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3.00 Credits
Surveys the ancient Mediterranean world from the eighth through first centuries B.C. Discusses the history of Greece, Rome, Carthage, and neighboring regions, including Persia, Israel, Egypt, and the Celtic lands. Analyzes the spread of Greek culture and the growth of the Roman Empire in a Mediterranean context. Focuses on economic, social, and political themes. Readings consist of primary and secondary sources, with emphasis on critical interpretation.
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Surveys the ancient Mediterranean world from the first through eighth centuries A.D. Concentrates on the Roman Empire and its breakup into successor states after the fifth century. Includes discussion of neighboring regions north of the Danube and east of the Euphrates. Focuses on economic, social, and political themes. Readings consist of primary and secondary sources, with emphasis on critical interpretation.
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The myths of the Greeks and Romans convey ideas about the divine and the human and the interaction of the two. Investigates creation myths, the divinities and heroes, and such major myth cycles as the Trojan War within their historical and ritual contexts and in terms of their literary and artistic formulations and expressions.
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A comparative and cross-cultural study of ancient heroic poetry (epic), focusing on Homer's Iliad (Greece) and Vergil's Aeneid (Rome), in the light of other heroic traditions from Africa (Sundiata), northern Europe (Beowulf), and the Near East (Gilgamesh). Special emphasis on the development of the hero-type as normative for human culture and values. All texts will be read in English translation; no prior knowledge of classics required.
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This course will help students appreciate the immense influence that Greek and Latin have exerted upon English. Students will be introduced to print and electronic tools that will enable them not only to appreciate the ways in which the English language has grown and continues to grow, but also to improve dramatically their vocabularies and their ability to see the roots--the hidden metaphors--of ordinary and obscure words.
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Orpheus, commonly regarded as the archetypal poet-singer, has long been associated with cinema; in the early years of this relatively young art form, "Orpheum" was a common name for a movie theater. This course will first clarify the breadth and depth of the character of Orpheus in antiquity before proceeding to explore the cinema's persistent fascination with the mythological character and with "Orphism" (a very broad aesthetic concept). In some cases the identity of Orpheus in film is explicit (through the title) and obvious, although the particulars of any given "Orpheus" will vary considerably; in others, such as Vertigo (1958) or Avatar (2009), the Orphic nature of a central character, or even the "Orphism" of a film itself, may not be immediately apparent but is, nonetheless, a key component of the film's artistry. Films chosen for viewing and discussion will come from a variety of eras, genres, and national backgrounds.
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3.00 Credits
A historical survey to explore the integral connection between the two genres. Selected number of tragedies will be studied and compared with the libretti of operas based on them. The course will cover fundamentals of performance practice of both genres, examine similarities and differences, and consider the degree to which opera adapts tragedy to its own needs or adapts itself to tragedy. Weekly listening and reading assignments (both primary and secondary literature). One presentation and one term paper required.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Greek and Roman religious beliefs, customs, practices, and institutions from the Bronze Age to the conversion of Constantine. Students consider a wide variety of primary sources as well as selected secondary works on the sociology and anthropology of religion. Special attention to the Hellenistic and Roman background of Christianity.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the history of the family in ancient Rome and the Roman empire. Readings consist of primary and secondary sources, with emphasis on critical interpretation and discussion.
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3.00 Credits
The Greek Bronze Age, from ca. 3000-1000 BC, is dominated by three highly developed cultures: the Cycladic culture on the Cycladic Islands around Delos, the Minoan culture on Crete, and the Mycenaean culture on the Greek mainland. This class explores the history of each culture, its art and architecture, as well as its significance for later periods of Greek history. The course will also highlight their interactions with each other and their relations with other contemporary cultures, such as Egypt.
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