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4.00 Credits
x King This course introduces students to the history of European political theory through an investigation of classical Greek and premodern Christian writings. Texts to be explored include Aeschylus's Oresteia, Thucydides' s Peloponnesian War , Plato ? Republi c, Aristotle 's Politi cs, St. Augustin e's City of God, and St. Thomas Aquin as's Summa Theolo gica. May be elected as Politics
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4.00 Credits
x Vandiver An exploration of the arts of ancient Greece and Rome, including sculpture, painting, and architecture. Each iteration of the course will focus primarily on one particular theme or type of art (for instance, public monuments; portraiture; narrative art). This course pays special attention to the cultural contexts from which the art arises. May be elected as Art History 224. Open to all students. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 This course examines the system of kingdoms and empires that evolved in the late Bronze Age world of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. Giving particular attention to the dynamics of trade, diplomacy, conflict and cultural interaction between New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittite Empire, Mesopotamia, and the Aegean, the class will seek to determine what led to the dramatic collapse of this world, then assess the reconfiguration of the Ancient Near East and the new empires that emerged in light of this catastrophic episode. Throughout the course, students will be introduced to the archaeological discoveries so critical to our reconstruction of societies and events.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Epic was one of the most important poetic genres of the ancient Greco-Roman world. This course introduces students to the origin and development of ancient epic through a close reading in English translation of works by Homer, Virgil, and other ancient epic poets. We also will consider modern critical responses to ancient epic and modern theories about epic's origins.
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3.00 Credits
Literature, Philosophy, Art, Politics, History, and Rhetoric were richly intertwined systems of thought in the ancient world. This course will consider materials which illuminate the ways in which ancient peoples thought. Greek culture was not Roman culture, so this course will give careful attention to the inter-cultural relations between Greece and Rome and to the ways in which ideas were exchanged and transmuted between the two cultures.
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3.00 Credits
Staff By the middle of the first century A.D., Rome's empire reached from Britain to Egypt. Roman legions guarded the frontiers and Roman roads brought everything, from wold animals to exotic gods, into the largest city the ancient world had ever seen. Even to those who witnessed it, Rome was a marvel, both in terms of its success and its longevity. This course will explore the transformation of this small town on the Tiber, its evolution from city-state and republic to capital of an empire ruled by Caesars. We'll give particular attention to Roman methods for uniting under its rule the disparate cultures of the Mediterranean, and assess the impact these subjugated cultures had on the development of Roman society and the empire at large.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Staff This course will focus on some of the problems and questions which emerge from a close study of Greek history. How does the Mycenaean period fit into the rest of the Greek experience Was there a Trojan War What were the causes and consequences of the intellectual, social and political revolutions which characterize the Archaic period How much were the Greeks influenced by the more ancient civilizations of the Near East In what ways are Athens and Sparta similar In what ways different What were the causes and consequences of Athenian imperialism Why do the Greeks seem to "run out of energy" at the end of the fifth century How have subsequent cultures been influenced by the Greeks Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Focuses on the principle rhetorical developments that occurred during the great periods of Western thought, beginning with the classical conflict between the Sophists and Platonists in Greece, to the emphasis on the liberally educated person in the Roman Empire, the rhetoric of the church in the Middle Ages, and concluding with the study of logic and argument during the Scottish Enlightenment. May be elected as Rhetoric and Film Studies 371.
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3.00 Credits
The origin and development of ancient theatre, especially of Greek tragedy, through a close reading of ancient plays in English translation. In addition to ancient plays, we will read modern critical responses to those plays. May be elected as Theatre 377 or World Literature 377. Open to all students. Offered in alternate years.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
x Vandiver Using primary materials in Greek or Latin or both, according to prior work, each student will pursue advanced reading in a variety of authors and genres and will learn the techniques of classical scholarship common to work in either ancient language. For a student enrolled for four credits, one of the three meetings per week concentrates on matters of classical scholarship common to the two languages. Students familiar with only one of the classical languages will pursue supervised advanced independent work in that language in place of a class meeting which would be inappropriate to their preparation. Prerequisite: Either Greek 206 or Latin 206 or the equivalent of either. May be repeated for credit.
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