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Classical Culture | Greek | Latin
I. CLASSICAL CULTURE
All Classical Culture courses utilize materials in English translation and require no knowledge of either Latin or ancient Greek.
- CLC 1000. Classical Culture: Greece. 3 hours.
- The characteristics of Greek literature and culture, taught principally through translations of selections from Greek authors. CLAS 1000H is the Honors Program equivalent.
- CLAS 1010. Roman Culture. 3 hours.
- The characteristics of Roman literature and culture, taught principally through translations of selections from Roman authors. CLAS 1010H is the Honors Program equivalent.
- CLAS 1020. Classical Mythology. 3 hours.
- The myths and sagas of the Greeks and Romans, taught in particular through ancient literature. CLAS 1020H is the Honors Program equivalent.
- CLAS 1030. Medical Terminology. 3 hours.
- Medical terminology derived from Greek and Latin, concentrating on the meanings of the components of medical terms and the principles that govern their arrangement, with some attention to the history of ancient medicine
- CLAS (ANTH) 2000. Introduction to Classical Archaeology. 3 hours.
- Concepts and principles of archaeology, including site formation, survey and excavation techniques, artifact retrieval and analysis, chronology, archaeological theory, and contemporary issues such as "ownership" of the past; focus on sites from Greek and Roman antiquity.
- CLAS (LING) 2010. The Nature of the English Vocabulary. 3 hours.
- The nature and composition of the English vocabulary, with particular attention to Greek and Latin elements, and its development among diverse cultures and societies; techniques of morphological analysis, allomorphy, derivational morphology, formal and semantic change, and Indo-European etymology.
- CLAS 4010. Archaic Greece. 3 hours.
- The expanding world of Greek culture in the period from 1100 to 480
B.C., including consideration of the many new and influential developments
in art, literature, history, political science, and philosophy, and
their interrelationships.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000 or1000H or HIST 3250 or 4311 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4020. Greek Sanctuaries and Festivals. 3 hours.
- The major Greek sanctuaries and their physical remains, and the Greek
religious calendar and its important festivals, including the Olympic
Games and the Panathenaica.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000 or 1000H or permission of department).
- CLAS 4030. The Archaeology of the Greek Colonies. 3 hours.
- The archaeology of the Greek colonies in Ionia, Magna Graecia, and
the Black Sea area is examined to identify and explain the combination
of Greek and indigenous cultures in these areas on the fringes of the
Greek world.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000 or 1000H or HIST 2301, 3250, 4311, or 4312, or ARST 2310 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4040. The Hellenistic World. 3 hours.
- Archaeology, art, culture, and history of Greece and the East from
the rise of Alexander to Rome's annexation of Egypt.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000 or 1000H or HIST 3250, 4311, 4321, or 4322, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4100. Ancient Roman Cities. 3 hours.
- Selected Roman cities and their architecture; principles upon which
they were planned and designed. Roman reworking of the theories of Hippodamus
and study of the architectural writings of Vitruvius. Detailed study
of the topography and monuments of various Roman cities, including Rome,
Ostia, Alba Fucens, Saepinum, cities of Rome's provinces.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or 1010H or 2000 or HIST 3312 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4110. The Etruscans and Early Rome. 3 hours.
- The art and culture of the people of Northern Italy known as the Etruscans,
with special attention to their relationship with the Greek world and
their role in the development of Rome as a city.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or 1010H, or HIST 3250 or HIST 4321 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4120. Pompeii and Herculaneum: The Buried Cities. 3 hours.
- Pompeii, Herculaneum and the area destroyed by the eruption of Mt.
Vesuvius. Concentration will be on political, social, religious, and
economic life, combined with a study of the painting, sculpture, and
architecture of the excavated cities and villas.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or 1010H, or HIST 3250 or 4321, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4130. The Archaeology of Rome's Provinces. 3 hours.
- The archaeology of the Western and/or Eastern provinces of the Roman
Empire, concentrating on the major cities and sanctuaries and their
physical remains.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or 1010H or CLAS (ANTH) 2000 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4140. Archaeology of Punic and Roman Carthage. 3 hours.
- The civilization of Roman North Africa from the Punic period through
the Arab Conquest, using the important city of Carthage as a model.
Open only to students participating in the University's Carthage excavation.(N.B.
The site is currently in conservation phase, and thus not undergoing
further excavation in the immediate future).
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000 or 1000H or CLAS (ANTH) 2000 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4150. Practicum in Classical Archaeology. 3 hours.
- All aspects of modern field archaeology on a classical site, including
excavation techniques, the keeping of field records, and the classification
and conservation of finds from the moment of recovery to their final
deposition in museums. Open only to students participating in the University's
Carthage excavation.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or 1010H or CLAS (ANTH) 2000 or permission of department). Corequisite: CLAS 4140.
- CLAS 4200. Ancient Comedy. 3 hours.
- Ancient comedy, in English translation, concentrating on fifth-century
Athens, and tracing its changing focus through Menander to Plautus and
Terence; also considered will be the theoretical basis of comedy as
discussed by Aristotle and others, as well as the place of comedy within
the history of genres.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, 1020, or Honors equivalents, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4210. Ancient Tragedy. 3 hours.
- The conventions of classical tragedy as exemplified in the plays (in
English translation) of the Greek dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, and
Euripides, as well as the Roman tragedian Seneca.
(Prerequisite: Permission of department).
- CLAS 4220. Classical Epic Poetry. 3 hours.
- The epic poetry of Greece and Rome with special emphasis on Homer
and Vergil, some attention being given to other epic works, such as
those by Apollonius of Rhodes, Ennius and Lucan. The historical and
cultural background of epic will be examined, and the poems will be
read in English translation.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, 1020, or Honors equivalents, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4230. Classical Rhetoric. 3 hours.
- Classical rhetoric, with special attention to Plato, Aristotle, and
Cicero.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010 or1000H or 1010 or 1010H or SPCM 1100 or permission of department).
- CLAS 4240. Theory and Analysis of Classical Mythology. 3 hours.
- The interpretation and analysis of ancient myths, particularly those
of Greece and Rome.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, or 1020, or the Honors equivalents, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4250. Ancient Novel. 3 hours.
- Ancient prose fiction (in English translation), including the Latin
novels of Petronius and Apuleius and examples of the Greek novel. Topics
include the relationship between the novel and other literary genres,
the social and intellectual background of the authors, the themes of
love, travel, and magic, and the novel's audience.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, or the Honors equivalents, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4260. Literature of the Classical Tradition. 3 hours.
- An examination of the influence and reception of classical texts in
the literature and culture of later eras (e.g., the Middle Ages and
Renaissance).
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, or 1020, or the Honors equivalents, or permission of department
- CLAS 4300. Selected Topics in Ancient Civilization. 3 hours.
- Special topics in the civilization of Greece and Rome. Topics will
vary as demand requires. Course offered for participants in the Department's
Studies Abroad Program in Rome with focus on Roman Topograph
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1010, or 1020, or the Honors equivalents, or permission of department).
- CLAS 4310. Directed Readings in Classical Culture. 3 hours.
- Individual study, reading, or projects under the direction of a faculty
project director.
(Prerequisite: Permission of department). - CLAS 4340. Ancient Athens. 3 hours.
- Examination of the archaeological, literary and environmental evidence
for the ancient city of Athens, from the Dark Ages through the Roman
period, with special emphasis on the creation of the polis, its social,
economic and cultural systems, and its place within the wider Greek
world.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1000, 1020, 2000 or the Honors equivalents, or permission of the department). - CLAS 4350. Ancient Rome. 3 hours.
- Examination of the archaeological, literary and topographical evidence
for the ancient city of Rome, from the Regal period through the fourth
century A.D., with special emphasis on the architectural development
of the urban/suburban continuum in ancient Rome and its environs.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010, 1020, 2000 or the Honors equivalents, or permission of the department).
- CLAS 4360. Ancient Daily Life. 3 hours.
- Introduction to social science aspects of the ancient world: the economy,
agriculture, demography, nourishment, disease. The course teaches theoretical
models and the utilization of comparative material from other societies
to illuminate equivalent aspects of the ancient world, where often not
enough evidence remains to generate reliable statistics.
(Prerequisite: CLAS 1010, 1020, 2000 or the Honors equivalents, or permission of the department).
- CLAS (LING) 4610. Sanskrit I. 3 hours.
- The phonology, morphology, and syntax of the classical Sanskrit language,
emphasizing the position of Sanskrit within the Indo-European language
family and its importance for Indo-European linguistics.
(Prerequisite: LING 2100 or ENGL (LING) 3030 or permission of department.)
- CLAS (LING) 4620. Sanskrit II. 3 hours.
- Continued studies in both the synchronic and diachronic grammar of
classical Sanskrit.
(Prerequisite: CLAS (LING) 4621).
- CLAS 4960H, 4970H, 4980H. Directed Reading / Projects. 3 hours.
- These courses afford Honors students of senior division standing the opportunity to engage in individual study, reading, or projects under the supervision of a project director. (N.B. CLAS 4960H may only be taken as part of the Classics Studies Abroad Program in Rome, and is not restricted to Honors students).
- CLAS 4990H. Honors Thesis. 3 hours.
- This course provides the opportunity for an Honors student to undertake individual research in the field of his/her major or in a closely related field.
II. ANCIENT GREEK
- GREK 1001. Elementary Greek I. 4 hours.
- The grammar, reading, and translation of classical Attic Greek.
(N.B. Not open to students with credit in GREK 2050 (Intensive Elementary Greek)).
- GREK 1002. Elementary Greek II. 4 hours.
- An introduction to the pronunciation, grammar, reading, and translation
of classical Attic Greek, continued from GREK 1001.
(Prerequisite: GREK 1001. Not open to students with credit in GREK 2060 (Intensive Elementary Greek II)).
- GREK 2002. Intermediate Greek I. 3 hours.
- Review of Classical Attic Greek grammar, as needed, plus selected
readings in Herodotus and Euripides.
(Prerequisite: GREK 1002 or 2060).
- GREK 2002. Intermediate Greek II.3 hours.
- Selected readings in Homer and Plato.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2001 or permission of department).
- GREK 2050. Intensive Elementary Greek I. 4 hours.
- The pronunciation, grammar, reading, and translation of Classical
Attic Greek
(N.B. Offered only in the summers of odd-numbered years. Not open to students with credit in GREK 1001).
- GREK 2060. Intensive Elementary Greek II. 4 hours.
- A continuation of Intensive Elementary Greek I.
(N.B. Offered only in the summers of odd-numbered years. Not open to students with credit in GREK 1002).
- GREK 4010. Homer. 3 hours.
- Selections from the Iliad and/or the Odyssey.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4020. Hesiod. 3 hours.
- Study of Hesiod's two surviving poems, the Theogony and
the Works and Days, with special attention to the relationship
of his language and religious thinking to that of Homer.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4030. Greek Lyric Poets. 3 hours.
- Selected Greek elegy and lyric, with attention to the political and
social background, and to the relationship of these literary types to
epic and dramatic poetry.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4040. Herodotus and Thucydides. 3 hours.
- The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars through selected readings.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4050. Aeschylus. 3 hours.
- Close study of several of Aeschylus' seven surviving plays, with emphasis
on his theology and his interest in the cultural advances of Greek society.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4060. Sophocles. 3 hours.
- Close study of two or three of Sophocles' seven surviving plays, with
emphasis on the poet's religious and humanistic values and his dramatic
style.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4070. Euripides. 3 hours.
- Close study of two or three of Euripides' nineteen surviving plays,
with emphasis on the poet's dramatic style and his treatment of social.
political, and religious themes.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4080. Aristophanes. 3 hours.
- Reading, translation, and analysis of selected comedies of Aristophanes.
Emphasis is placed on the language, style, and thought of Aristophanes,
and on the generic characteristics of Greek Old Comedy.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4090. Advanced Readings: Plato. 3 hours.
- Advanced reading, translation, and analysis of the dialogues of Plato.
Emphasis is placed on the language, style, and philosophic thought of
Plato.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4100. Attic Orators. 3 hours.
- A study of the orations of Demosthenes, Lysias, and Aeschines, with
emphasis on the function and techniques of persuasion in oratory and
on the political and social contexts of these orations.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
- GREK 4200. Readings in Selected Greek Authors. 3 hours per quarter; maximum of 15 hours.
- Study of less commonly read Greek authors, such as Pindar, Xenophon,
Menander, Lucian, Plutarch, to be chosen according to the interests
of students and instructor.
(Prerequisite: GREK 2002 or permission of department).
III. LATIN
Students continuing Latin begun in high school will be placed in the appropriate course on the basis of scores on the College Entrance Examination Board Achievement Test, the CEEB Advanced Placement Exam, or the MAPS placement test administered by the University of Georgia Counseling and Testing Center, together with other pertinent information.
- LATN 1001. Elementary Latin I. 3 hours.
- The Latin language; pronunciation, fundamentals of grammar, reading, and translation.
- LATN 1002. Elementary Latin II. 3 hours.
- Completion of study of Latin grammar and syntax begun in Elementary
Latin I, with continuation of reading and translation.
(Prerequisite: LATN 1001).
- LATN 2001. Intermediate Latin I. 3 hours.
- Translating continuous Latin passages through readings from Cicero's
orations, with brief selections from Caesar's Gallic Wars and
from Latin poetry. Systematic review of Latin grammar and syntax.
(Prerequisite: LATN 1002).
- LATN 2002. Intermediate Latin II: Golden Age Latin Literature. 3 hours.
- Golden Age Latin prose and poetry. Prose readings selected from Livy
or Cicero; verse readings from Catullus, Vergil, or Ovid.
(Prerequisite: LATN 2001).
- LATN 3010. Vergil's Aeneid. 3 hours.
- Latin poetry, poetic syntax, meter, and style through reading selections
from Vergil's Aeneid, including selections from Aeneid
books 3, 5, 7-12.
(Prerequisite: LATN 2002).
- LATN 4010. Roman Rhetoric. 3 hours.
- Readings from the orations and rhetorical writings of Cicero, Quintilian,
Seneca Rhetor, and others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4020. Roman Epic Poetry.3 hours.
- Readings from the Latin epic poets Ennius, Vergil, Lucan, and others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4030. Roman Historians. 3 hours.
- Readings from such Roman historical writers as Caesar, Sallust, Ammianus
Marcellinus, and others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4040. Roman Elegy. 3 hours.
- Readings from the elegiac works of Tibullus/Sulpicia, Propertius,
and Ovid, including studies in the cultural context of Roman poetry,
a well as the development of Latin poetic form, meter, and diction.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4050. Roman Epistles. 3 hours.
- Readings from the letters of Cicero, Seneca, Pliny the Younger, and
others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4060. Roman Satire. 3 hours.
- Readings from such satirists as Horace, Juvenal, and others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4070. Roman Drama. 3 hours.
- Readings from the comedies of Plautus and Terence, and the tragedies
of Seneca, and others.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4080. Roman Didactic Poetry. 3 hours.
- Readings from Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, Vergil's Georgics,
and others. The poet as teacher; the manner in which poetic form and
imagery express philosophy.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4090. Latin of Later Antiquity and the Middle Ages.3 hours.
- Readings from Latin authors of late antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Study of Latin vocabulary and style during late antiquity and the Middle
Ages.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4100. Roman Biography. 3 hours.
- Readings from Latin biographical authors such as Nepos, Suetonius,
Tacitus, the Scriptores Historiae Augustae, and Einhard.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4200. Catullus. 3 hours
- Readings from the Carmina of Catullus, including studies
in the cultural context of Roman poetry, as well as the development
of Latin poetic form, meter, and diction.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4210. Horace. 3 hours.
- Readings from the works of Horace, including studies in the cultural
context of Roman poetry, as well as the development of Latin poetic
form, meter, and diction.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4220. Ovid. 3 hours.
- Readings from the Metamorphoses and non-elegiac works
of Ovid, including studies in the cultural context of Roman poetry,
as well as the development of Latin poetic form, meter, and diction.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4300. Cicero and the Roman Republic. 3 hours.
- Readings from the orations and other works of Cicero, and from the
works of Caesar, Sallust, and other contemporary writers.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4310. Livy. 3 hours.
- Selected readings from the Ab Urbe Condita of Livy, with
attention given to literary and historical issues surrounding the author
and his work.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4320. Tacitus. 3 hours.
- Readings from the Annales, Historiae, and/or
minor works of Tacitus, with attention given to literary and historical
issues surrounding the author and his works.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent).
- LATN 4400. Advanced Readings in Latin. 3 hours.
- Selected readings in one or more Latin authors or genres. Topics to
be selected on the basis of students' needs.
(Prerequisite: LATN 3010 or equivalent)
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