| CLST 110-01 |
Introduction to Greek Civilization
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Reading and discussion of key literary, philosophical, and historical works of ancient Greece, including works by Homer, Thucydides, Plato, the Greek tragedians and comedians. Topics include Greek artistic and moral values, the conception of a good life, Athenian democracy and imperialism, slavery, homosexuality, and gender. The literature is read in English translation. This course fulfills the humanities distribution requirement. Offered every year
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
EASTC 411 |
| CLST 140-01 |
Ancient Worlds on Film
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 210-01. An introduction to ancient Greek and Roman history and civilization (excluding mythology) through viewing popular films about this period and reading the historical and literary sources on which those films are based. The course focuses on the stories of remarkable men and women from antiquity, what those stories reveal Greek and Roman values and ideas, and ways to apply those insights critically to our own time.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 311 |
| CLST 150-01 |
Public Speaking: Secrets from the Classical Tradition
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
An introduction to the ancient art of public persuasion, with examination of more recent examples of effective speeches at crucial junctures in American history, insights from the Greek and Roman theorists and practitioners, and practice putting these ideas and techniques to use. Since speech can be a weapon as well as an art, the class examines the ethical aspects of oratory in the context of citizenship in a republic.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
DENNY 103 |
| CLST 500-03 |
Annotating Ancient Greek for the Intermediate Student
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
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| CLST 500-04 |
Ancient Roman Curse Tablets
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
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| CLST 550-01 |
Byzantine Diplomacy
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
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| Courses Offered in GREK |
| GREK 102-01 |
Beginning Attic Greek
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
All the fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax as well as the acquisition of vocabulary. By the conclusion of the second semester students will be prepared to read classical authors in the original.Prerequisite: 101 or equivalent.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
EASTC 303 |
| GREK 202-01 |
Introduction to Greek Poetry
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Selected readings from Homer with emphasis on poetic style and composition. Supplementary readings in English help stimulate discussion of literary, historical, and cultural topics regarding epic poetry.
Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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| GREK 331-01 |
Thucydides
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
Selected readings from The Peloponnesian Wars, supplemented with reading of the text in English. Particular attention is paid to issues of historiography and Thucydides' place among historians.
Prerequisite: one course at the 200-level or the equivalent. Offered every two years.
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| Courses Offered in LATN |
| LATN 102-01 |
First-Year Latin
Instructor: Ashley Roman
Course Description:
All the fundamentals of Latin grammar and the study of vocabulary. This course prepares students to read classical authors in the original.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 314 |
| LATN 202-01 |
Introduction to Roman Poetry
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Selected readings from Catullus and Ovid, with focus on poetic technique, and discussion of supplementary readings in English.
Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 410 |
| LATN 242-01 |
Vergil, Aeneid
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
Selections from the epic, with emphasis on Vergil's literary aims and technique.
Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent. Offered every third year.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 105 |
| LATN 352-01 |
Roman Satire
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
Readings from the satires of Juvenal or Horace with study of Roman social life in the early Principate.
Prerequisite: at least one course at the 200-level.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
EASTC 105 |