu.
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| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PORTER, J. | |