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FALL (current):
• Greek
• Latin
SPRING (current):
• Classical
• Greek
• Latin
COURSES - FALL 2008
CLASSICAL - COURSES NOT REQUIRING THE USE OF GREEK OR LATIN
| CLA212/HUM212 Classical Mythology |
| An introduction to the classical myths in their cultural context and in their wider application to human concerns (such as creation, sex and gender, identity, transformation, and death). The course will offer a who's who of the ancient imaginative world, study the main ancient sources and introduce methods of modern myth analysis. Myths in ancient and modern art are presented through slide presentations. |
| Professor Janet Downie |
| Lecture: 11:00-11:50am TTh - Frist 302 Precept 01: 9-9:50am Tuesdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 02: 10-10:50am Tuesdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 03: 10-10:50am Wednesdays - McCosh 48 Precept 04: 11-11:50am Wednesdays-Firestone B06M Precept 05: 9-9:50am Thursdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 06: 10-10:50am Thursdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 07: 3:30-4:20pm Thursdays - Firestone B-06-L Precept 08: 10-10:50am Fridays - Firestone B-03-J Precept 09: 11-11:50am Fridays - Firestone B-03-J |
| CLA218/HIS218 The Roman Republic |
| A study of the causes and consequences of one small city-state's rise to world empire, through analysis of primary sources in translation. Emphasis on the development of Roman society, and the growth and demise of the Republican form of government. |
| Professor Edward J. Champlin |
| Lecture: 1:30-2:20pm MW - Frist 302 Precept 01: 12:30-1:20pm Mondays - McCosh B12 Precept 02: 2:30-3:20pm Mondays - East Pyne 235 Precept 03: 10-10:50am Tuesdays - Firestone B-03-M Precept 04: 11-11:50am Tuesdays - Firestone B-03-M Precept 05: 1:30-2:20pm Tuesdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 06: 2:30-3:20pmTuesdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 07: 3:30-4:20pm Tuesdays - East Pyne 039 Precept 08: 11-11:50am Wednesdays - McCosh B12 Precept 09: 12:30-1:20pm Wednesdays - McCosh B12 Precept 09A: 12:30-1:20pm Wednesdays - McCosh 24 Precept 10: 10-10:50am Thursdays - McCosh B12 Precept 11: 11-11:50am Thursdays - McCosh B11 Precept 11A: 11-11:50am Thursdays - McCosh B11 Precept 12: 1:30-2:20pm Thursdays - Firestone B-03-J |
| CLA326/HIS326 Topics in Ancient History and Religion: Slavery in the Roman World |
| This course considers the problem of slavery in the Roman world, from the early Republic to the end of the Empire. There will be some coverage of the background developments in the slave system under the earlier age of the Greek city-states. A wide range of subjects concerning slavery in Roman society will be considered including the causes of the creation of the Roman slave system, the ways in which it was maintained, its main social and economic functions, and the problem of resistance to servitude. |
| Professor Brent Shaw |
| Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm TTh - East Pyne 239 |
| CLA327/HIS327 Topics in Ancient History and Religion: Ancient Greek Tyranny |
| This course aims at introducing students to the evidence on tyranny as a political phenomenon of archaic Greek history but also at investigating tyranny from a sociological perspective and in the framework of the imaginaire of the Greeks. Divided in two parts: the first part we will be considering the best documented archaic tyrannies, addressing issues like the tyrant's rise to power, the foundations of his regime, his role, in the polis economy and his relations with the different groups. Second, examine issues like the legitimacy of tyrannical power and the cluster of representations associated with the social role of the tyrant. |
| Professor Nino Luraghi |
| Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm MW - McCosh 30 |
| CLA335/HLS335 Studies in the Classical Tradition: The Matter of Troy |
| The changing reception and adaptation of the story of ancient Troy from Homer's Iliad to the present day. |
| Professor Janet Martin |
| Seminar: 3:00-4:20pm TTh - Firestone 3-8-J |
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March 5, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. by Donna