A wide-ranging look at essential features of Greek and of Roman culture and society. Considerable emphasis will be given to the classical views of the human condition.

An examination of the nature and function of myth in Classical Antiquity. The course shows how the narrative and symbolic structure of myths orders individual and communal experience. The myths that have influenced Western civilization receive special emphasis.

A survey of Ancient Greek Art and Archaeology, with stress on form and function plus stylistic trends and aesthetic values. The course will illuminate the cultural, social, and political life in Ancient Greece. (Also listed as ARTH*2150.)

A study of educational theory and practice: the Classical Greek achievement (Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle), the Roman adaptation (Cicero, Quintilian) and the general acceptance of the mature 3-stage educational system by Christian intellectuals (Origen, Augustine). (Offered in even-numbered years.)

This course, which is offered in conjunction with CLAS*2300, adds to the content of that course the reading and study in Latin of certain primary sources, in particular Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

Greek history in the 5th century; the development of Athenian democracy; the Peloponnesian War and the decline of Athenian dominance. Special attention is paid to the literature and thought of the period. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

An examination of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the development of the Imperial government under Augustus. The paradox of the external power and inner instability of Rome. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

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 of the monarchies and cultural emphasis on the Hellenization of the East. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

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 texts are The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Virgils Aeneid; other poems are also studied. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

The nature of tragedy, and the existential and moral questions raised by the plays of Aischylos, Sophokles, and Euripides. Comedy, fantasy, and society in Aristophanes.(Offered in odd-numbered years.)

This course, offered in conjunction with CLAS*3000, augments the content of that course with the reading and study in Greek of selected primary sources, such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

This course, offered in conjunction with CLAS*3010, augments the content of that course with the reading and study in Latin of selected primary sources, notably Sallust, Cicero, Caesar, and Suetonius.(Offered in odd-numbered years.)

This course, offered in conjunction with CLAS*3020, augments the content of that course with the reading and study in Greek of selected Greek sources pertaining to the history of the Hellenistic World, primarily Polybius and Plutarch. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

This course, offered in conjunction with CLAS*3030, augments the content of that course with the reading in Greek of selected books from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. The course will include close study of the epic dialect and features of its formulaic language.(Offered in even-numbered years.)

This course, taught together with CLAS*3040, complements the content of that course by the reading and study in Greek of an extant play. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

An examination of the varieties of religious experience and of religious activity in Greece and Rome, before the establishment of Christianity. Particular attention is paid both to the relations of religion to state and to the relations of the individual to gods. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

The study of Byzantine culture in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire in late antiquity and in the Middle Ages. Particular attention will be paid to the transmission of classical culture in the Middle Ages and the relations with the Medieval West and the Slavic World. (Offered in even-numbered years.)

This course, offered in conjunction with CLAS*3100, supplements that course's content by the reading and study of Latin primary sources.(Offered in even-numbered years.)

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 with an emphasis in architecture, sculpture and painting. It will illuminate the development of the urban space in the context of cultural, social and political life. Also listed as ARTH*3150.

The history of sport in Greece and Rome from Homer to the Caesars, with emphasis on its relationship to religion, education, literature, and community life. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

The historical and formal roots of fiction in the classical prose romances. Special attention is paid to the influence of myth, religion, historiography and ethical biography. Among texts studied are Daphnis and Chloe, Satyricon, and Aithiopika. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)

This course, which is taught in tandem with CLAS*4000, complements that course's content by the reading and study in Latin of an extant novel.(Offered in odd-numbered years.)

This course is intended to complement courses in specified studies in classics. It engages the student in research and in critical writing, and permits the examination, in depth, of a topic of importance to the discipline and of interest to the student.

A seminar course complementing courses of specific study in classics. It seeks to define the nature of the discipline, its values and its procedures. Attention will be paid to recent methodological and ideological trends in the discipline.