| CLST 150-01 |
Public Speaking: Secrets from the Classical Tradition
Instructor: Emma Dyson
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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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
EASTC 314 |
| CLST 160-01 |
Introduction to Roman Civilization
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Decimation, crucifixion, gladiatorial spectacles, throwing Christians to the lions: the Romans engaged in some truly extreme, bizarre, and cruel practices. Yet they are also famous for roads and infrastructure, art and architecture, poetry, citizen-based self-government, elaborate law codes, and the maintenance of the Roman Peace (Pax Romana) that allowed Christianity to emerge as a political force. This course introduces and explores the paradoxes of ancient Roman culture. Through the study of Romes rich literary tradition, we will consider Roman myths, ideas, government, imperialism, urbanism, slavery, religion, sex and marriage, and how these changed over time, from Romulus and Remus (753 BCE) to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (476 CE). Special attention will be given to those aspects of Roman civilization that have persisted beyond the end of the ancient world.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
STERN 103 |
| CLST 213-01 |
Rise and Fall: Political History in the Ancient Mediterranean
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 224-01 and LAWP 258-01. Part of the Sicily Mosaic. A study in the political history of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean world. We focus on the episodes of constitutional creation and change, the intersection of politics and the judiciary, concepts of citizenship and enfranchisement, and the legalities of war from declaration to cessation. Regular topics will include the Achaemenid Empire, Carthage, Athens after Salamis, and the Women of the Republic and Principate. Readings will be chosen primarily from the ancient biographers, ancient constitutions, the epistolary tradition, and modern scholarship. We will also frequently consider evidence from the material record. This course is cross-listed as HIST 224 and LAWP 258.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
ALTHSE 204 |
| CLST 550-01 |
Independent Research
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic.
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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 410 |
| GREK 234-01 |
Greek Tragedy
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
A play from the corpus of Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides will be read. Readings in English focus discussion on the authors' poetic style, purpose, and the historical context within which the writing occurred.
Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent. Offered every two years.
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| GREK 234-03 |
Greek Tragedy
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
A play from the corpus of Aeschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides will be read. Readings in English focus discussion on the authors' poetic style, purpose, and the historical context within which the writing occurred.
Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent. Offered every two years.
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| GREK 500-01 |
Accelerated Intermediate Greek
Instructor: Scott Farrington
Course Description:
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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 301 |
| LATN 202-02 |
Introduction to Roman Poetry
Instructor: Scott Farrington
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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| LATN 241-01 |
Early Christian Latin
Instructor: Emma Dyson
Course Description:
Selections from Augustine's Confessions, Prudentius' Psychomachia, and/or the corpus of Claudian and Ausonius. Attention is paid to the intellectual and literary culture of the late 4th century AD. Offered every two years. Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent. Offered every two years.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 314 |
| LATN 242-01 |
Vergil, Aeneid
Instructor: Emma Dyson
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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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 105 |