040.106

ELEMENTARY ANCIENT GREEK (4) Barry  Prereq: 040.105 or Perm. Req’d.  This course provides a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the study of ancient Greek. Emphasis in the second semester is on syntax and reading. Credit is given only upon completion of a year's work. Course may not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Sec. 01

MTW 10

Plus one additional hour

040.108

ELEMENTARY LATIN (3.5) Sec. 01 Zhang / Sec. 02 Coccagna   Limit 20 per section   Prereq: 040.107 or Perm. Req’d.  This course provides a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the study of Latin for new students as well as a systematic review for those students with a background in Latin. During the second semester, the focus is on syntax and reading. Credit is given only upon completion of a year's work. Course may not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Sec. 01

02

MTW 9

MTW 10

040.126 (H)

RELIGION, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE (3) Yatromanolakis   Limit 30   Emphasis on ancient Greek social imaginary, religion, and philosophy; on institutions such as the city-state, festivals, and symposia; on myth and ritual; and on ancient music and society.

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

040.128 (H)

ROMAN LAUGHTER (3) deBrauw   Limit 25   Prereq: Sense of humor    This course considers Roman comedy, invective, and satire in social, cultural, literary and historical contexts.  No prior knowledge of Latin or ancient Rome is necessary.

Sec. 01

ThF 9-10:30

040.206 (H)

INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK (3) Shapiro  Prereq: 040.105-106 or equivalent.   Reading ability in classical Greek is developed through a study of various authors, primarily Homer.

Sec. 01

MTW 10

040.208 (H)

INTERMEDIATE LATIN (3) Signoretti  Prereq: 040.107-108 or equivalent    Although emphasis is still placed on development of rapid comprehension, readings and discussions introduce student to study of Latin literature, principally through texts of Vergil.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

040.210 (H)

MODERN GREEK: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (3) Kokkinou Prereq: 040.109 or equivalent or Perm. Req’d. Further development of speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing skills.  Readings in 19^th and 20^th century literature serve as an introduction to aspects of modern Greek culture.  Grammar reviewed in the context of readings.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

040.306 (H)

ADVANCED ANCIENT GREEK (3) Detienne  Prereq: 040.205-206 or equivalent     Same course  as 040.702 Reading of prose or verse authors, depending on the needs of students.  This semester's focus is on Euripides, Ion.

Sec. 01

W 12-2

040.307 (H)

ADVANCED LATIN/LATIN PROSE (3) Roller  Prereq: 040.207-208 or equivalent. The aim of this course is to increase proficiency and improve comprehension of the Latin language.  Intensive reading of Latin texts, with the usual attention to matters of grammar, idiom, translation, etc.  Specific offerings vary from year to year.  This semester's focus is to work through book 6 of Livy's history, Ab Urbe Condita, a gripping narrative in complex Latin prose.

Sec. 01

MT 4:30-5:45
T 4-6pm

plus 1 additional hour

040.342 (H)
             (W)

PERCEPTIONS OF ETHNICITY IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN (3) Demetriou   Limit 15     This course explores perceptions of ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean through an examination of the role of language, religion, kinship, and territory in the negotiation of identity. 
Dean's Teaching Fellowship course

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

040.502

INDEPENDENT STUDY

040.520

HONORS RESEARCH

040.684

GREEK PROSE SURVEY: ATTIC ORATORS deBrauw   This course teaches students to read Greek prose quickly (approximately 20 OCT pages per week).  We will read Attic orators and give some consideration to literary and historical context.

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

040.686

RETURN TO THE CITY OF IMAGES Shapiro/Truemper    Seminar explores recent approaches to interpretation of Greek visual imagery.  Twenty years after the pioneering exhibition/catalogue "La cite des images," we reconsider issues of image and reality principally in Athenian vase-painting. Cross-listed with History of Art

Sec. 01

T 2-4

040.688

COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO ANCIENT RITUAL, RELIGION, AND SOCIETY Detienne/Yatromanolakis Inquiry into the anthropology of ritual in ancient and modern traditional societies.  The course focuses on religious and secular contexts and discourses.  Cross listed with Anthropology, History, and Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 3-5

040.690

IMPERIAL HISTORIOGRAPHY Roller    Survey of Latin historical writers of the Empire: Livy, Velleius Paterculus, Tacitus, Ammianus.  Substantial weekly readings in Latin, with sampling of current scholarly approaches to each author.

Sec. 01

M 2-4

040.702

READING ANCIENT GREEK POETRY  Detienne     Same course as 040.306   This reading seminar is intended to train graduate students in direct and critical work on primary sources. This semester’s focus is on Euripides, Ion.

Sec. 01

W 12-2

040.802

INDEPENDENT STUDY

040.815

DISSERTATION RESEARCH