CLAS 100: The Hero with 1,000 Faces: From Homer to Hobbits

This seminar will consist of a critical examination of Joseph Campbell's "monomyth" of the heroic journey. We will consider several texts and films as expressions of the archetypal cycle of departure/adventure/return and how this narrative pattern is inflected through different historical periods and cultures. Texts include Homer's Odyssey, Apuleius' The Golden Ass, and Tolkien's The Hobbit, among others. 6 credit; Argument and Inquiry Seminar, Writing Requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- C. Zimmerman

GRK 101: Elementary Greek

Study of essential forms and grammar, with reading of connected passages. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- C. Polt

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 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- C. Polt

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 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Spring 2013 -- K. Steed

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 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- C. Hardy

GRK 103: Greek Prose

Selected prose readings. The course will emphasize review of grammar and include Greek composition. Prerequisite: Greek 102 with a grade of at least C-. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- 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 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Spring 2013 -- C. Polt

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 credit; Humanities, Writing Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- C. Zimmerman

CLAS 111: Classical Mythology

Myth was an integral component of thought, both individual and societal, in the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome. We will study a selection of the most famous Classical myths through close reading of Homer, the Greek tragedians, Ovid and other ancient sources. In addition we'll discuss the most prominent of modern modes of myth interpretation, in an attempt to determine how myth speaks -- both to the ancient world and to us. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

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 credit; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 116: Ancient Drama: Truth in Performance

The tragic and comic stage offered the Greeks and Romans a public arena for addressing in an engaging way such fundamental topics as love, family, justice, and the divine. Although the written word has fortunately preserved for us many ancient plays, the proper media for their communication remains, as their authors intended, the stage, the voice, and the body. This course will therefore address a variety of ancient tragedies and comedies with special attention, not only to their themes, but to the manner of their staging and performance. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Arts Practice; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 117: Archaeology of Greece

The course will concentrate on the Prehistoric Period in Greece, from the first arrival of man to the end of the Bronze Age. A major emphasis will be placed on the Minoan and Mycenaean Periods in Crete and Greece respectively. Along with the study of the culture of this period, the course will include a study of archaeological technique, so that the archaeological evidence can be evaluated. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

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 credit; Arts and Literature, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 119: Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius

Pompeii and the other cities destroyed by Vesuvius are very different from other archaeological sites in terms of their destruction, excavation and preservation. This course aims to introduce students to the wealth of evidence from Pompeii that can be used to examine Roman urban life, but also to make them aware of the problems that affect our knowledge and interpretation of this evidence. Topics will include: the eruption of Vesuvius; history and urban development; architecture; domestic and public life; neighborhoods and villas; graffiti; entertainment; death and burial. We will also look at current conservation issues that affect the archaeological remains. 6 credit; Humanities, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- J. Berry

CLAS 125: Love, Death and Destiny: The Ancient Novel

The novel is an unfamiliar but delightful area of Greek and Roman literature, with its heyday in the Roman empire of the second century AD. We will study most of the nine Greek ones, which are romantic short novels about ill-fated lovers and their wild, world-wide adventures. We will also read the two Latin ones, Petronius' Satyricon and Apuleius' Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, which are rich both in satire and an important spiritual dimension. No prerequisites. Read in English. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

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 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- C. Zimmerman

GRK 204: Greek Poetry

Selected readings from Homer (in odd-numbered years) or Greek Tragedy (in even-numbered years). Prerequisites: Greek 103 with a grade of at least C- 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- C. Polt

CLAS 222: Nature and the Environment in the Ancient World

As moderns, we often think of Nature as an ancient concept. But how old is our idea of the Natural exactly, and what did people think about the environment before the advent of environmentalism, Romanticism, and Christianity as prevailing modes of Western thought? This course will explore how Greeks and Romans conceived of and engaged with their natural environment(s), with special attention to the ways in which ancient ideas differ from modern ones. Using textual and material sources, we will examine ancient attitudes towards nature and the environment through literature, philosophy, religion, politics, science, etc. 6 credit; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, Writing Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Requirement, Quantitative Reasoning Encounter, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- C. Polt

CLAS 227: Greek History: Greek World From the Rise of the City-State to the Rise of the Hellenistic Kingdom

A survey of the civilization of the ancient Greeks, emphasizing the evolution of the city-state as a cohesive social, political, and economic organism. The development of the city-state as a response to the physical environment of Greece will form a component of this study, as will a discussion of the historical method: how do we use the few surviving archaeological remains and little written evidence to reconstruct the history of these people and their institutions? The period covered in depth will run from the beginning of the city-state ca. 750 BC to the conquests of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) and the legacy of international monarchies that followed. 6 credit; Humanities, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 228: The Roman Republic

Introduction to Rome's political and social history from the Etruscan period to the end of the Republic. Topics include Roman political culture, the acquisition of empire, the role of the army, the psychology of Rome, and interpretation of historical evidence. Based largely on primary source readings. 6 credit; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, Writing Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Requirement, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 229: The Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and Islam

Introduction to the basic facts of political history of the Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic empires from the third to the ninth centuries AD. Readings and discussion of primary texts from the points of view of social, intellectual, and particularly religious history. Some attention to art and architecture; individual projects of research and interpretation. An important goal is to understand the phenomena of Christianity and Islam in their native context, the Mediterranean world of late antiquity. Prerequisite: one Carleton course in history, classics, Greek or Latin. 6 credit; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 230: Greeks Go Global: the Hellenistic World

This course examines the transformation of the Greek world from the classical city-state to the multicultural Hellenistic monarchy. The first part of the course examines the developments of the fourth century BCE, including classical philosophy, politics, and art; the rise of Macedon; Alexander the Great; and the wars of Alexander's successors. The second part explores the philosophical, cultural, and scientific world of Ptolemaic Egypt. The course focuses throughout on how the Greeks came to grips with a rapidly changing world in which the individual was subordinated to the absolute and impersonal power of kings. 6 credit; Humanities, Humanistic Inquiry, Quantitative Reasoning Encounter, International Studies; offered Winter 2013 -- K. Steed

CLAS 231: The Roman Principate

This class is an introduction to the history of Rome from the accession of the first Roman emperor Augustus in 31 BCE to the death of Severus Alexander in 235 CE. It examines the political and military events of the period (including the reigns of individual emperors like Augustus, Nero and Hadrian), as well as themes such as the nature of imperial power and the image of the emperor, social and economic structures, the nature and administration of empire and the relationship between central power and local cultures. Based largely on primary source readings and appropriate visual/material evidence. 6 credit; Humanities, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- N. Pollard

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 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 240: Xenophon's Oeconomicus

Xenophon's Oeconomicus is a fascinating text preserving valuable primary evidence on Classical Athenian attitudes toward gender, household management, marital relations, slavery, urban and rural domestic life, and household religion among many other topics. We will read selections of the Greek and the whole in English, as well as some of the very interesting secondary literature--from Foucault to Leo Strauss--n this unique work. Prerequisites: Greek 204 or the equivalent. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis, International Studies; offered Spring 2013 -- C. Hardy

LATN 242: Apuleius,

Selections from the Golden Ass in the original as well as reading the entire work in English translation. Prerequisites: Latin 204 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; offered Spring 2013 -- C. Zimmerman

LATN 243: Medieval Latin

Reading from representative works of prose and poetry, and from the Roman liturgy. Prerequisite: Latin 204 or equivalent; students with a strong high school background of three-four years may also register upon taking the Latin placement exam. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

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 credit; Arts and Literature, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 245: Herodotus's Histories

In this course we will read and examine selections from Herodotus's Histories in Greek, as well as the whole of the work in English. We will explore questions about historiography, culture, ethnicity, ancient warfare, contact between Greece and Persia, among other issues. Prerequisites: Greek 204 or the equivalent 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Writing Requirement, Literary/Artistic Analysis, Writing Requirement; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 248: Ancient Greek Composition

Practice in composing Greek prose. Prerequisites: Greek 103 or any higher-level Greek course. 3 credit; Arts and Literature, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 248: Latin Composition

Practice in composing Latin prose. Prerequisites: Latin 103 or any higher-level Latin course. 3 credit; Arts and Literature, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; not offered 2012-2013

CLAS 251: Translation Theory and Practice

We live in a world permeated by different languages at every level--from literary texts to multilingual instruction manuals, from newspapers and books to songs and films--and we all translate every day, whether we know it or not. This course aims to examine major issues related to translation, including its history, theory, and practice, as well as what ideological and ethical concerns translation poses today. We will also explore translation's relationship to issues of literature, religion, culture, race and ethnicity, and sex and gender. Prerequisites: Competence in any language other than English beyond four terms of study, or permission of the instructor. 6 credit; Humanities, Recognition and Affirmation of Difference Requirement, Writing Requirement, Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Requirement, International Studies; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 253: Seneca the Younger

Seneca the Younger was a key figure in the reigns of the Roman Emperors, Claudius and Nero. He was a prolific writer and a major force in shaping the moral philosophy of the later Roman world. This course will examine Seneca's thought and lively writing style by reading samples from a broad selection of his prose works (philosophical essays and letters) as well as his tragedies. There will be a short paper (six-eight pages) in addition to other assignments designed to familiarize students with some of the research tools and practices of the discipline. Prerequisites: Latin 204 (or equivalent) 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 255: Tacitus

A survey of the works of the Roman Silver Age historian and rhetorician Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, reading Latin excerpts and selections in English translation. Prerequisite: Latin 204. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 257: Caesar, Lucan, and Civil War

This course will examine narratives of the early stages of the Roman Civil War through contemporary prose accounts of Caesar and Cicero and the poet Lucan's Neronian epic on the Civil War. Topics will include manipulation of public opinion and memory, historical reconstruction through text, the relationship between prose history and historical epic, and the literal and metaphorical dissolution of Rome through civil war, as well as stylistic and philosophical concerns specific to each author. Prerequisites: Latin 204 (or equivalent) 6 credit; Humanities, Humanistic Inquiry, International Studies; offered Winter 2013 -- K. Steed

LATN 258: Seminar: Horace

Selection from Horace's Odes, Epodes, Satires and Epistles in Latin and the remaining works in translation. Prerequisite: Latin 204 or equivalent. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 259: Seminar: Vergil

Intensive study of selections from Vergil. Offered simultaneously with Latin 359 without the supplemental assignments for advanced students. Prerequisites: Latin 204 or the equivalent 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Writing Requirement, Literary/Artistic Analysis, Writing Requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- C. Polt

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 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 305: Homer

Intensive study of selections from Homer's Iliad or Odyssey. Offered simultaneously with Greek 204, with additional assignments for the advanced students. Prerequisites: Greek 204 or the equivalent 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; offered Winter 2013 -- C. Polt

LATN 345: Roman Comedy

Selected readings in the original from Plautus and/or Terence; study in translation of both Roman Comedy and its predecessor Greek New Comedy. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 347: Latin Love Poetry

Reading the poetry of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid in Latin, we will explore how different poets conceived of love by embracing or rejecting cultural, societal, and political expectations in first century BCE Rome. We will examine how Greek literature and thought influenced Roman ideas about love, as well as how Latin authors shaped the course of love poetry and songs in the West. We will also consider a range of topics related to love in antiquity, including sexuality, gender, courtship rituals, marriage, and children. Prerequisites: Latin 204 or above. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 349: Ovid's Fasti

Reading Ovid's Fasti--a poem about the origins, practice, and significance of ancient holidays--we will explore how Romans approached ideas of sacred time and space, both conceptually and practically. We will consider a variety of related issues, including ancient religion, calendars, etymology, and origin stories. We will also examine how issues of sex and gender, public and private worship, politics, propaganda, and competing ideologies are reflected and challenged in the process of creating and explaining holiday and festival occasions. Supplemental readings in Catullus, Vergil, Livy, and other of Ovid's poems. Prerequisites: Latin 204 or equivalent. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Writing Requirement, Literary/Artistic Analysis, Writing Requirement; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 351: Aristophanes

Intensive study of one or two plays in the original and of the remaining plays in translation. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis; not offered 2012-2013

GRK 352: Thucydides

Study in the original of selections from Thucydides Peloponesian War and in translation of the entire work. Prerequisite: Greek 204. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Humanistic Inquiry; not offered 2012-2013

LATN 359: Vergil

Intensive study of selections from Vergil. Offered simultaneously with Latin 259, with additional assignments for the advanced students. Prerequisites: Latin 204 or the equivalent 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Writing Requirement, Literary/Artistic Analysis, Writing Requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- C. Polt

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. 3 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- Staff

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 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- Staff