An introduction to the ancient world, with emphasis on the cultural and social life and achievements of Greece and Rome. Among the topics to be...
A study of Greek and Roman mythology, with some reference to its influence in modern European literature. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): ...
A study of the nature of sport and recreation, and of the attitudes towards them in the societies of the ancient world, principally Greece and Rome. ...
Ancient educational theory and practice against the background of social and cultural developments from Homer to Augustine, together with comparisons...
A survey of technological and engineering principles in antiquity; of materials including their development and applications; of machinery in all its...
This course is intended as a practical means of enhancing English vocabulary through a systematic study of the contribution of the Classical languages...
This course deals with Hollywood epic films of the 1950s and 1960s set in Roman antiquity, as well as more recent treatments of the genre. Topics...
Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. back to top
Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. back to top
A selection of major plays studied principally as works of drama and on a thematic basis. Problems of staging and production in the ancient theatre...
A study of the prose fiction of the Greek and Roman world. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra...
This course will consider the tradition of epic poetry in Ancient Greece through a reading of the central texts, focusing on the Iliad and the...
In this course we will read (in translation) two major Roman poems: Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses. We will use them as the basis for...