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CLASSICS 101L: Advanced Latin: Livy

Books I-V of Livy's monumental History of Rome blend myth, legend, and historical truth to recount the period 'from the founding of the city' to the Gallic Sack in 390/387 BCE. In this course, we will examine large sections of Book I concerning the brothers Romulus and Remus, the kings of the Roman monarchy, and the fall of the Tarquins, as well as key episodes from Books II-V: the foundation of the Republic, the conflict of the orders, and Rome's wars with Latins, Etruscans, and Celts. Concurrently, we will discuss the purpose of Livy's composition, its value as a historical source, the circumstances of its production, and the narrative strategies employed by Livy. The course aims to improve reading fluency, and we will review grammar and vocabulary as necessary. Classics majors and minors must take for a letter grade and may repeat for degree credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Macksoud, J. (PI)

CLASSICS 102G: Advanced Greek: Plato's Timaeus and Critias

The story of Atlantis ? the ancient but highly advanced civilization supposedly lost beneath the Atlantic Ocean ? is far from a typical Greek myth. Atlantis is a work of political allegory, derived not from tradition but from a single source: Plato's Timaeus-Critias. We will read selections of these two dialogues in Greek, focusing on the understanding of philosophical prose. While the primary goal of this class is to build fluency with Plato's syntax and vocabulary, readings will also serve as points of entry into the discussion of Plato's political and natural philosophy; imagined geographies in ancient literature; questions of genre, fiction, myth and pseudohistory; and the reception of Atlantis in later contexts. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. 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
Instructors: Walsh, V. (PI)

CLASSICS 102L: Advanced Latin: Lucretius (De Rerum Natura)

In this course we will read Book 3 of one of the most compelling works of ancient philosophy: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura ("On the Nature of Things"). The poem is a detailed exposition of the physical theory of Epicurus, an extreme materialism (and precursor to modern atomic theory) intended in significant part to remove the fear of death. Book 3 is considered by many to be the finest of the entire poem, for Lucretius offers here a response to the fact of human mortality that is nothing short of ennobling and liberating. Classics majors and minors must take the course for a letter grade. It may be repeated for degree credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Tennant, J. (PI)

CLASSICS 103G: Advanced Greek: Euripides

Euripides' Bacchae stages a unique homecoming: the god of wine and theater himself, Dionysus, confronts his mortal family in disguise, bringing chaos, ecstasy, and horror to Thebes. Dionysus' human cousin Pentheus serves as his foil and?eventually?sacrificial victim in a lush exploration of the unstable binaries between reason and madness, restraint and freedom, masculine and feminine, Greek and non-Greek, human and divine. This course will focus on reading the play in its original Greek, with additional context and discussion around fifth century theater, mystery cult, and reception of the Bacchae from Byzantine tragedy to Dionysus in '69 to Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Classics majors and minors must take the course for a letter grade. It may be repeated for credit with advance approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. 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
Instructors: Ten-Hove, L. (PI)

CLASSICS 103L: Advanced Latin: Tacitus

In this course we will read Book 4 of Tacitus' "Annals", one of the most compelling and crucial pieces in this famed historian's bleak depiction of the Roman empire. We will focus on the portrait 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: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: Language, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Ceserani, G. (PI)

CLASSICS 104A: Latin Syntax I (CLASSICS 204A)

Intensive review of Latin syntax. See CLASSICS 206A/B for supplemental courses. Students should take both syntax and semantics in the same quarters. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Latin. First-year graduate students register for CLASSICS 204A.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Devine, A. (PI)

CLASSICS 104B: Latin Syntax II (CLASSICS 204B)

Intensive review of Latin syntax. See CLASSICS 206A/B for supplemental courses. Students should take both syntax and semantics in the same quarters. Prerequisite for undergraduates: three years of Latin. First-year graduate students register for CLASSICS 204B.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Devine, A. (PI)

CLASSICS 105A: Greek Syntax: Prose Composition (CLASSICS 205A)

The goal of this course is to provide a thorough review of Greek syntax, reinforced by reading selected short passages of Attic Greek in some detail, in order to develop a much greater command of the language and to increase reading skills as well as an understanding of the stylistic features of the major prose genres.
Last offered: Winter 2022

CLASSICS 106: Theories of The State, Violence, Nationalism, and Social Order (CLASSICS 306)

This seminar aims to provide a combination of broad overview and intense engagement with specific texts in theoretical discussions relevant to state formation, empire, war and violence, social control, and related issues. Such a course must by nature be highly selective in topics and readings given the broad historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary scope of such a combination of topics (or of any one of them). We will read a selection of classical texts in historical sociology, social and legal theory, and anthropology, as well as more recent major contributions on relevant topics. The goal of the course is to engage in discussions and reflection that will stimulate further exploration in contemporary legal, social, and political theory to inform dissertations and other research initiatives.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Cohen, D. (PI)

CLASSICS 107: Late Greek (CLASSICS 207)

This will be a class on Greek literature and language of Roman and Byzantine times. Late Greek has a huge corpus of texts in many genres both secular and Christian. This class will explore this literature and read texts both in translation and in their original Greek. Exactly which texts we read will depend on the largely interests of those in the class. Students with no Greek will also be welcome in the class. Either they can write a research paper, or they can learn Greek, at least enough to start reading the New Testament. Since Byzantine literature is a topic not regularly taught, this class will be a rare opportunity to explore this little known yet large and impressive tradition.
Last offered: Spring 2023
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