Faculty Profile
Scott Farrington
Associate Professor of Classical Studies (2014)
Contact Information
East College Room 107
717-254-8302
Bio
Professor Farrington earned his PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His publications have focused primarily on the historian Polybius and the nature and development of historical and literary prose in antiquity. His most recent article (Classical Philology, 2021) reinterprets the ancient proverb “Nothing to do with Dionysus.” He offers classes in Greek, Latin, and the history of the ancient world and its reception.
Education
- B.A., Loyola University, 1993
- M.F.A., University of Alaska, 1999
- Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2008
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
GREK 101 Beginning Attic Greek
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.
HIST 213 Roman History
Cross-listed with CLST 253-01. An introduction to the history of ancient Rome focusing on the rise and fall of the Republic, the Augustan Age, and the Principate. Topics include race, gender, and sexuality. Students develop habits for reading ancient and modern sources critically. Assignments introduce students to the primary tools, methods, and conventions of researching and writing in the field of ancient history. Part of the Globally Integrated Semester in Italy.
LATN 233 Roman Historians
Readings from Roman historians such as Sallust, Caesar and Livy, with study of Roman political values.
CLST 253 Roman History
Cross-listed with HIST 213-01. An introduction to the history of ancient Rome focusing on the rise and fall of the Republic, the Augustan Age, and the Principate. Topics include race, gender, and sexuality. Students develop habits for reading ancient and modern sources critically. Assignments introduce students to the primary tools, methods, and conventions of researching and writing in the field of ancient history. Part of the Globally Integrated Semester in Italy.
LATN 343 Lyric and Elegy
Selections from Horace and elegists such as Propertius and Tibullus, with focus on their literary technique and tradition.
Prerequisite: at least one course at the 200-level. Offered every two years.