One year of college Latin or equivalent. This course is a bridge between the study of Latin grammar and the reading of prose authors. The readings are short selections from a variety of genres by authors such as Cicero, Pliny, Nepos, Sallust, and Petronius. Richard F. Thomas. Reading and discussion of Virgil's Aeneid, with consideration of its place in the tradition of epic poetry and of its status as an Augustan poem.
Emphasis is on improving reading skills.
Readings in translation include a representative selection of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. A combination of close readings, discussions, and lectures.