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Young Woman with Stylus
and WritingTablets
from the House of M. Didius, Pompeii, 40-50 CE.,
(Naples, Museo Nazionale)
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Latin
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Cesare Maccari, Quo usque tandem (1882-1888, Sala Maccari
in the Italian Senate, Rome)
The consul Cicero is giving his famous First Catilinarian
Speech in the Curia or Senate House (63 BCE),
the rebel Catilina in front is being shunned by his fellow senators.
Contrary to the impression given by the picture, Catilina (45) was
actually two years older than Cicero, who was 43 years old at the
time.
(enlarged
picture)
Latin 132: Elementary Latin II (1) (Knorr)
MWF 09:10a-10:10a
ETN 105
(Syllabus)
This course continues last semester’s intensive introduction
to the Latin language and the culture of the ancient Romans. This
semester, readings will focus on the famous orator, lawyer, and
statesman Cicero (106-43 BCE) and two of the greatest triumphs
of his career, the Verres Scandal (70 BCE), in which Cicero
successfully prosecuted the former governor of Sicily, Verres, for
his outrageous corruption, and the Catilinarian Conspiracy
(63 BCE) which the 43-year-old consul Cicero uncovered and crushed.
Once in a while, we will also continue to make forays into the sphere
of Latin poetry. You will substantially enlarge your Latin reading
skills and learn more about the tumultuous Roman politics of the
1st century BCE that caused the end of the Roman republic.
Required Textbook:
P. V. Jones and K. C. Sidwell, Reading Latin, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1986 (vol. 1: Text; vol. 2: Grammar,
Vocabulary and Exercises).
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Latin 232: Latin Poetry: Catullus (1)
(Knorr)
MWF 10:20a-11:20a
ETN 108 (not 105 anymore!)
(Syllabus)
In this intermediate Latin course, you will be introduced to the
poetry of Catullus (ca. 84-54 BCE), the “James Dean” of
Roman poets. Even though Catullus died young, at the age of 30,
he and his fellow Neoterics ("New Poets") managed to revolutionize
Latin poetry. Catullus' poems let us experience his stormy, adulterous
love affair with Lesbia (a.k.a. Clodia, a notorious femme fatale
and the sister of Cicero’s arch enemy Clodius), Catullus' love
for poetry and his friends, and the contempt he felt for would-be
poets and political enemies. Readings will mostly focus on Catullus,
but for comparison we will also read brief selections from Horace,
Ovid, and some older poets. At the end of the course, you will be
familiar with the standard vocabulary of Latin poetry, several poetic
meters, and the historical and literary background of Catullus'
poetry.
Required Textbook:
Catullus, Carmina, ed. Sir Roger Mynors, Oxford University
Press, 1958 (Oxford Classical Texts). (ISBN 0-19-814604-3)
Recommended Reading:
Steven Saylor, The Venus Throw. New York: St. Martin's Press,
1996 (a mystery novel partly based on Catullus' poetry). (ISBN:
0312957785)
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Acropolis in Athens
Greek 132 Elementary Ancient Greek II (1)
(McGaughy)
MWF 01:50p-02:50p
ETN 108
Introduction to the ancient Greek language and culture. The course
emphasizes the fast development of basic reading skills. Students
will read continuous texts, including passages from Plato, Herodotus,
Aristophanes, Euripides, and Homer.
Required Textbook:
Joint Association of Classical Teachers, Reading Greek, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1979-80 (vol. 1: Text; vol. 2: Grammar,
Vocabulary and Exercises). (ISBN: 0-521-21976-0 and 0-521-21977-9)
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 Excerpt
of the Psalm Scroll from Qumran
HEBR 232 Intermediate Classical Hebrew II
(1) (McCreery)
MWF 12:40p-01:40p
ETN 206
Reading and translation of selected passages from the Hebrew Bible
and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of the finer points of Hebrew grammar,
poetry and orthography will be examined. Prerequisites: Elementary
Classical Hebrew I and II (open to freshmen with good Hebrew background).
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Classes
in the Classical Studies Program
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CLAS 171 (IT; 4th
Sem Latin and Greek) CLOSED
Love and War, Gods and Heroes: Greek and Roman Epic Poetry (1)
(Knorr)
MWF 12:40p-01:40p
Eaton 110
(Syllabus)
The great stories of Greek and Roman epic poetry continue to inspire
modern literature, art, and film. In this course, Homer’s Iliad
and Odyssey, Hesiod’s Theogony, and Vergil’s Aeneid will
be read and discussed in English translation. Emphasis will be on
plot and narrative technique, genre characteristics, changes in
world view, and the reception of these poems in later periods. Interpreting
Texts.
Required Textbooks:
Homer,
Iliad, tr. Robert Fagles, London: Penguin, 1998. (ISBN: 0140445927)
Hesiod, Theogony, tr. Richard Caldwell, Cambridge: Focus,
1987 (ISBN: 0941051005)
Virgil [sic], The Aeneid, tr. David West, London: Penguin,
1990 (ISBN: 0140444572)
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REL 237 (W, 4th Sem
Lang Req) CLOSED
Introduction to Syro-Palestinian Archaeology (1) (McCreery)
W 06:00p-09:00p
Room Eaton 311
An introduction to the history and current directions of archaeological
research in the Holy Land, concentrating on modern Jordan, Israel,
and Syria. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship
between archaeological research and biblical studies. This course
is a prerequisite for REL 337 Archaeological Methodology. Writing-Centered.
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RHET 231-01 Classical
Rhetoric (1) (Collins)
MWF 09:10a-10:10a
Smullin 159
RHET 231-02 Classical Rhetoric (1) (Collins)
MWF 10:20a-11:20a
Smullin 159
History and Survey of
principal theories of rhetoric including Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero.
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Related Courses
(not part of the Classical Studies Program)
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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
PHIL150 (AR) Reason and Value in Plato's
Republic (1) (Randall Havas)
MWF 11:30a-12:30p
Eaton 308
In the Republic, Plato (c. 429-347) defines the life of virtue
against a skeptical position that denies any significant connection
between morality and happiness. Plato's defense of the view that
the just life is always the happiest (and that injustice always
makes one wretched) involves arguments about the nature of the soul,
the meaning of happiness, the relation of individual and community,
the nature of education, the limits of government and the role of
art in a well-lived life. The aim of this course is to examine those
arguments critically and, in the process, to deepen our understanding
of what is involved in defending moral values on rational grounds.
Required Textbooks:
Plato, Republic, tr. by G.M.A. Grube, rev. by C.D.C. Reeve,
Indianapolis: Hackett, 1992. (ISBN 0-87220-136-8)
Nicholas Pappas, Plato and the Republic. New York: Routledge,
1995 (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks). (ISBN: 0415095328)
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