Classical Languages
Latin Prose
Classical Languages
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
Classical Languages
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
Classical Languages
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
Classical Languages
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...
Plato’s Apology – Intensive
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Plato’s Apology – Intensive
Students read Plato’s Apology in its entirety. While continuing the study of Greek prose grammar and style, this course presents students with the fundamental challenge of Plato’s Socrates, a thinker who refused to expound doctrine but demanded...
Homer’s Iliad – Intensive
Classical Languages
Homer’s Iliad – Intensive
Homer’s Iliad is the earliest work of Western literature and perhaps its greatest. In this course, students will read Book 1 in the original Greek, attuning themselves to what Matthew Arnold gave as the dominant characteristics of Homeric style:...
Greek Tragedy – Intensive
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Greek Tragedy – Intensive
Students will read a play written by one of the three extant Greek tragedians: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Discussion and research may include such topics as comparison of other tragedies, ancient theatre production, the tragic literary tradition and...
Greek Old Comedy – Intensive
Classical Languages
Greek Old Comedy – Intensive
This course offers a close reading of one or more comedies by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes. Irreverent, incisive and, above all, entertaining, the comedies of Aristophanes laid bare the foibles and failings of Athens’ democratic government and...
Elementary Greek
Classical Languages
Elementary Greek
This sequence of courses introduces students to the study of ancient Greek, specifically the Attic dialect. No prior knowledge of Greek, Latin, or another inflected language is assumed. The most common forms and syntax are covered within a structured program...
Intermediate Greek
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Intermediate Greek
This sequence continues the study of ancient Greek from the first year. By the end of the second term, students will read adapted selections from Herodotus, who wrote about the Persian Wars with a multicultural sensibility ahead of his time. In the third...