91111

CLAS 157 The Athenian Century

James Romm

. T . Th .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLIN 202

HIST

Cross-listed: History In the fifth century BCE, Athens dramatically developed from a small, relatively unimportant city-state into a dominant power in the Aegean basin. Athenian political, artistic, literary, and intellectual traditions continue to reverberate through the world today: democracy, tragedy and comedy, rhetoric, philosophy, and history itself, as well as the classical style of sculpture and architecture stem from this remarkable culture. The course will confront some of the ambiguities and tensions (slavery, exclusion of women and non-citizens from political power), as well as the glories, of Athenian art, literature, and history during this period. Class size: 25

91104

CLAS 276 Indo-European Epic

William Mullen

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

OLIN 305

FLLC

Linguists and archaeologists have a rough agreement that there existed a people speaking a language called Proto-Indo-European (PIE), unattested itself but linguistically reconstructable from cognate features in a number of languages covering a geographical spread from Sanskrit to Old Irish.   There is little consensus about that people’s original homeland, or  the timing or causes for its migrations as far as the Indus Valley at  one extreme and Ireland at the other. What can be agreed upon most readily from the linguistic evidence of this band of Indo-European cultures is that they shared not merely a common language and social structures but also common literary genres, principally epic and lyric, in which there are signs of common metaphors and even meters.   Hence it is possible (without adopting any one theory about PIE history) to compare passages from epics originating in oral traditions and later crystallized into such texts as the Mahabharata and Ramayana in India, the Iliad and the Odyssey in Greece, the Norse Elder Edda, and the Irish Táin Bó Cuailnge.   We will read selections from these areas and try to isolate cognate features, on the level of rhythm, diction, tropes, religious and military practices, and narrative structures, and read some of the principal secondary literature of Indo-European comparatists.   We will then further try to formulate what may have been distinctive about each epic tradition’s evolution.  All texts will be read in English, with occasional glances at metrical and linguistic features of the originals.  Class size: 15

91107

GRE 101 Basic Greek I

Carolyn Dewald

M T W Th .

10:10 - 11:30 am

OLIN 304

FLLC

Ancient Greek is the language of the epics of Homer, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the comedies of Aristophanes, the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, etc. In this course, students will learn the grammar of Greek and acquire a fundamental vocabulary. Attention will also be given to pronunciation and recitation of poetry and prose. In the second half of the Spring semester we will read substantial passages from Greek literature and philosophy. Class size: 15

91105

GRE 201 Intermediate Greek: Plato on Poetry

Benjamin Stevens

M . W . .

10:10 - 11:30 am

OLIN 305

FLLC

A close reading of Plato on poetry and on 'imitation' or 'representation' (Gk. mimesis) in art and the world more generally. We read several dialogues completely in English translation (Ion and The Republic; probably Phaedrus and Cratylus; possibly Gorgias and Timaeus) and substantial portions of each in Greek, as well as selections from poems discussed by Plato; time permitting, we consider critical responses to Plato in the forms of Aristotle's Poetics and 'Longinus'' On the Sublime. Prerequisite: successful completion of Greek 102 or 202, or permission of instructor. 201 and 301 meet together, with students in 301 responsible for additional work in the Greek and in criticism. Class size: 12

91106

GRE 301 Advanced Greek: Plato on Poetry

Benjamin Stevens

M . W . .

10:10 - 11:30 am

OLIN 305

FLLC

See description above. Class size: 12

91633

LAT 207 Latin Literature

Benjamin Stevens

M . W . .

8:30 -9:50 am

OLIN 102

FLLC

Cross-listed: Literature A survey, via readings in English translation, of writings originally in Latin from antiquity, the medieval period, and the Renaissance, with consideration of their influence on contemporaneous and subsequent writing in Latin and other languages. No prerequisites; all readings and coursework in English. Students without Latin are encouraged to follow this survey of the literature with study of the language in Lat 107 (spring 2012); for students with sufficient Latin, optional concurrent tutorial on selected passages in the original. Class size: 22

91215

LAT 201 Intermediate Latin: Catullus

James Romm

M . . Th .

7:00 -8:20 pm

OLINLC 118

FLLC

A review of Latin grammar and intensive survey of the poetry of Catullus, the greatest lyric poet of Republican Rome. Class size: 15

91216

LAT 301 Advanced Latin:Seneca & Nero

James Romm

M . W . .

11:50 -1:10 pm

OLIN 304

FLLC

This course will examine, through readings in Latin and English, the complex and tortured relationship between emperor Nero and his chief advisor, the philosopher Seneca. We will try to understand how a morally enlightened man like Seneca reconciled himself to the cruelties and abuses of Nero’s regime. Seneca’s own works will be our main concern, but short readings from Tacitus, Petronius and Suetonius will also help illuminate this bizarre collaboration. We will conclude by reading large portions of the tragedy Octavia, a Roman historical drama in which Seneca and Nero are both central characters. Translation from these texts will give students opportunities to sharpen reading skills and to review all aspects of Latin grammar and syntax. The course may be taken for either 300-level or 400-level credit, depending on the amount of preparation the student brings to it. Class size: 12

91283

LAT 404 Seneca and Nero

James Romm

M . W . .

11:50 -1:10 pm

OLIN 304

FLLC

See description above. Class size: 5

91151

ARTH 201 Greek Art and Architecture

Diana Minsky

. T . Th .

4:40 -6:00 pm

.

AART

91558

REL 341 The Greek Bible

Bruce Chilton

M . W . .

1:30 -2:50 pm

HEG 201

FLLC

Cross-listed: Classical Studies See Religion section for description.