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3.00 Credits
Women in Greek Society and Literature
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3.00 Credits
Women of Rome
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses principally on the treatment of Rome in American films. It compares ancient sources with their adaptations into film. The ways Romans change in the transition from page to screen furnish clues to America's view of itself, providing a case study of how ideology distorts history. Distribution I: H Distribution II: HU
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3 credits This course considers the novels of Apuleius, Petronius and a variety of Greek authors. Participants discuss questions of genre (Are these "novels," "romances," or something else ), the literary precedents for the prose narratives, and their influence on later literature.
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3 credits This course will examine the competitive games of antiquity-especially athletics, chariot racing, and gladiatorial combat-and analyze the place they had in the religious and cultural lives of Greeks and Romans. Topics include athletic training, the Pan-Hellenic festivals, praise poetry, prizes, professionalism, nudity, the participation of women, amphitheaters, and the cult of violence in Rome. Distribution I: H Distribution II: HU
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3 credits At age twenty, Alexander became king of Macedonia; at age thirty-three, he died the master of an empire that stretched from Greece to India. This course explores the personality that shaped his achievements, his self-presentation, the responses of conquered people to overwhelming power, and cultural identity among Greeks, Macedonians, Persians, and Egyptians. Distribution I: H Distribution II: HU
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Special Topics
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Aeneid of Virgil; intensive study of the background, meaning, and influence of ancient epic poetry, with some attention to minor ancient epics and developments of epic poetry in later periods. Distribution II: AR
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3 credits The ancients' belief in, and worship of, the ancient gods; oracles, mysteries, cults. Both primary sources (ancient authors in translation) and modern secondary sources are used. Distribution II: WC
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3 credits An intensive study of the politics, society, culture, and philosophy of fifth-century Athens, which was revolutionized by the introduction of democracy. We also compare Athens with democratic institutions that have emerged in other cultures. Distribution II: WC
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