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Fall 2009

• CLAS 100: Ancient Athletics

  From Homeric Greece to the Roman Empire, exercise of the body and physical competition played varying roles in Greco-Roman culture, whether regarded as a form of excellence or exciting entertainment. This course will examine the literary and artifactual evidence for athletics in classical antiquity with the aim of understanding its nature and its relation to other aspects of society and culture. 6; Humanities; offered Fall 2009 -- J. Bravo

• LATN 101: Elementary Latin

  Study of essential forms and grammar. This course should be elected by all students who have taken less than two years of secondary school Latin or who have not studied the subject for two or more years before entering college. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2009 -- R. Hardy

• LATN 103: Catullus and Other Latin Poets

  Readings from the works of great poets in the original Latin, and of further selections in English. Prerequisite: Latin 102 with a grade of at least C-; or appropriate score on the Latin placement exam. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2009, Spring 2010 -- J. Bravo, C. Zimmerman

• CLAS 114: Gender and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity

  In both ancient Greece and Rome, gender (along with class and citizenship status) largely determined what people did, where they spent their time, and how they related to others. This course will examine the ways in which Greek and Roman societies defined gender categories, and how they used them to think about larger social, political, and religious issues. Readings from epic, lyric, and drama, as well as ancient historical, philosophical, and medical writers. No prerequisites. 6; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement; offered Fall 2009 -- C. Hardy

• GRK 204: Greek Tragedy

  Selected readings from Greek Tragedy with an introduction to Greek meter. Prerequisite: Greek 103 with a grade of at least C-. Completes the college foreign language requirement. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2009 -- J. Bravo

• GRK 304: Greek Tragedy for Advanced Students

  Intensive study of one play in the original and the remaining plays in translation. Offered simultaneously with Greek 204, with additional assignments for the advanced students. Prerequisite: Greek 204. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Fall 2009 -- J. Bravo

• CLAS 394: Senior Seminar

  As part of their senior capstone experience, majors in the classics department will formulate a call for papers developing the current year's theme for a colloquium, and following standard guidelines of the field produce proposals ("abstracts") for their own papers to be presented in the winter term. Prerequisite: Classics 295. 3; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2009 -- Staff

Winter 2010

• GRK 101: Elementary Greek

  Study of essential forms and grammar, with reading of connected passages. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2010 -- J. Bravo

• LATN 102: Intermediate Latin

  Continuation of essential forms and grammar. Prerequisite: Latin 101 with a grade of at least C-; or placement by examination during New Student Week. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2010 -- J. Bryce

• CLAS 110: Introduction to Classical Studies

  This course will examine in depth the two most content-rich focal points of Classical antiquity--Periclean Athens and Early Imperial Rome--since they provide a context for so much of what Classics is about and, just as important, what different ages have imagined antiquity to be about. The course will cover Athens and Rome in roughly equal units, providing different perspectives on the material from the variety of approaches that currently make up the study of the Classics: history, archaeology, anthropology, gender studies, literary criticism, philology, religious studies, etc. 6; Humanities; offered Winter 2010 -- C. Zimmerman

• CLAS 118: Archaeology of Greece: 1000-323 BCE

  This course surveys the material remains of Greek culture from the Early Iron Age through the Archaic and Classical Periods. Emphasis will be given to the development of art and architecture as material expressions of Greek culture, as well as to the physical and topographical definition of the Greek city-states and their institutions. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Winter 2010 -- J. Bravo

• LATN 204: Latin Prose

  Review of essential forms and grammar, with introduction to Latin prose through the study of medieval texts, Cicero and elementary Latin prose composition. Prerequisite: Latin 103 with a grade of at least C-. Completes the college foreign language requirement. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2010 -- R. Hardy

• GRK 233: Longus' Daphnis and Chloe

  Readings of selected portions of the novel in Greek and the entire text in translation. Prerequisites: Greek 204 or equivalent. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Winter 2010 -- A. Yatsuhashi

• LATN 245: Cicero

  Representative readings, in Latin, across the range of Cicero's literary activity, including oratory, philosophy, criticism, and correspondence. Prerequisite: Latin 204 or equivalent. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Winter 2010

• CLAS 295: Junior Skills Portfolio

  A portfolio to be completed by majors in the Department of Classical Languages in the junior year, ensuring their preparation for the senior capstone experience. The portfolio will demonstrate specific skills using basic tools, as outlined in the majors' handbook. 2; S/CR/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2010 -- C. Hardy

• CLAS 400: Senior Symposium

  From proposals ("abstracts") developed in Classics 394, departmental majors will compose a twenty minute presentation to be delivered at a symposium on the model of professional conferences. The talks will then be revised into articles to be submitted to a journal of professional style, accepted and edited by the group into a presentable volume. Prerequisite: Classics 394. 3; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2010 -- C. Hardy

Spring 2010

• GRK 102: Intermediate Greek

  Study of essential forms and grammar, with reading of original, unadapted passages. Prerequisite: Greek 101 with a grade of at least C-. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Spring 2010 -- C. Hardy

• LATN 103: Catullus and Other Latin Poets

  Readings from the works of great poets in the original Latin, and of further selections in English. Prerequisite: Latin 102 with a grade of at least C-; or appropriate score on the Latin placement exam. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2009, Spring 2010 -- J. Bravo, C. Zimmerman

• CLAS 140: Old Situations, New Complications: Ancient Texts and Modern Cinema

  In this class, we will investigate the role ancient genres, such as epic, tragedy, and philosophy, played within the Greco-Roman world by pairing ancient texts with modern films. Through the same process, we will also consider what these works can tell us about our own society. Discussions will include the following topics: Is the idea of the tragic universal? What is the role of the artist in society? Is a movie just entertainment? Authors will include Homer, Aeschylus, Plautus, Bresson, Malick and Cocteau. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Spring 2010 -- A. Yatsuhashi

• CLAS 228: Roman History, Republic and Principate

  Introduction to the basic facts of political history from the Etruscan period to the early third century AD. Readings in literary works and primary sources with emphasis on historiography and interpretation of evidence. Some attention to art and architecture. Prerequisite: one Carleton course in History, Classics, or Latin. 6; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement; offered Spring 2010 -- J. Bryce

• LATN 259: Seminar: Virgil

  Selections from Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid in Latin and all of Virgil in English. Offered simultaneously with Latin 359 without the supplemental assignments for advanced students. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Spring 2010 -- J. Bravo

• GRK 351: Aristophanes

  Intensive study of one or two plays in the original and of the remaining plays in translation. 6; Arts and Literature; offered Spring 2010 -- C. Zimmerman