Classics, Spring 2025
- Classics 102 Roman Civilization. 4cr. HIGGINS
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; TuTh 10:00-11:15)
- Classics 263 Greek and Roman Echoes Across the Ages. 4cr. WIETZKE
The literary genres and/or themes introduced by the Greeks and Romans, and traceable in subsequent literatures through the Middle Ages and Renaissance down to our own times. Topics may vary (Gen.Ed. AL; TuTh 10:00-11:15)
- Classics 300 Greek Archaeology. 4cr. HOGUE
Archaeology of ancient Greece in Minoan-Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, and Classical Periods. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of major cities and sanctuaries, and on their contribution to western civilization. (Gen. Ed. AT, TuTh 2:30-3:45)
- Classics 329 Religion of the Roman World. 4cr. HORVITZ
Ritual, theology, and myth in the Roman world, from the Republican period to the ascent of Christianity. Interactions and rivalries of Roman religion, Judaism, Mithraism, the cult of Isis and Christianity. Emphasis on types of worship: public state religions, private mystery cults, missionary doctrines. (Gen.Ed. HS; TuTh 11:30-12:45)
- Classics 360 Themes in Classical Studies: Fairy Tales in the Ancient Mediterranean World. 4cr. FELTON
This course aims to introduce students to folk and fairy tales that had early analogues in the ancient Mediterranean world (including Egypt, the Levant, Greece, and Rome) and to help students analyze the cultural, social, and political contexts of such tales, crossing categories of class, age, gender, and ethnicity. We will look principally at story texts but will also adduce material evidence (such as Greek vase paintings) where available. Material includes early versions of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and more. (Gen.Ed. AL; MWF 12:20-1:10)
- 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. (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)
- Classics 390STA Visualizing Archaeological Data 4cr. SEIFRIED
This class is a project-based introduction to a range of problems and concepts related to the process of visualizing archaeological information. Increasingly, the initial capture of archaeological data is done through digital technologies (supported by continuous digitization of older analog data), which permits novel forms of manipulation and presentation of that data in ways that can often distinctively revealing. However, one of the essential goals of this project-based course is to focus not only on the technical means of visualizing data, but also on outcomes that advance interpretive goals associated with them. (MW 2:30-3:45)
- Classics 494PI Integrative Experience-Herodotus and the Persian Wars. 4cr. FELTON
We will read Herodotus’ Histories (in English) with attention to themes such as historical inquiry, democracy, and ethnographic and cultural differences among peoples of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, spending time on Herodotus’ account of the Persian Wars and how his major themes inform his account. We will focus on the origins of the conflict between Western culture and that of the Near East, while also paying attention to Herodotus’ writing style and methodology. Recommended (but not required) pre-requisite: Classics 100 or 200. (IE: TuTh 11:30-12:45)
- Classics 597C Intro to Hittite. 3cr. OSWALD
An introduction to Hittite language, cuneiform, culture, and history,as well as its importance to historical linguistics. The Hittites, a late Bronze Age superpower, bequeathed to us thousands of texts that provide wonderful insights into their (rather mad) world and language - the earliest-attested of the Indo-European tree that includes Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, and English. (TuTh 2:30-3:45)
Greek, Spring 2025
- Greek 246 Intensive Intermediate Classical Greek. 6cr. CALDWELL/OSWALD
Continuation of GREEK 126. Description and analysis of the grammatical system of Attic Greek of the 5th century B.C. Selected readings from ancient Greek authors with background on Greek society and culture of the 5th century B.C.
Prerequisite: GREEK 126. (MWF 10:10-11:00; TuTh 10:00-11:15)
- Greek 310 Classical Greek Poetry. 4cr. WIETZKE
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 4:00-5:15)
- Greek 452 Herodotus. 3cr. FELTON
We aim to read large portions of Herodotus’s Histories in the original Ionic Greek, with an eye toward his historiographical methods. We will review grammar as needed, but as an advanced level course, this class emphasizes reading fluency and is not structured around grammar lessons. We also aim to improve sight-reading ability. (TuTh 10:00-11:15)
Latin, Spring 2025
- Latin 110 Elementary Latin I. 3cr.
Lec. 1, MWF 11:15-12:05
- Latin 120 Elementary Latin II. 3cr.
Lec. 2, MWF 11:15-12:05 DAI
Lec. 3, MWF 10:10-11:00 RYAN
- Latin 240 Intermediate Latin II. 3cr.
Lec. 1, MWF 11:15-12:05 HORTON - Latin 246 Intensive Intermediate Latin. 6cr.
MWF 9:05-9:55, TuTh 8:30-9:45
- Latin 320 Latin Poetry. 3cr. BREED
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 11:15-12:05)
- Latin 591A Medieval Latin. 3cr. MORALEE
A survey of the many styles and genres comprising Medieval Latin with attention paid to developments in syntax and morphology. (TuTh 1:00-2:15)