Classical Languages
Special Readings
Classical Languages
Special Readings
The following courses are those in the normal sequence that fulfill the language requirement. At times, based on the ability and training of students, the department may advance students to a higher-level...
Lucretius
Classical Languages
Lucretius
Vergil said of Lucretius: “Happy is he who could understand the causes of things.” Lucretius was an ardent Epicurean who believed that the world was composed of indivisible particles called atoms and that the soul, also composed of atoms, perished...
Elementary Latin
Classical Languages
Elementary Latin
This introduction to the study of Latin is for beginning students and for those who have previously studied some Latin but do not place into Latin 210 or TR1. The most common forms and syntax are covered, except for the subjunctive...
Plautus
Classical Languages
Plautus
The comedies of Plautus are the earliest complete works of Latin literature we have. Adapting the plots of earlier Greek plays, Plautus made them his own by adding such distinctively Roman elements as the role of the clever slave, coarse Latin humor, and lots...
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
Classical Languages
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...
Elementary Greek – Intensive
Classical Languages
Elementary Greek – Intensive
This accelerated introductory sequence is designed for students who wish to complete the Greek requirement for the Classical Diploma (Latin concentration) in just one year. It covers the basic vocabulary, structure, and grammar of Attic Greek in two and a...
Plato’s Crito – Intensive
Classical Languages
Plato’s Crito – Intensive
This course begins with a review of beginning Greek that includes readings in Xenophon’s Memorabilia and then turns to the study of Plato’s Crito, a prose dialogue in which Socrates discusses the proper response of a citizen condemned unjustly by...
Plato’s Apology – Intensive
Classical Languages
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:...