We will examine these and other examples of oratory from Classical Athens, where the art of persuasion was perfected. Counts towards the Foreign Language requirement. The study of Latin and Roman culture leads to a greater understanding of our own literature and civilization, improves writing and reading skills, and helps to develop precise thinking. Students in this course will acquire the basics of Latin grammar and vocabulary while reading selected prose passages and poems by Cicero, Catullus, Vergil, Martial and Caesar. Counts towards the Foreign Language requirement.
Readings are in Latin.
Counts towards the Foreign Language requirement. Professor Curley A study of the important myths in Greek and Roman culture, with attention to their religious, psychological, and historical origins. Comparative mythology, structural analysis, modern psychological interpretations and the development of classical myths in Western literature and art receive attention. In the Honors add-on to Classical Mythology students will read primary sources and scholarship which approach Greek myths from various perspectives. Through this reading and subsequent in-class discussion, students will learn how to draw inferences from Greek myths and analyze them.