Also listed as History 64. Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to the origins of medical arts and medical vocabulary in classical antiquity and to the etymological principles governing the history and derivation of medical terminology. Emphasis on specific episodes in the history of medicine and on the Greek and Latin linguistic elements in medical discourse. A study of several specific literary texts selected from the corpus of ancient Greek and Latin prose and poetry, read in English translation.
Selections vary year to year.
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Argonautica, and Vergil's Aeneid. Texts usually include the Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony, Aeschylus Oresteia trilogy, Euripides' Medea and Bacchae, and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Emphasis on the Olympic Games and the Athenian dramatic competitions at the Festival of Dionysus. Incorporates literature, art, history, archaeology, religion, philosophy, and anthropology and utilizes computer-assisted instruction, in addition to lectures and discussions, and videocassettes as well as texts. CLAS 54 Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean A study of archaeological investigations in the Aegean area Greece, Crete, the Cycladic islands, and western Turkey.