CLASSIC Course Descriptions for 2019-2020

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CourseTitleInstructorDescription
CLASSIC 36BCLASSICAL GREECEHERNANDEZ, A.A survey of ancient Greek civilization from the Late Archaic period to the Classical period. Focuses on major institutions and cultural phenomena as seen through the study of ancient Greek literature, history, archaeology, and religion.

Same as HISTORY 36B.
CLASSIC 45CCLASSICAL MYTHOLOGYGIANNOPOULOU, Z.Detailed examination of key Greek and Roman myths, their interpretations, and the influence they have exerted on literature, art, and popular culture in subsequent periods.
CLASSIC 99SPEC STDS:CLASSICSSTAFF
CLASSIC 170ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: STOICISMPERIN, C.Stoicism was a philosophical school of thought founded in the fourth century BCE by Zeno of Citium that became particularly influential during the Roman imperial period. Bizarrely, it also seems to be fashionable now among the entrepeneurs and programmers of Silicon Valley. In fact, Stoicism is alive and well in contemporary culture. There is a popular website called The Daily Stoic, an annual conference of those who think of themselves as modern Stoics (yes, it's called 'Stoicon'), and shelves of Stoic themed self-help manuals with titles like The Obstacle is the Way, Stoicism: How to Stop Fearing and Start Living, and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. In this course we'll read and try to make sense of the most important ancient Stoic texts. We'll start with the philosopher who inspired Zeno and whom the Stoics themselves counted as the first Stoic, Socrates. We'll then turn to writings by Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Our task will be to determine whether Stoicism is really a plausible guide to the good life or just an elaborate, maybe even pernicious, philosophical fantasy.

Cross listed with PHIL 110. 
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEGIANNOPOULOU, Z.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEKARANIKA, A.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEPANTELIA, M.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEZISSOS, P.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONESNYDER, R.
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYSTAFF
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYZISSOS, P.
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYPANTELIA, M.
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYKARANIKA, A.
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYSNYDER, R.
CLASSIC 280INDEPENDENT STUDYGIANNOPOULOU, Z.
CLASSIC 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGSNYDER, R.
CLASSIC 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGMCKENNA, J.
CLASSIC 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGLE VINE, M.