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Humanities-Classics Course Schedule, Fall 2008 (PDF Format)

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Humanities Courses:

HMCL 100-230 » detailed course descriptions
HMCL 231-299 » detailed course descriptions
HMCL 300-399 » detailed course descriptions
HMCL 400 and above » detailed course descriptions

Students explore the foundations of Western civilization in a curriculum teaching the original languages. The excitement, challenge, and profundity of Homer and Virgil, Plato and Tacitus, and other "Classics" in Greek and Latin will stimulate the students' thinking. Ancient Greek and Latin are desirable for undergraduate study of any aspect of the ancient world and necessary for graduate study in ancient history, philosophy, religion and classical philology. They are also helpful for students planning careers in medical and legal fields or interested in language and literature.

Greek Courses: » detailed course descriptions

Greek 110-111. Introduction to Classical Greek
Greek 491. Directed Readings
- A. Homer: Iliad or Odyssey
- B. Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns
- C. Greek Lyric Poetry
- D. Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus
- E. Greek Tragedy: Sophocles
- F. Greek Tragedy: Euripides
- G. Greek Comedy: Aristophanes and Menander
- I. Attic Orators: Lysias and Demosthenes
- J. Plato and Aristotle: Greek Philosophy
- K. Hellenistic Poetry: Callimachus, theocritus, and Apollonius
- L. New Testament, Plutarch, and other Hellenistic Prose
- M. Greek Novel: Longus and Heliodorus

Latin Courses: » detailed course descriptions

Latin 110-111. Introduction to Latin
Latin 225. Continuing Latin
Latin 491. Directed Readings
- A. Roman Comedy: Plautus and Terence
- B. Roman Philosophy: Lucretius
- C. Cicero: Speeches and Philosophical Works
- D. Roman Lyric: Catullus and Horace
- E. Earlier Roman Historians: Caesar, Salust, and Livy
- F. Virgil: Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid
- G. Roman Elegy: Propertius and Tibullus
- H. Ovid: Metamorphoses and Love Poetry
- I. Roman Satire: Horace, Martial, and Juvenal
- J. Silver Latin: Lucan, Seneca, Statius
- K. Later Roman Historians: Tacitus, Ammianus
- L. Roman Letter Writers: Cicero, Seneca, and Pliny
- M. Roman Novel: Petronius and Apuleius
- N. Medieval Latin Literature (300-1300)

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