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| CLASSIC 5 | LATIN/GREEK ROOTS IN ENGLISH | STAFF | 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 work-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 36B | CLASSICAL GREECE | GOLDMAN, M. | This course is a survey of classical Greece society and its main cultural achievements, specifically in the fields of literature, philosophy, historiography, and art. Special attention will be paid to these achievements as a reaction or response to the major historical events of the period and to their overall cultural settings. Readings, will include selections from the works of ancient authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato and others.
36ABC fulfills the Humanistic Inquiry Breadth requirement. Three lectures and one discussion section per week. No prerequisites. |
| CLASSIC 45B | THE HEROES | GIANNOPOULOU Z. | 45B: The Heroes
Classics 45B is the second part of the Classical Mythology series. This course will concentrate on myths about ancient heroes, such as Hercules, Theseus, Jason and those featured in the Trojan and Theban Saga. The overall goal is to understand the nature of the heroic, as depicted by ancient writers and artists, and to appreciate the ways in which the ancient Greeks used myths in order to interpret their world. The grade will be based on a combination of quizzes and exams. Prerequisites: the series Classics 45 ABC should be taken in sequence, therefore, students enrolling in 45B should have already taken 45A. The Classics 45 ABC series satisfies the Humanistic Inquiry Breadth requirement.
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| CLASSIC 140 | CLASSICS 140: DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC | SOGNO, C | Classics 140 Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic
This course is an advanced survey of the Roman Republic. It covers the entire Republican period, beginning with the expulsion of the kings from Rome (509 BC) until Octavian’s victory at Actium (31 BC), but special attention is devoted to the troubled last century of the Republic marked by the trauma of civil wars and ending with the dissolution of the Republican regime. Discussion will focus on the following themes: (1) Rome’s imperial expansion from city-state to world Empire; (2) the dramatic implications of this expansion; (3) its repercussions on society, politics, and economy. These themes, central to the history of the Republic, are also essential to our understanding of the historical evolution of Europe and of Western culture. The Roman conquest of the Mediterranean became the vehicle for the diffusion of Greco-Roman culture in the Mediterranean, and the downfall of the Republic led to theestablishment of the Roman Empire |
| CLASSIC 160 | CLASSICS 160: THE ANCIENT NOVEL AND ITS INFLUENCE | GOLDMAN, M. | An examination of the ancient novels and their influence on later fiction, focusing on the representation of love and sexuality, social life and narrative technique. Ancient texts: Xenephon of Ephesus, Chariton, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Heliodorus, Petronius, Apuleius, Appollonius; Later fiction: Lazarillo de Tormes, Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Walpole's Castle of Otranto and a movie, My Fair Lady. |
| CLASSIC 220 | CLASSICS 220: TACITUS AND REVOLT | SALZMAN, M | Can violence against Rome be justified? Tacitus’ Agricola raises this question as it examines the response of Agicola and of Boudicca to an unjust imperial system. The rebellions that Tacitus documents in this work and in his Histories raise the moral and pragmatic implications of attempting to revolt against Rome.
This course will focus on the revolts in the Agricola and the Histories; in particular, we will focus on the rebellions of Boudicca, Civilis, and the Jews. Where possible, as for example, in analyzing the Jewish Wars, we will compare Tacitus’ narrative with other sources to assess not only Tacitus’ attitudes towards these rebellions, but also his credibility as an historian and his originality as a Latin stylist.
Readings in Latin from the Tacitean texts noted above, as well as from selected texts in English, notably Flavius Josephus’ Jewish Wars.
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| CLASSIC 220 | CLASSICS 220: DIONYSIAC LITERATURE / EURIPIDES' BACCHAE | SUTTON, D. | In order to try to understand the Dionysiac element in Greek drama we will read Euripides' Bacchae, as illuminated by such other items as the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus, the fragments of Aeschylus' Edonoi, the late Greek Hymn to Dionysus preserved by P. Ross. Georg I, 11, Euripides' Cyclops and Aristophanes' Acharnians. |