Classical Languages
Tacitus
Classical Languages
Tacitus
Agrippina, the sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, was at the heart of the power and intrigues of the Julio-Claudian emperors for several decades. She is one of the most colorful characters in Tacitus’ history of that period with...
Martial and Petronius
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Martial and Petronius
Although they wrote in different genres – Martial was a master of the epigram, while Petronius wrote something resembling a modern novel – the works of these first century CE authors are both written in language that is closer to the street than...
Intermediate Latin
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Intermediate Latin
This sequence continues to introduce students to additional forms and syntax, including the subjunctive mood. After completion of this material, students will have their first taste of authentic, unadapted Latin prose. Not just a general, conqueror and...
Elementary Latin – Intensive
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Elementary Latin – Intensive
This introductory sequence serves two purposes: First, it offers students who have studied Latin previously, but are not placed into LAT210, a slightly condensed and accelerated path through the material covered in LAT110-230. Second, it satisfies the Latin...
Intermediate Latin: Conversational
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Intermediate Latin: Conversational
Dr. Daniel Gallagher of Cornell University has said, “Latin, like any language, is mastered only when one can speak it. Yet the goal of spoken Latin, unlike modern languages, is not necessarily conversational fluency. Rather, by formulating one’s...
Cicero
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Cicero
Quintilian said, “For posterity, the name of Cicero has come to be regarded as the name of eloquence itself.” In this course, students will read Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline and discover how the consul Cicero used his rhetorical...
Latin Prose
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Latin Prose
Students will read selections of Latin prose from Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, Seneca, Tacitus and the Acts of the Apostles in the Vulgate. What these selections all have in common is that they reveal the attitudes of elite Roman men toward women, slaves...
Ovid
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Ovid
This course offers an introduction to poetry and meter through selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the epic poem that breathes life into our understanding of so many Greco-Roman myths. The flight of Daedalus and Icarus, the love of Pyramus and Thisbe,...
Cicero and Latin Prose – Intensive
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Cicero and Latin Prose – Intensive
Quintilian said, “For posterity, the name of Cicero has come to be regarded as the name of eloquence itself.” In this accelerated course, students will read Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline at a faster pace than in Latin 310 and will...
Vergil
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Vergil
This sequence is for those students who have taken the Latin 310/320/400 sequence and who wish to go beyond the language requirement. This sequence fulfills the Latin requirement for the Classical Diploma. The 510/520/530 sequence offers a close reading of...