Courses in Classical Humanities (190)
Courses in Classical Humanities (190)
01:190:320 Women in Antiquity
- Course Code: 01:190:320
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
Women in the ancient societies of Greece and Rome. Their roles and images in the social, legal, political, domestic, philosophical, and artistic spheres examined using primary sources. Credit not given for both this course and 01:510:251.
01:190:318 Cleopatra
- Course Code: 01:190:318
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Credits: 3
Examines the historical Cleopatra and the reception of her image from antiquity to the present in literature, art, and film. Issues considered include female power in a man's world, East versus West, and politics and propaganda. Credit not given for this course and 01:510:312.
01:190:317 Ancient Painting
- Course Code: 01:190:317
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- Credits: 3
This interdisciplinary course is a holistic survey of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman painting from the eighth century BC through the (so-called) fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. The foci of the course will be the development of style in the different areas of the Mediterranean and the cultural significance of painted images in different social contexts. Painted items and artifacts (pottery, panels, frescoes, etc.) were created for a purpose; our guiding questions will focus on who created them, for what purpose, what informed their choices, and what impact did this material have on those who viewed them. To answer these questions we will also engage with the people who created these materials, and thus we will also study the histories, religious beliefs, and daily lives of the Greeks and the Romans to contextualize the painted materials that created and defined their worlds.
01:190:315 Latin Poets in English
- Course Code: 01:190:315
- Credits: 3
Selections from the Augustan poets Horace, Virgil, and Propertius. Translations by Dryden, Ezra Pound, and others, with close reference to the Latin original. Theories of translation.
01:190:312 The Search for the Historical Socrates
- Course Code: 01:190:312
- Credits: 3
Portraits of Socrates in Plato, Xenophon, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Aristophanes. Birth of the philosophical dialogue and other genres; life and thought of Socrates; and later Socratic movements. Prerequisite: One course in ancient Greek history, culture, or philosophy; or permission of instructor. May be jointly taught (in part) with 01:490:312. Students wishing to earn language credit in Greek should enroll in 01:490:312. Credit not given for both this course and 01:490:312.