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CLASSGEN 330: Word and Image: The Relationship Between the Verbal and the Visual in Greek Culture

How is the relationship between the verbal and the visual conceptualized in Greek culture? How and why are artifacts described in literary texts? How and why do visual arts incorporate the verbal? How do philosophers theorize about the relationship between language and verbal arts in relation to painting, sculpture and dance?
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5
Instructors: Peponi, A. (PI)

CLASSGEN 354: Social Power: The Law and the State, a Comparative Study of Ancient Legal Systems (CLASSGEN 154)

For ancient history majors and those interested in the history of law. Ancient Mediterranean legal systems, from ancient Egypt and the Near East to Greece and Rome. Focus is on ancient documents including the Code of Hammurabi, Egyptian sale contracts, as well as analysis of ancient law such as Maine's Ancient Law, and Weber. The development of the law; solutions in ancient societies to the common problems of crime, contract, inheritance, marriage, and the family; and the enforcement of property rights.
Last offered: Winter 2004

CLASSGEN 360: Dissertation Research in Classics

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-10 | Repeatable for credit

CLASSGEN 60: The Life and Death of a Roman City: Pompeii

The development of Pompeii from its early settlements to its luxurious urban center. Focus is on aspects of daily life such as family, slavery, economy, women, politics and religion. The décor of private houses and civic buildings, including the imperial display of power. The impact of Pompeii on the modern world, including art, architecture, and urban design.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum

CLASSGEN 66: Herodotus

For Ancient History field of study majors; others by consent of instructor. Close reading technique. Historical background to the Greco-Persian Wars; ancient views of empire, culture, and geography; the wars and their aftermath; ancient ethnography and historiography, including the first narrative of ancient Egypt.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum

CLASSGEN 802: TGR Dissertation

Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 0 | Repeatable for credit

CLASSGEN 94: Ethics of Pleasure

The concept of pleasure in Greek culture, thought, poetry, and philosophy. How physical, sensual, and intellectual types of pleasure are described and defined in Greek texts and visual arts. The relationship between individual and public/political experiences of pleasure; the intersection between aesthetics and ethics.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas

CLASSGEN 101: Stoics and Epicureans: Explorations in Embodied Philosophical Practice

Two of the main philosophical schools of Hellenistic and Roman times, Epicureanism and Stoicism, focusing on these philosophies as practices, especially bodily practices. Their shared emphasis on the body and the physical self as an inevitable concern in the quest for freedom from disturbance. The body and its needs as the central vehicle for demonstrating the success of each philosophy's account of the natural world. Ancient bodily practices and modern receptions of these practices.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum

CLASSGEN 113: Christianity and Homoeroticism in the Roman Empire

Often seen as the first Christian ban on homosexuality, Emperor Justinian's 533 C.E. legislation outlawing male sexual practices deemed contrary to nature exerted dogmatic influence on the church. Prior to the law, members of the early church held widely differing attitudes towards what is now called homosexuality, which reflected not just the precepts of the scripture, but pagan conceptions of sexuality and the multiethnic and syncretistic religious makeup of the Roman empire alike. Goal is to understand these conceptions, assess Justinian's ban in their context, and explore their appeal in a contemporary discourse that pits Christian religion and homosexuality against one another.
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender

CLASSGEN 127: Byzantine Culture and Society: An Introduction

The social and cultural life of the Byzantine Empire, 4th-14th centuries. Byzantium¿s place in time and space at the threshold between Asia and Europe; the state and its polity; the city and urban life; love, marriage, and sexuality; education and literature. Readings from Byzantine sources in English translation, visual materials, and secondary bibliography.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
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