XII. Course Descriptions
Classical Studies
School of Languages and Literatures
Unless otherwise noted, these courses do not require a knowledge of the Greek or Latin languages.
| CLAS*1000 Introduction to Classical Culture F,W (3-0) [0.50] |
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| This course provides a wide-ranging look at essential features of Greek and of Roman culture and society. Considerable emphasis will be given to the classical views of the human condition. (Winter semester offering in odd-numbered years.) |
| CLAS*2000 Classical Mythology W (3-0) [0.50] |
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| An examination of the nature and function of myth in Classical Antiquity. The course shows how the narrative and symbolic structure of myths orders individual and communal experience. The myths that have influenced Western civilization receive special emphasis. |
| CLAS*2150 Western Art: Greece F (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| A survey of Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology, with stress on form and function plus stylistic trends and aesthetic values. The course will illuminate the cultural, social, and political life in Ancient Greece. (Also listed as ARTH*2150). | |
| Equate(s): | ARTH*2150 |
| CLAS*2350 The Classical Tradition W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| This course examines the transmission of Graeco-Roman culture in circumstances radically different from those in which it originated. It highlights the aspects of classical culture most influential in forming the Western tradition. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | CLAS*1000 or CLAS*2000 |
| CLAS*2360 The Classical Tradition (in Latin) W (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*2350 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Latin of certain primary sources, in particular Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | LAT*2000 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3000 The Rise and Fall of Athens F (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| Greek history in the 5th century; the development of Athenian democracy; the Peloponnesian War and the decline of Athenian dominance. Special attention is paid to the literature and thought of the period. (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | 1 of CLAS*1000, CLAS*2000, HIST*2850 |
| CLAS*3010 The Roman Revolution W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| An examination of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the development of the Imperial government under Augustus. The paradox of the external power and inner instability of Rome. (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | 1 of CLAS*1000, CLAS*2000, HIST*2850 |
| CLAS*3020 History of the Hellenistic World F (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| The rise and fall of the Hellenistic states from the death of Alexander the Great until the Roman conquest, with political emphasis on the development of the monarchies and cultural emphasis on the Hellenization of the East. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | 1 of CLAS*1000, CLAS*2000, HIST*2850 |
| CLAS*3030 Epic Heroes and Poems W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| The nature and significance of the epic hero. Epic as code and as critique of tradition. Oral poetry, and critical problems raised by it. The central texts are The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid; other poems are also studied. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | CLAS*1000 or CLAS*2000 |
| CLAS*3040 Greek Tragedy and Comedy W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| The nature of tragedy, and the existential and moral questions raised by the plays of Aischylos, Sophokles, and Euripides. Comedy, fantasy, and society in Aristophanes.(Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | CLAS*1000 or CLAS*2000 |
| CLAS*3050 The Rise and Fall of Athens (in Greek) F (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3000 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of selected primary sources, such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | GREK*2020 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3060 The Roman Revolution (in Latin) W (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3010 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Latin of selected primary sources, notably Sallust, Cicero, Caesar, and Suetonius.(Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | LAT*2000 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3070 History of the Hellenistic World (in Greek) F (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3020 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of selected Greek sources pertaining to the history of the Hellenistic World, primarily Polybius and Plutarch. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | GREK*2020 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3080 Epic Heroes and Poems (in Greek) W (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3030 for Classical Languages students through the reading in Greek of selected books from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. The course will include close study of the epic dialect and features of its formulaic language.(Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | GREK*2020 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3090 Greek Tragedy and Comedy (in Greek) W (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3040 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of an extant play. Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | GREK*2020 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3100 Religion in Greece and Rome F (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| An examination of the varieties of religious experience and of religious activity in Greece and Rome, before the establishment of Christianity. Particular attention is paid both to the relations of religion to state and to the relations of the individual to gods. (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | CLAS*1000 or CLAS*2000 |
| CLAS*3120 Religion in Greece and Rome (in Latin) F (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*3100 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study of Latin primary sources. (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | LAT*2000 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*3150 Space: Roman Art and Urbanism W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| Introduction to Roman art and urbanism from the Early Republic to the end of the imperial period. The course will survey the developments of Roman art with an emphasis on architecture, sculpture and painting. It will illuminate the development of the urban space in the context of cultural, social and political life. (Also listed as ARTH*3150). (Offered in even-numbered years.) | |
| Equate(s): | ARTH*3150 |
| CLAS*3300 Directed Reading in Classical Languages U (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| This course is designed for students of Classical Languages who are seeking an enriched learning opportunity, through directed reading and/or research in the original language (Greek or Latin). Consult the Classical Languages faculty advisor for information about this opportunity. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | [LAT*2000, (1 of CLAS*2350, CLAS*3010, CLAS*3100, CLAS*4000)], or [GREK*2020, (1 of CLAS*3000, CLAS*3020, CLAS*3030, CLAS*3040)] |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages; instructor consent required. |
| CLAS*4000 Novel and Romance in Antiquity F (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| The historical and formal roots of fiction in the classical prose romances. Special attention is paid to the influence of myth, religion, historiography and ethical biography. Among texts studied are Daphnis and Chloe, Satyricon, and Aithiopika. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | CLAS*3030 or CLAS*3040 |
| CLAS*4010 Novel and Romance in Antiquity (in Latin) F (6-0) [1.00] | |
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| This course augments CLAS*4000 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Latin of an extant novel. (Offered in odd-numbered years.) | |
| Prerequisite(s): | LAT*2000 |
| Restriction(s): | Registration in Classical Languages. |
| CLAS*4150 Research Paper in Classics F,W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| This course is intended to complement courses in specified studies in classics. It engages the student in research and in critical writing, and permits the examination, in depth, of a topic of importance to the discipline and of interest to the student. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | 1.50 credits in Classical Studies courses at the 3000 level |
| CLAS*4400 Seminar in Classics W (3-0) [0.50] | |
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| A seminar course complementing courses of specific study in classics. It seeks to define the nature of the discipline, its values and its procedures. Attention will be paid to recent methodological and ideological trends in the discipline. | |
| Prerequisite(s): | 1.50 credits in Classical Studies at the 3000 level |