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CLASSICS 87: Egyptomania! The Allure of Ancient Egypt Over the Past 3,500 Years (AFRICAAM 87, HISTORY 244)

Why does Egypt fascinate us? From Napoleon's invasion to Katy Perry's latest music video, we have interpreted ancient Egyptian history and mythology for centuries; in fact, this obsession dates back to the Egyptians themselves. This seminar explores Egyptomania from the Pharaonic period to the 20th century. Topics include: ancient Egypt, Greek historians, medieval Arabic scholars, hieroglyphic decipherment, 19th century travel, 20th century pop culture, and how historians have interpreted this past over the centuries.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Austin, A. (PI)

CLASSICS 88: Origins of History in Greece and Rome (HISTORY 114)

(Formerly CLASSHIS 117.) The beginnings and development of historical writing in the ancient world. Emphasis on major classical historians and various models of history they invented, from local to imperial, military, cultural, biographical, world history and church history. Focus on themes of power, war, loss, growth and decline, as put by the ancients into historical narrative forms and probed by way of historical questioning and explanation. Attention to how these models resonate still today. Readings in translation: Herodotus, Thucydides, Tacitus, Livy and others.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II

CLASSICS 101G: Advanced Greek: Plato on Poetry

(Formerly CLASSGRK 111.)  Plato¿s discussions on poetry's inspiration, performance, and its relationship to philosophy had an immense influence on literary reception and aesthetics in classical antiquity. In this class, we will read Plato¿s Ion and selections from the Republic in order to better understand these and related topics in the original Greek language. Our primary objective will be to achieve a fluid reading ability for Plato¿s language and syntax. We will also participate in larger discussions of historical and literary contexts, and review difficult grammar concepts.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 101L: Advanced Latin: Tacitus

(Formerly CLASSLAT 111.) We will read Book 4 of Tacitus¿ "Annals", a crucial piece in this famed historian¿s bleak depiction of the Roman empire. We will focus on the portrait here of the emperor Tiberius, which has long exemplified how to understand political power in psychological terms, and has been the model since for innumerable tyrannical figures in literature and arts. How did Tacitus the historian achieve such powerful, long lasting influence? Close attention to language, style and narrative techniques. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 102G: Advanced Greek: Funeral Orations by Lysias, Gorgias, Thucydides and Plato

(Formerly CLASSGRK 112.) The funeral oration (epitaphios logos) is an important genre of speech whose performance in Classical Athens involved central aspects of the polis' life, such as collective memory, interpretation of the past, civic values, politics and, indeed, the art of speaking well. This genre was performed in real occasions (as archeological/historical sources show), and it was closely imitated in other genres such as philosophy and history. We will read the funeral orations by Lysias and Gorgias, the speech of Pericles in Thucydides (book II) and the speech of Aspasia, Pericles' mistress, preserved in one of Plato's most enigmatic dialogues, the Menexenus. Classics majors and minors may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 102L: Advanced Latin: Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics

(Formerly CLASSLAT 112.) Detailed reading of Virgil's poems written before the Aeneid. Discussion of poetic style and to Triumviral and Augustan literary history. Special attention to the evolution of ancient pastoral (and comparison with modern pastoral); and didactic poetry. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: Language, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 103G: Advanced Greek: Aristophanes' "The Frogs"

(Formerly CLASSGRK 113.) Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit

CLASSICS 103L: Advanced Latin: Letters of Cicero and Pliny

(Formerly CLASSLAT 113.) We will read selections from the letters of Cicero and Pliny, and explore the lives and careers of both statesmen as well as the social, cultural, and political world of the Late Republic and High Empire as revealed through their correspondence. Emphasis on improving reading fluency and analyzing letters as historical and biographical as well as literary documents. Classics majors and minors must take course for a letter grade and may repeat for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Shi, R. (PI)

CLASSICS 104A: Latin Syntax (CLASSICS 204A)

(Formerly CLASSLAT 175A/275A.) Intensive review of Latin syntax. Begins Autumn Quarter and continues through the fifth week of Winter Quarter. See CLASSICS 206A/B for supplemental courses. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Latin. First-year graduate students register for CLASSICS 204A.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4
Instructors: Devine, A. (PI)

CLASSICS 104B: Latin Syntax (CLASSICS 204B)

(Formerly CLASSLAT 175B/275B) Intensive review of Latin syntax. Began with 104A/204A in Autumn Quarter and continues through the fifth week of Winter Quarter. See CLASSICS 206A/B for supplemental courses. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Latin. First-year graduate students register for CLASSICS 204B.
Terms: Win | Units: 2
Instructors: Devine, A. (PI)
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