Preparation for the Advanced Literature Advanced Placement examination is a goal of this course. Open to class III with permission of the Department. By the end of the year, they will have translated selections from Aesop, Thucydides, Herodotus, and other ancient authors. Experience with Latin is not a prerequisite. In this course students are introduced to the cultural, political, social, and literary history of ancient Greece by reading a wide variety of primary sources in translation.
Many genres are explored, including biography, tragedy, comedy, poetry, and history.
Modern historical novels and films are also examined. Knowledge of ancient Greek is not a requirement for this course. Full Open to Classes I, II, III Students study the phenomenon of Rome from the time of the Etruscan kings to the Augustan age. Along this intellectual voyage, students encounter the writings of the era's foremost philosophers, historians, biographers, playwrights, and poets. Modern texts, slides, and films supplement these primary source materials.