An introduction to Greek prose, Koine and Attic, including the Gospel of Matthew and Plato's Euthyphro. Students at the 300 level will read more selections.

The 'long 19th century,' with the political explosion of the French Revolution and the scientific explosion of the steam engine, burst into modernity, defining itself and the 'short 20th century' in manifold areas: science, economics, politics, art, literature, education. Controversial values are attributed to concepts like secularization, nation-building, industrialization, and democratization.

The 'long 19th century,' with the political explosion of the French Revolution and the scientific explosion of the steam engine, burst into modernity, defining itself and the 'short 20th century' in manifold areas: science, economics, politics, art, literature, education. Controversial values are attributed to concepts like secularization, nation-building, industrialization, and democratization.

During the Spanish Empire (16th-18th centuries), witches, prostitutes, transvestite warriors, and daring noblewomen and nuns violated the social order by failing to uphold the expected qualities of the ideal good woman and/or the expected sexual morality of the time. They were criticized, punished, and even burned at the stake. Students will study contradictory discourses of good and evil and beauty and ugliness in relation to women and their place in history.

During the Spanish Empire (16th-18th centuries), witches, prostitutes, transvestite warriors, and daring noblewomen and nuns violated the social order by failing to uphold the expected qualities of the ideal good woman and/or the expected sexual morality of the time. They were criticized, punished, and even burned at the stake. Students will study contradictory discourses of good and evil and beauty and ugliness in relation to women and their place in history.