| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASSIC 10 | SCIENTIFIC TERMINOL | HERNANDEZ, A. | 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. |
| CLASSIC 36C | 4TH C/HELLEN GR | BRANSCOME, D. | A survey of ancient Greek civilization from the fourth century BCE through to the Hellenistic period. Focuses on major institutions and cultural phenomena as seen through the study of ancient Greek literature, history, archaeology, and religion. Same as HISTORY 36C. (IV) |
| CLASSIC 45B | THE HEROES | BRANSCOME, D. | An overview of the main myths of the heroes of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their influence in contemporary and later literature and art. Includes readings from both ancient and modern sources. (IV) |
| CLASSIC 160W | HOMER | SNYDER, R. | Since antiquity, epic has been considered the highest genre, the one suited to stories that define the achievements and aspirations of an entire people. The major epic works, moreover, have exerted a powerful influence on literature throughout the world. Our goal in this class will be to bridge the “absolute epic distance” that Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin believed distinguished the genre and conduct an intensive study of the best-known Greek epics. Close readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey will be supplemented by critical texts that examine the tremendous social and civic import of epic in antiquity and the broader cultural contexts in which the genre flourished. The significance of the epic singer, the distinction between oral and written compositional techniques, and notions of gender, class, and power in the ancient world will be topics of investigation that inform our reading of the epic texts. As this course satisfies the university’s requirements for upper-division writing instruction, we will also read about the process of academic writing and dedicate class time to discussing methods and techniques for presenting your ideas as clearly and persuasively as possible. |
| CLASSIC 170 | IRAN AFTER ALEXNDER | CANEPA, M. | This course will explore the art, archaeology and history of Western, Central and South Asia and the Iranian world, broadly conceived, from Alexander through the Parthians. It will concentrate heavily on the development of architecture and urbanism under the Greco-Macedonian kingdoms that emerged on the Iranian plateau and Central Asia after the fall of the Achaemenids, and the Iranian peoples who eventually overthrew these Greek kingdoms and established their own empires. Thus the core of the class will be on the development of Seleucid Asia (from Syria to Bactria), the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the Indo-Greek kingdoms, Parthia, and post-Achaemenid Pontos, Cappadocia and the Caucasus. In addition it will consider the impact of the Hellenistic Iranian visual and material culture on the nomadic empires of the Eurasian steppe. |
| CLASSIC 399 | UNIVERSITY TEACHING | BRANSCOME, D. |