Fall 2025

CLST 3  Reason and Good Life An introduction to philosophical thought in antiquity, especially that of Socrates, Epicurus, and the Stoics. We will concentrate especially on ethical questions; e.g. what kind of life is best for humans to pursue, how thoughtful persons should weigh the potentially competing claims of reason, pleasure, and emotion; and on how intellectual activity was perceived at Athens and at Rome. Open to all classes. Graver. TMV; WCult:W, 11.

CLST 11.17 Ancient Greek Athletics Athletics played a pivotal role in the ancient Greek world, and the history of athletics offers insight some of the basic forces shaping ancient Greek society. The topics we will cover include the origins of Greek athletics; the ancient Olympics; the reasons why the Greeks chose to compete in the nude; the connections between athletics and war, athletics and sex, and athletics and art; and the participation of women in athletics. Christesen. SOC; WCult:W, 10. CE eligible.

CLST 12.02 Greek and Roman Engineering and Technology This special topics course offers an introduction to the most important machines and processes of Greek and Roman technology. Emphasis will be on the practical implications and applications of ancient technologies and engineering. Within the broad range of technologies surveyed, students will focus on specific case studies to provide deeper analysis and understanding of individual topics. Reading will be based on a textbook and selected chapters and articles from secondary sources. Greek and Roman writers will also be read in translation. Open to all classes. Kramer TAS, 10.

CLST 14 Greek History: Archaic and Classical Greece This course is designed to survey the major events in the history of ancient Greece from c.1600 B.C. (the emergence of palatial culture in the Mycenaean World) to 404 B.C. (the end of the Peloponnesian War). During this period, the Greeks formed individual communities and developed unique political structures, spread their culture, language, and religion throughout the Mediterranean, invented democracy (at Athens) and enshrined these values in their art and literature. This course will cover the physical setting of and the archaic legacy to the classical city-state, its economy, its civic and religious institutions, the waging of war between cities, the occurrence and ancient analysis of conflict within the city, and the public and private lives of its citizens and less well-known classes, such as women, children, slaves, etc. Christesen. SOC; WCult:W, 12. CE eligible.

CLST 30/31 Off-Campus Study Program in Rome

GRK 1 Introductory Ancient Greek I Study of Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary accompanied by reading of simple Greek prose selections. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirement. Schultz 9L.

GRK 10 Readings in Greek Prose and PoetryReadings in Greek prose and poetry at the intermediate level, typically including selections from Plato and/or Euripides.Schultz. LIT; WCult:W, 2.

GRK 20 Greek Epic: Apollonios Rhodios An impossible task, a doomed love story, and a crew of the greatest heroes Greece has ever known: Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica has it all. This advanced Greek course will feature a selection of readings from books I, III, and IV of the epic, paired with relevant selections from other Greek texts and from secondary scholarship. We will set sail with the famed Argonauts, embarking upon a study of Hellenistic Greek literature rarely undertaken at the undergraduate level. Our readings will include the embarcation of the Argo, a selection of heroic adventures, and the complicated relationship between Jason and Medea. Reading will be in the original Greek through a progression of increasingly scholarly commentaries, with the addition of secondary scholarship in English. We will review questions of grammar and syntax, meter, rhetorical terms, and historical context as needed. This is an advanced course and the Greek is quite challenging: completion of the introductory-intermediate sequence or placement with departmental approval is required Dubit LIT; WCult:W, 2.

LAT 1 Latin 1 Introduction to Latin grammar, vocabulary, and syntax through prose readings of gradually increasing difficulty. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirement. Course Flier.

LAT 3 Latin 3 Continued study of Latin grammar, vocabulary, and syntax with reading of selected literary texts. Completion of Latin 3 satisfies the College language requirement. Never serves in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirement Glauthier, 9L Gaki, 2.

LAT 10.01 The Landscape of Latin Literature Designed to introduce students to varied aspects of Latin literary culture. Beginning with some physical evidence of literacy and writing materials, we will proceed to study the physical history of ancient books and publication methods, then analyze a series of short works illustrating how the Romans themselves thought about literary production, the functions texts can serve, and the nature of meaning and authorship. Readings are a mixture of poetry and prose taken from a variety of authors including Catullus, Cicero, Tibullus, Ovid, Pliny, Martial, and Juvenal, as well as Tom Stoppard's play The Invention of Love, which gives a fresh perspective on the history of classical scholarship at the beginning of the 20th century. Not open to students who have received credit for LAT 015. Lynn. Course Flier. LIT; WCult:W, 11.

LAT 23 Roman Drama Reading ancient drama allows us to consider the function of artistic production to engage with challenging political and social questions. The class will read from the comedies of Plautus and Terence and/or the tragedies of Seneca, and will explore features of the comic and/or tragic genre. Latin readings may be combined with one or more Greek plays read in translation. Glauthier. WCult:W, 10A. CE eligible.