Independent Study
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S-Technology in Ancient World
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Jr. Yr Wrtng-Field of Classics
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.
Greek and Roman Comedy
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.
Women In Antiquity
Lives, roles, contributions, and status of women in Greek and Roman societies, as reflected in classical literature and the archaeological record. (Gen.Ed. HS)
Relign Of Roman Wrld
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)
Greek Archaeology
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)
Hnr Indstu In Clsics
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Independent Study
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Greek Mythology
Analysis of the structure and meaning of ancient Greek myths. Religious, social, artistic, and political expression of myths in both ancient and modern times. Emphasis on creation myths, myths of the gods and goddesses, and heroic myths as told by Hesiod, Homer, Ovid, Vergil, and others. (Gen.Ed. AL)