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  • Latin Language 291 ,391, 491: Independent Study

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff These courses offer students the opportunity for individual study projects with prior approval of instructor and the chair of the department.
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  • Latin Language 300: level courses

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    are taught in a multi-year rotation with a view to special interests demonstrated by students. In a given year, at least two of the following courses are offered:
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  • Latin Language 321: Livy

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    R. Ammerman In this course, selections from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita are subjected to close reading and analysis. Particular attention is paid to Livy's historiographical method as well as to the Roman republican period that is the subject of the bulk of his work. Selections from other Roman historians may be examined for comparison. Prerequisites : LATN 20 1 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 340: Roman Oratory

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    W. Stull This course examines the role and development of public speaking in the Roman republic. Readings in Latin will include early rhetorical fragments (from Cato the Elder and others) and one major oration of Cicero. Several Ciceronian speeches will also be read in English translation. Equal amounts of attention will be given to analysis of style, scrutiny of argument, and study of historical context. Prerequisite: LATN 201 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 350: Roman Comedy

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff At least one complete play from the early Roman comedians, Plautus and Terence, is subjected to close reading and analysis in this course. The focus is on Roman social structure satirized and revealed within the comedies as well as on the unique language of the plays. This allows a glimpse at a more colloquial Latin than that of later poets and prose stylists. Prerequisite: LATN 201 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 360: Roman Elegy

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff Selections from Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and Catullus are subjected to close reading and analysis. Particular attention is paid to the development and tradition of the genre of Roman elegy. The Roman elegists oppose their own poetical technique and thematic direction to that of the writers of more "serious" poetry. Students explore this dichotomy. Prerequisite : LATN 20 1 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 370: Ovid

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff Close reading and analysis of one of the most influential of ancient works, the Metamorphoses. Ovid's epic poem encompasses all of Graeco-Roman myth, poetry, and history. Students have the opportunity to master Ovid's classic Latin style and to explore his influences and those he influenced. Prerequisite : LATN 20 1 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 380: Petronius

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff A reading of the surviving fragments of the Satyricon of Petronius. The Cena Trimalchionis is read in its entirety. This work, considered perhaps the first novel in literary history, offers an unusual glimpse into the decadent world of southern Italy in the late 1st century A.D. Particular attention is paid to the variety of the writer's Latin style that reflects language used by different social classes in this period. Prerequisite: LATN 201 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 410: Tacitus

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    Staff Close reading and analysis of selections from the Annals of Tacitus and other works. Particular attention is paid to the historiographical method of Tacitus as well as to the Roman imperial period that is the subject of the bulk of his work. Selections from other Roman historians may be examined for comparison. Prerequisite: LATN 201 or higher, or permission of instructor.
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  • Latin Language 420: Lucretius

    3.00 Credits
    Colgate University

    W. Stull Close reading and analysis of the poet's sole work, the epic poem De Rerum Natura, which presents the philosophy of Epicurus on the nature of the world. Students focus on the philosophical content of the work, on Lucretius's accomplishments in and development of the Roman epic genre, and on the debt later Latin poets owe him. Prerequisites: Latin course at the 300 level or higher, and permission of instructor.
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