Classics, Spring 2026
- Classics 102 Roman Civilization. 4cr. POEHLER
Survey of ancient Roman literature, art, and history. The expansion of Rome and its political, social, and cultural development through the Republic to the Empire, emphasizing Roman influence on later western civilization.
(Gen.Ed. HS; MWF 1:25-2:15)
- Classics 103 Intro to Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology. 4cr. WILSON
Introduction to Classical Archaeology will examine the material history of the Archaic and Classical Periods of Greece and the Archaic through Imperial periods of Italy and its empire. The course is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge related to the architecture, physical space, religious ritual, material cultural, social form, and political development of these regions. (Gen.Ed. AT; MWF 12:20-1:10)
- Classics 202 Age of Augustus. 4cr. BREED
An interdisciplinary examination of the history, literature, art, and society of Rome during the lifetime of the emperor Augustus, with particular attention to the interaction between cultural and political forces. (Gen.Ed. AT; MW 2:30-3:45)
- Classics 250 Medicine & Medical Terminology. 4cr. FELTON
This course aims to teach scientific and medical terms from a linguistic approach and within their historical context. Students will not be only memorizing word roots but will be learning many of the mythological and historical stories behind those word roots as well as their place within the history of medicine. Thus, the course requires a significant number of reading assignments and several writing assignments for which students will be expected to apply what they have learned to topics not already discussed in class. Students will learn some of the basic developments in the history of medicine and about major figures of importance from ancient Western medicine. (Gen. Ed. HS; TuTh 10:00-11:15)
- Classics 290X Roman Law and Society. 4cr. CALDWELL
This course introduces the Roman legal system, and more generally the practice of legal thinking. We will focus on the Roman law of theft and delict (wrongful damage to private property—roughly equivalent to the modern law of torts). This area of law offers insights into Roman ideals about personal responsibility, product liability, and social morality. We will also learn about the Roman legal system as a whole, including its institutions and history. Our goals are to practice legal reasoning, to investigate the development of legal rules over time, and to understand the operation of the legal system in Roman society. The class is discussion-based, a format that allows us to analyze legal cases (using primary sources in translation) from the Roman Empire. (MWF 11:15-12:05)
- Classics 291A Alexander the Great. 3cr. MORALEE
Alexander the Great's conquests in the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Western Asia made him one of the most talked about figures in antiquity. Yet our ability to understand Alexander is difficult. Most of the primary sources were composed hundreds of years after his untimely death. In investigating Alexander and the world that was engendered through his conquests in the fourth century BCE, we must consider the basic question: Are the available primary sources reliable? This course will function as a history lab, where we will be engaged in reading, dissecting, and comparing the surviving narrative histories on Alexander, his ambitions, follies, and wars: Flavius Arrian, Q. Curtius Rufus, and Plutarch. Through weekly source comparisons, journals, and a research paper, students will discover that Alexander, despite his instant and lasting fame and an abundance of sources, is challenging for historians to pin down. (TuTh 1:00-2:15)
- Classics 300 Greek Archaeology. 4cr. HOGUE
This course will introduce students to the fundamental methods of archaeology, including excavation, survey, and dating techniques, as a means of systematically gathering evidence regarding ancient societies. We will see how archaeology developed from a mass of men with shovels in the 19th century to the modern interdisciplinary process of systematic, scientific inquiry. Students will then learn methods of analyzing and interpreting archaeological evidence to understand the social institutions and human behavior during major periods of ancient Greek history, from the Late Bronze Age through the Classical period (1700 BC – 323 BC). Through our chronological study of ancient Greece, students will learn about major questions in Greek archaeology and how modern scholars have attempted to address them. (Gen. Ed. AT, TuTh 11:30-12:45; Archaeology Minor 300+)
- Classics 305 Roman Material World. 3cr. POEHLER
When an inhabitant of a town or city in the Roman Empire looked around, what did they see? This course centers on the material world - things that were built, crafted, and created - to investigate how objects, social structures, and built spaces influenced and were informed by people's lived experiences. We will focus on evidence from the Roman provinces, including Britain, Egypt and Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River (modern Syria). By considering a range of evidence - public buildings, private houses, papyrus documents, tombstones - we will gain insight into some of the many cultures and practices and that made up the world of the Roman Empire. ( MW 4:00-5:15; Archaeology Minor 300+)
- Classics 330 Magic in the Ancient Mediterranean World. 4cr. FELTON
Influence of witchcraft and magic on the ancient Greeks and Romans in the context of their social, political, and religious beliefs. The relationship between ritual magic and religion, with emphasis on the nature of witchcraft and the psychology of magic. Recommended prerequisite: Classics 100, 102, or 224. (Gen. Ed. HS, DG; TuTh 11:30-12:45; Archaeology Minor 300+)
- Classics 338 World of the Etruscans. 4cr. GLENNIE
This course examines the emergence and material culture of the Etruscan people from their roots in the Italic Iron Age (circa 1000 BCE) through its absorption into the Roman sphere.(TuTh 4:00-5:15; Archaeology Minor 300+)
- Classics 370 Greek and Roman Comedy. 3cr. CLOSS
Taught in English. A survey of ancient Greek and Roman authors of comedy - Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Theories of comedy, ancient and modern. Modern comparisons will be drawn through use of contemporary films. (MWF 1:15-2:15)
- Classics 380 The Ancient City. 4cr. WILSON
This course explores the development and variety of ancient urban life in the Western world from its earliest formations in the Neolithic to the Medieval town. (MW 2:30-3:45; Archaeology Minor 300+)
- Classics 381 Jr. Year Writing. 3cr. MUELLER
Practice in writing and in oral communication skills. Assignments drawn from different areas of classical scholarship: language and literature, art and archaeology, or history and civilization. For classics majors, satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement. (TuTh 1:00-2:15)
- Classics 390STC Frauds, Follies and Hoaxes. 3cr. WILSON
This course will survey popular alternative archaeology on the fringes of classics and ancient history, commonly termed pseudo-archaeology. Students will use evidence-based analysis to develop critical approaches to popular media misrepresentations of the ancient world. Topics will include pyramid construction and dating methods, the search for Atlantis, ancient aliens, and creationism, among other controversies.. (MWF 1:25-2:15; Archaeology Minor 300+)
Greek, Spring 2026
- Greek 122 Elementary Greek II. 4cr. MUELLER
This second semester non-intensive ancient Greek language course is a continuation of Greek 112. The course covers roughly twelve chapters in Groton’s From Alpha to Omega, improving your skills in reading, composition, and translation. Prerequisite: Greek 112. (TuTh 10:00-11:15)
- Greek 310 Classical Greek Poetry. 4cr. OSWALD
Survey of vocabulary, grammatical structure, literary formulae, and dialectical variation in Attic Greek. Historical background from the Bronze and Archaic periods. Readings from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Prerequisite: GREEK 242 or equivalent. (Gen.Ed. AL; TuTh 10:00-11:15)
Latin, Spring 2026
- Latin 110 Elementary Latin I. 3cr.
Lec. 1, MWF 9:05-9:55 OGDEN
- Latin 120 Elementary Latin II. 3cr.
Lec. 2, MWF 11:15-12:05 FULLER
- Latin 240 Intermediate Latin II. 3cr. CHOI
Lec. 1, MWF 11:15-12:05 - Latin 246 Intensive Intermediate Latin. 6cr. DAI/WIRTH
MWF 9:05-9:55, TuTh 8:30-9:45
- Latin 320 Latin Poetry. 3cr. CLOSS
Selected readings in Latin from Roman poets such as Catullus, Vergil, or Ovid; grammatical, and contextual, and rhetorical analysis; social and cultural background in Late Republican and/or Early Imperial Rome. Prerequisite: LATIN 240 or 246 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher. (MWF 10:10-11:00)
- Latin 425 Vergil. 3cr. BREED
Selections in Latin from the Roman poet Vergil's epic, the Aeneid, with analysis of poetic structure, style, and cultural context. Prerequisite: 300-level course in Latin or equivalent with a grade of C or higher. (MWF 1:25-2:15)
Latin 425 Vergil. 3cr. BREED
Selections in Latin from the Roman poet Vergil's epic, the Aeneid, with analysis of poetic structure, style, and cultural context. Prerequisite: 300-level course in Latin or equivalent with a grade of C or higher. (MWF 1:25-2:15)