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...
An examination of the nature and function of myth in Classical Antiquity. The course shows how the narrative and symbolic structure of myths orders...
A survey of Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology, with stress on form and function plus stylistic trends and aesthetic values. The course will illuminate...
This course examines the transmission of Graeco-Roman culture in circumstances radically different from those in which it originated. It highlights...
This course augments CLAS*2350 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Latin of certain primary sources, in particular...
Greek history in the 5th century; the development of Athenian democracy; the Peloponnesian War and the decline of Athenian dominance. Special...
An examination of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the development of the Imperial government under Augustus. The paradox of the external power...
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...
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...
The nature of tragedy, and the existential and moral questions raised by the plays of Aischylos, Sophokles, and Euripides. Comedy, fantasy, and...
This course augments CLAS*3000 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of selected primary sources, such as Herodotus,...
This course augments CLAS*3010 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Latin of selected primary sources, notably Sallust,...
This course augments CLAS*3020 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of selected Greek sources pertaining to the...
This course augments CLAS*3030 for Classical Languages students through the reading in Greek of selected books from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. The...
This course augments CLAS*3040 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study in Greek of an extant play. Offered in even-numbered...
An examination of the varieties of religious experience and of religious activity in Greece and Rome, before the establishment of Christianity....
This course augments CLAS*3100 for Classical Languages students through the reading and study of Latin primary sources. (Offered in even-numbered...
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...
This course is designed for students of Classical Languages who are seeking an enriched learning opportunity, through directed reading and/or research...
The historical and formal roots of fiction in the classical prose romances. Special attention is paid to the influence of myth, religion,...