CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS -- SPRING 2000

C C 301/342 Introduction to Ancient Greece Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27820/ 27920 Kroll MWF 1:00-2:00 WAG 101 This course surveys the development of Greek culture from the legendary Trojan Wa,r through the development and apex of the Greek polis or city-state of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.E., and on to Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture throughout the Eastern Mediterannean. What was it like to live in ancient Greece? Why did Greek culture have such influence on later western cultures? Why did the Greeks excel at epic poetry, tragedy, history, philosophy, sea-faring, and trade? Why were they constantly at war with one another? Why did they practice slavery? What forms of religion did they practice? There are many answers to these questions, and we hope in this course to understand some of them. In this course, we shall be interested in the conditions and factors which gave rise to different ways of life and the perceptions which the ancient Greeks themselves had about themselves and others. We shall take into account the material remains of art and archaeology and also the surviving works of the major poets and writers of Greece. We shall try always to imagine what the physical and psychological experience of daily life must have been for persons living in ancient Greece. There will be two one-hour tests and a comprehensive final. All tests will have short essays. An eight- to ten-page paper is required of all students enrolled in CC 342. P. MacKendrick and H. M. Howe, Classics in Translation, Vol. I: Greek Literature H.D. Amos and A.G.P. Lang, These Were the Greeks Menander, The Dyskolos Aristophanes, Lysistrata, the Clouds, the Acharnians (Penguin) C C 302/347 Intro to Ancient Rome Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27825 / 27925 Zissos MWF 12:00-1:00 FAC 21 The course is a survey of some of the highlights of Roman civilization from its 8th century BC. beginnings to the so called Fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD. We will look not only at political history, but also at social history, literature, art and architecture, and religion. The course will consider a number of questions , including the various factors underwriting Rome's rise to global dominion. We will also consider how the Romans were able to develop stable principles of government, and how these principles were eventually transformed by the actions of figures like the bloodthirsty dictator Sulla and the unstable emperor Nero. Although Rome was, like America, a relatively inclusive mix of different ethnic groups and peoples, it maintained a fundamental cultural continuity throughout much of its history. The Roman achievement is undeniably impressive, but it was not without a certain cost in human suffering. We will examine the Roman system of slavery (which was non-racial in character), the patriarchal nature of Roman society, and the plight of the poor and underprivileged. In addition, we will look at the rise of Christianity within the cultural context of the early empire. In brief, beside providing the students with a solid factual basis for Roman history, the course will also identify some of the issues that have made Roman civilization an abiding fascination, a source of both admiration and loathing for almost all subsequent ages, including our own. There are no prerequisites for this course. It may be taken either as lower division (CC 302) or upper division (CC 347). The course may be used to fulfill the university-wide humanities/ fine arts requirement and the Area D requirement in Arts and Sciences, or it can be taken as an elective. Requirements: There will be two quizzes, a midterm and a final exam, to be taken by both upper and lower division students. A short paper is required in addition for upper division students. Grading Lower Division: Upper Division: Two Quizzes 30% Two Quizzes 20% Midterm 30% Midterm 20 % Final 40% Final 30% Paper 30% A. Kamm, The Romans (Routledge) D. West (tr.) Virgil. The Aeneid (Penguin) P.G. Walsh (tr.) Apuleius. The Golden Ass. (Oxford World Classics) Erich Segal (tr.) Plautus. Four Comedies (Oxford World Classics) C C 302K Intro to ArchStds II: Classical Archaeology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27830 Witt TTH 11:00-12:30 WAG 101 meets with ARY 302 (26720) This course surveys the ancient civilizations of Egypt and the Near East, the Aegean cultures of Crete and Mycenae, and the classical worlds of Greece and Italy. The course is intended as an introduction to the sites, monuments and artifacts of these civilizations, not as a series of studies in archaeological theory and practice. As such, it will be very different from ARY 301. The focus will be on the major sites and monuments of these civilizations, their discoveries, and their importance for our understanding of the cultures they represent. Attention will be given to archaeological, art historical, and historical aspects such as the development of writing and the nature and interpretation of written documents, the development of city planning and urban architecture, and analysis of artifacts as evidence of ancient history. Among the sites and excavations we will study are Giza, the Valley of the Kings, and Alexandria in Egypt; Ur and Babylon in Mesopotamia; Troy and Constantinople in the ancient Near East; Knossos, Mycenae, and Athens in Greece; Rome and Pompeii in ancient Italy. Grades will be based on two tests and a final exam. Stoktad, Art History Volume One Reader Web site C C 303 Intro to Classical Mythology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27835 Larson TTH 9:30-11:00 BUR 112 Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27840 Cramer MWF 11:00-12:00 WAG 101 This course examines a representative selection of myths from ancient Greece as told by ancient writers and envisioned by ancient artists. The main goal is to understand some of the ways in which the Greeks themselves used the medium of myth to interpret and deal with their world. But we shall also consider several modern approaches to myth, including the analysis of anthropological, religious, historical and aesthetic aspects. CLASS FORMAT Classes will consist of lectures, which will be liberally illustrated with slides; questions and discussion are strongly encouraged. Reading is substantial (see list of texts below). REQUIREMENTS  The grading scheme is as follows: Quizzes 30% Midterm 25% Myth Exercise 15% Final Exam 30%   Morford & Lenardon. Classical Mythology Homer, Fitzgerald, tr. The Iliad and The Odyssey Ovid, Innes, tr. Metamorphoses Sophocles, Grene & Lattimore, trs., Sophocles II Euripides, Grene & Lattimore, trs. Euripides II Athanassakis. Homeric Hymns Homer, Athanassakis, tr. Hesiod: Theogony, Works & Days, Shield Aeschylus, Fagles, tr. The Oresteia C C 303/352 Intro to Classical Mythology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27845/27990 Nethercut TTH 12:30-2:00 WEL 1.316 meets with CC () This course is an introductory survey of the principal Greek and Roman myths. The study of Mythology presents an unusual opportunity for comparison and contrast and cross-cultural exploration. We shall see how the Greek and Roman stories represent a re-shaping of earlier Neolithic cults, and, as we continue on down through later European history to the present, we shall understand more about the evolution of contemporary culture by comparing the Greek and Roman accounts with our own adaptations. Such a course is, before everything else, a study of the vision different periods of history have had. This changing vision, seen through he changes added to the mythological tradition, from era to era, represents a view of man's place in a bright, but alien, world &endash; a world he Has not created but which he ever tries anew to understand. This course, really, is a study in religion or philosophy.  Morford & Lenardon, Classical Mythology C C 303/352 Intro to Classical Mythology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27850/ 27995 Perlman MWF 1:00-2:00 FAC 21 The primary aim of this course is to familiarize the student with the characters and events of ancient Greek myths. We shall, however, move beyond mere narrative to consider the possible interpretations of these myths. Ancient Greeks retold their myths in many contexts; in song, in dramatic performance, in written literature, and in plastic arts such as sculpture and vase-painting. The myths can be seen to rehearse the central concerns of ancient Greek culture, and as such they can give us a greater understanding of a society which is very different from ours but which has often been influential in the evolution of the West. Because of the similarities and differences between our culture and those of the ancient Mediterranean, the study of these cultures can give us further insights into the workings of our society. Responsiblities in the course: Students are responsible for attending all classes and for all assigned readings. Lectures will cover the readings but will on occasion include other material: students will also be responsible for this additional material. Regular quizzes will test your mastery of readings and lecture material. Grades will depend on performance in four short quizzes, a midterm and a final examination. Students enrolled in the upper-division section will also be required to submit a short paper. There will be no make-ups for quizzes or tests, but you may drop one quiz grade (i.e. your worst quiz grade will not be included in your final grade for the course). Scholastic dishonesty on any test will result in a failing grade (F) for that test which may not be dropped. Scholastic dishonesty includes any kind of cheating; if you are unsure about the exact definition, you should consult "A Students' Guide to Living in the Heart of Texas" pp. 10-11, or the General Information Bulletin, Appendix C, Chapter 11. Morford & Lenardon, Classical Mythology (Mayfield) Aeschylus, Lattimore, ed. Oresteia Grene & Lattimore, tr. Sophocles1 (Univ. of Chicago) Homer, tr. by Lattimore, The Odyssey of Homer (Anchor/Doubleday) Euripides, Hadas & Mclean, tr. Ten Plays of Euripides (Bantam) Athanassakis, Homeric Hymns (Johns Hopkins) Hesiod, Athanassakis, tr. Hesiod: Theogony, Works & Days, Shield (Johns Hopkins) *In addition to the text listed above, there will also be a course supplement available for purchase at Speedway in the Dobie Mall. C C 304c /348Ancient Greek Medicine Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27855/ 27930 Dean-Jones TTH 2:00-3:30 WAG 101 This course will provide an introduction to the medicine of Greco-Roman antiquity. We shall consider how it differed from other ancient methods of healing and to what extent it can be seen to lay the foundations for modern western medicine. In addition to secondary literature we will read original works (in translation) by the Hippocratics, Aristotle, Celsus, Soranus and Galen. Students will learn not only the-sometimes alarming-therapies employed by ancient physicians, but also the theory behind the therapy and the observations behind the theory. I hope this will give the students insight into the importance of imagination in scientific research and the limitations of the scientific method. Students will be graded on the basis of a number of short quizzes and a final. Students in the upper-division course (C C 348) will be expected to write a term paper as well. G.E.R. Lloyd ed., Hippocratic Writings, (Penguin) Guido Majno, The Healing Hand (Harvard) Ralph Jackson, Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire (University of Oklahoma Press) From Speedway Printing E.D. Phillips, Aspects of Greek Medicine (St. Martin's ) Source Book C C 304c 2/348 -6-Paganism to Christianity: An Introduction Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27860 /27980 Martinez TTH 9:30-11:00 WAG 101 This course will examine the Greco-Roman roots of early Christianity, with consideration also of the Jewish/Hebraic backgrounds of the latter. We will be concerned both with affinities between Christianity and the classical tradition as well as the ways in which the two may be considered radically different. Some of the more important issues which we will analyze are: 1. "The spell of Homer." How the Homeric poems exerted immeasurable influence on the religious attitudes and practices of the Greeks. 2. The theme of creation in Greek and Roman authors such as Hesiod and Ovid. The Orphic account of human origins. The Early Christian theme of Christ as creator/savior. 3. Greek and Roman conceptions of the afterlife. The response to the Homeric orientation in the form of the great mystery cults of Demeter, Dionysus, and Orpheus. The views of the philosophers (esp. Plato). The New Testament conception of resurrection. 4. Greek and Roman conceptions of sacrifice, the crucifixion of Christ as archetypal sacrifice and early Christian reflection upon it. 5. The world of ancient magic and the occult and the Christian response. 6. The attempted synthesis of Jewish and Greek thought by Philo of Alexandria and its importance for early Christianity. Grading will be based on a midterm and a final.  Homer, Iliad, tr. Lattimore (U of Chicago Press) Rice & Stambaugh, Sources for the Study of Greek Religion (Scholars Press) Philo of Alexandria Selections, tr. Warner (Paulist Press) Revised Standard version of The Holy Bible (Living Age/Meridian Books) Euripides, tr. Paul Roche, Three Plays of Euripides (Norton) C C 305/-2/335-2-Introduction to Roman Private Life Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27865/27900 Morgan MWF 10:00-11:00 WAG 101 The aim of this course is to describe and evaluate all aspects of Roman private life in the period when Rome was at its height (100 B.C-100 A.D.). Among the topics to be discussed are the different classes and kinds of people in Roman society; the way these people lived, their housing, their food, and their health; the beliefs they held, social, religious and (on occasion) philosophical; and the types of entertainment they favored, especially the gladiatorial shows and the chariot races. Jerome Carcopino, Daily Life in Ancient Rome (Yale) Petronius. tr. Arrowsmith, The Satyricon (New Amer. Lib) Plutarch. tr. Warner, Fall of the Roman Republic (Viking) Suetonius. tr. Graves, Twelve Caesars (Viking) C C 306 Intro to Latin & Greek Elements in English Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27870 Doig MWF 8:00-9:00 WAG 101 Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27875 Doig MWF 9:00-10:00 WAG 101 This course provides a systematic study of the vocabulary bases, prefixes and suffixes derived from Greek and Latin that provide almost three-quarters of all the words in the English language, and of Latin and Greek words and phrases that are commonly found in all areas of English usage, from literature to law, mathematics to medicine, science to sex. The teaching approach will be primarily lecture, although interruptions, in the form of of questions from the class, will be readily accepted and often encouraged. There will be 7 quizzes. The worst will be dropped, and the average of the other 6 will count as 90% of the course grade. There will be 3 pop quizzes. The worst will be dropped and the average of the other 2 will account for 10% of the course grade. There will be no final. There are no prerequisites. No knowledge of Latin or Greek are required. This course counts toward the Area D requirements or as an elective. Ayers, English Words from Latin and Greek Elements U of Arizona Ayers, Workbook to English Words from Latin and Greek Elements U of Arizona (optional) A Dictionary C C 306M Introduction to Medical & Scientific Terminology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27880 Doig MWF 10:00-11:00 GAR 1 This course in language and classical civilization provides a systematic introduction to medical and scientific terminology and the ancient foundations of western medicine. This course is practical in its aim, directed toward students wo are preparing to enter the health-related professions. Emphasis will be laid upon acquiring as complete a knowledge as possible of the vocabulary and the abbreviations used to define the systems of the body. Students will meet with the instructor as a class three times a week for lectures and quizzes. Grades will be based on the best 6 of 7 regular quizzes and 2 of 3 pop quizzes. There will be no final. There are no prerequisites for this course. Students who have previously taken this course for lower or upper division credit may not enroll for the other division. No background knowledge of Latin, Greek, or biology is required. This course counts toward the Area D or elective requirements. Margorie Canfield Willis, Medical Terminology: The Language of Health Care (F.A. Davis) Dunmore & Fleischer, Medical Terminology Excercises in Etymology (F.A. Davis) C C 306M /I336Mntroduction to Medical & Scientific Terminology Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27885/ 27905 Nethercut MWF 12:00-1:00 WCH 1.120 This course in language and classical civilization provides a systematic introduction to medical and scientific terminology and the ancient foundations of western medicine. Class lectures will be concerned with the explication of the meaning of roots and the principles of word analysis and synthesis and with the development of Greek empiricism and medicine and its relationship to modern medicine. Students will meet with the instructor as a class three times a week for lectures and quizzes. There will be at least 10 quizzes scheduled during the semester as well as a mid-term and final exam. Grades will be based on the highest eight quizzes and a final exam. There will be no make-up quizzes. Students may enroll in lower division (CC 306M) or in upper division (CC 336M). Upper division students will also complete a term paper. There are no prerequisites for this course. Students who have previously taken this course for lower or upper division credit may not enroll for the other division. No background knowledge of Latin, Greek, or biology is required. This course counts toward the Area D or elective requirements. Betty Davis Jones' Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Terminology: A Competency-Based Approach (Delmar Publishing Co., 1999). C C 307K Urban Identity in Ancent Rome & Pompeii CANCELLED Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27890 Meyers MWF 2:00-3:00 WAG 201 CANCELLED C C 327 Parageography Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27895 Parker TTH 2:00-3:30 WAG 201 An introduction to the study of the use of imaginary worlds/countries/landscapes in literature. Starting with Odysseus' roundabout voyage home in the Odyssey, the course will pursue the use of quests, pleasaunces, utopias, and the like down to Fantasists of the 20th century, with a view to understanding impulse and execution in the determined supplanting of Everyday Reality by Something Other. ParaGeography has usually occurred as a practicum, a writing-component course which aims at the creation by each student of her/his own imaginary world. Much to be desired, this manifestation does limit enrollment severely. Occasionally, however, it is given as a lecture course, where the material can be displayed to more enthusiasts. Now is one of those occasions. There is considerable reading, to be treated by lecture and examination. This section is NOT a writing&endash;component course, and there will in fact be very little sheer creation required. The aim is to understand what authors do rather than do it oneself. One Paper [15%]; Three examinations [15% each]; Final Examination [40%]. Apollonius, The Voyage of Argo, tr. Rieu Baum, The Patchwork Girl of OZ Dante, Inferno, tr. Ciardi Herodotus, Histories, tr. de Selincourt Homer, Odyssey, tr. Fitzgerald Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Mabinogion, tr. Gantz Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, tr. Baines More, Utopia, tr. Surtz Plato, Timaeus & Critias, tr. Lee Rabelais, Gargantua & Pantagruel, tr. Cohen Spenser, The Poetical Works Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Vergil, Aeneid, tr. Mandelbaum C C 340 Archaeology of Ancient Italy Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27910 Edlund-Berry TTH 12:30-2:00 WAG 112 The theme of this course is life in Italy and its changing aspects from the time of the earliest settlements, the Greek colonization, and the Etruscans, to the birth and growth of Rome. We will discuss the historical background for the different cultures by using evidence from primary historical and literary sources (in translation) and archaeological remains of buildings and towns and of individual artifacts. The course will include slide-illustrated lectures and class discussions. Class participation and course involvement (20%); three best quizzes (45%); midterm (15%); final (20%). Bonfante, Reading the Past: Etruscan Potter, Roman Italy Ramage, Roman Art a reader with primary sources and maps C C 340 Roman Funerary Art Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27915 Davies TTH 11:00-12:30 ART 1.120 meets with ARH 362 (17790) This course will examine the funerary art and architecture of the ancient Roman world, beginning with antecedents in Greece and Etruria and ending with the early Christian mausolea of the fourth century. Discussion will cover tombs, cinerary urns and sarcophagi commissioned in the city of Rome and in the provinces by members of different social milieux, and will consider how art was used both to commemorate and to accomodate ritual behavior. Two written assignments - 20% each; two exams - 30% each (grading information subject to change). None - assigned readings on reserve and available in packets. C C 348 Pre-Islamic Middle Eastern Civilizations - W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27935 Southern TTH 11:00-12:30 BUR 208 meets with ANS 372, LIN 373, MEL 372, MES 321K. SWC The Middle East has always straddled the crossroads of trade and ideas, ever since the rise of its earliest river cultures (the Fertile Crescent and the Nile). This seminar offers a comparative introduction to the evolving cultures and languages of the Pre-Islamic Middle East. Through selected textual readings from the rich literary traditions of particular languages, principally Sumerian and Akkadian, Assyro-Babylonian, Hittite, Hebrew / Aramaic, Ugaritic / Phoenician, Egyptian, Linear B, Iranian, Armenian, and South Semitic, we will concentrate on tracing the socio-cultural, religious, literary and linguistic evolution of the area. We will be using the panorama of the languagesí records as a springboard for addressing wider issues of cultural change. The comparative cultural, ethnohistorical, poetic, legal, and religious traditions that underlie and connect the various civilizations of the region before the advent of Islam will be explored in depth. Comparative connections with cultural neighbors (e.g. the Indus Valley and Vedic India in the east, Greece and Rome in the west) will be particularly emphasized, on the poetic, social, mythological, philosophical, and literary-linguistic levels. No mastery of particular Middle Eastern languages is presumed or required. Literary, poetic and religious texts from the inscriptional beginnings of writing will serve as documentary starting-points, to illuminate the rise, eclipse, and cross-fertilization of civilizations. Considerations of culture, art, community and language will be set against broader questions of diversity, change, and cultural / linguistic divides. EVALUATION 50 % seminar participation and discussions; 50 % presentations [researched projects/synopses], final paper. The evaluation of your performance is mainly based on your oral participation in activities, discussions, as well as two individual research projects and a final paper. Identical levels of expertise among the whole group are not expected. This means participation in discussions counts as much towards a grade as your projects and paper. This is a course with a Substantial Writing Component: 3 x 5-page essays; 1 x 2-page research-assignment report, for oral presentation. Participation in class activities and discussions: 50 %; Oral presentation [researched report], and initiative: 25 %; Essays: 25 %. 4 unexcused absences from class will mean that no grade will be given for the course.   Alter, Robert. The World of Biblical Literature. HarperCollins. Gurney, Oliver R. The Hittites. Penguin. Pritchard, James B. (ed.). The Ancient Near East (An Anthology of Texts and Pictures), vols. 1-2. Princeton UP.  COURSE-PACKET: AVAILABLE AT ABEL'S. The course-packet contains selections from the following, inter alia: Albright, W. F. The Archeology of Palestine. Boyce, Mary. A history of Zoroastrianism, vol. 1. Brill. Boyce, Mary. A reader in Manichaean. Ferguson, John. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mysticism. Thames & Hudson. Frye, Richard. The Heritage of Persia. Jean, Georges. Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts. Abrams. Malandra, William. An introduction to Ancient Iranian Religion. U. Minn. Press. Schmandt-Besserat, Denise. Before Writing, vols. 1-2. UT Press, 1996. C C 348 Roman Social History -W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27940 Riggsby MWF 12:00-1:00 WAG 112 meets with HIS 366N (35320). SWC This course will address, by lecture, discussion, and writing, several important topics in Roman social history: slavery, religion, education and literacy, families, the economy, city and country, and hierarchy. The primary focus will be on surveying what is known in these substantive areas, though some consideration will also be given to historiographic issues. Texts: North, Beard, and Price, Religions of Rome (vol. 1) Bradley, Slavery and Society at Rome Dixon, The Roman Family Finley, The Ancient Economy Alfoldy, Social History of Rome Keppie, Understanding Roman Inscriptions Course reader Grading: short paper (4pp) 15%, long paper (12pp) 40%, final exam (45%) C C 348 Stories of War - Honors Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27945 Palaima TTH 11:00-12:30 JES A303A meets with LAH 350 (25760), HMN 350 (35680) In this course we shall read in whole or in selections works that communicate the personal and social experience of war. We shall emphasize close reading of choice texts and investigate how human beings go about expressing their own indivdual or collective responses to the realities of war. There will also be two optional film viewings. The course will blend lecture with discussion. Homer, Iliad Euripides, "Trojan Women" Tim O'Brien, *If I Die in a Combat Zone* and *The Things They Carried* Bao Ninh, *The Sorrow of War*, Erich Maria Remarque, *All Quiet on the Western Front* Joseph Heller *Catch 22* John Hersey,*Hiroshima* These readings may be supplemented with selections in a course packet from Wallace Terry, *Bloods*, B. Edelman ed., *Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam*, and *The Oxford Book of War Poetry.* C C 348 Writing History in Greece/Rome - W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27950 Kallet TTH 12:30-2:00 GAR 203 meets with HIS 350L(35185). SWC The Greeks, followed by the Romans, were the first to write history and to distinguish history from myth; thus we owe both the idea of history and the practice of historical writing to them. They tackled themes common to other genres of literature, e.g. human nature, the relationship between gods and humans, causation, public and private, wealth and poverty, war and peace, morality; but they also departed from them in seeking to explain what really happened and why? In this course we shall read selections from the major Greek and Roman historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Sallust, Livy and Tacitus - and explore these themes and others. We shall ask questions designed to help understand the development of this novel genre, for example, what gave Herodotus, the first historian, the idea of investigating and writing up human history? How did historians define truth? What were the proper subjects of history? How does one explain the causes of events? In addition we shall look at modern interpretations of ancient historical writing. Basis of Grading: 50% Papers 25% Final Exam 25% Class Participation   Herodotus, The Persian Wars Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War Xenophon, History of Greece Sallust, The Jugurthine War Tacitus, Annals C C 348 4-History of Ancient Philosophy Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27955 Woodruff TTH 12:30-2:00 / F 1-2 WAG302 / SZB 526 meets with PHL 329K (38455) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 27960 TTH 12:30-2:00 / M 2-3 WAG 302 / GEA 127 meets with PHL 329K (38460) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 27965 TTH 12:30-2:00 / F 2-3 WAG 302 / WAG 210 meets with PHL 329K (38465) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 27970 TTH 12:30-2:00 / M 3-4 WAG 302 / BEN 202 meets with PHL 329K (38470) Development of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the earlyChristian era; emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor or the undergraduate adviser. Texts: TBA C C 348 5-Homosexuality in Antiquity - W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27975 Hubbard TTH 9:30-11:00 GAR 200 SWC This course will combine the methods of social history and literary criticism to examine attitudes toward homosexuality in Greek and Roman culture, and the influence of the Greek ideal in later literary and artistic culture. By studying the very different social constructions placed upon homosexual activity in Greek, Roman, early Christian, Renaissance, and modern civilization, the course will contribute to the ongoing essentialist vs. constructionist debate in Gay/Lesbian Studies. To what extent was "homosexuality" recognized as such in ancient cultures? To what extent were those who practiced it considered to be apart from the mainstream of society, and to what extent is it legitimate to speak of "homophobia" in antiquity? To what extent was sexual object-choice in antiquity related to distinctions of class and education? Is it legitimate to view hostility to homosexuality as a form of class-hatred? Should the educational framework of Greek man-boy love be viewed as a form of anthropological initiation ceremony? All these questions are hotly debated in the scholarly literature and will be discussed during the course of the semester. The foundational theoretical work for this course will be Michel Foucault's ground-breaking History of Sexuality, which analyzes sexual relations in terms of broader cultural systems of power and domination. After reading Foucault's work and that of one of his leading critics (Camille Paglia), we shall turn to a close examination of the literary, historical, and artistic evidence provided by the Greeks and Romans themselves. Students will be asked to evaluate the validity of various theoretical claims about ancient homosexuality by comparison with the actual evidence of primary texts. This course is designed to fulfill the Substantial Writing Component requirement. Accordingly, students will be asked to write three papers (6-8 pages) on themes such as homophobia and humor, man-boy love, lesbian vs. male homoerotic poetry, the evolution of cultural concepts of "otherness." In addition to marshaling evidence from the ancient texts themselves, students will be invited to compare and contrast ancient attitudes with their own experience of modern social constructions of homosexuality. The course grade will be based on the papers (20% each), class discussion (20%), and a final exam (20%). Students of all personal backgrounds are welcome in this course. The intention is not to proselytize, but to deal with this subject in a manner which is open-minded, sympathetic, and balanced. Michel Foucault, Use of Pleasure (Vintage) Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae (Vintage) Sappho. Paul Roche, tr., Love Songs of Sappho (Signet Classics) Aristophanes, Complete Plays (Bantam) Christopher Marlowe, Complete Plays (Penguin) Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Stories (Bantam) Plato. Nehamas & Woodruff, Symposium (Hackett) Plato. Nehamas & Woodruff, Phaedrus (Hackett) C C 348 10-Jesus in History & Tradition - W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 27985 White, L.M. MWF 10:00-11:00 WAG 214 same as RS 335 (39750). SWC This course will address two basic questions of historical inquiry: What can we know about the historical figure of Jesus? and How did the gospels tradition develop in the first century of the Christian movement? The course is designed to acquaint students with the major critical issues, scholarly debates, and historical methods in studying the development of the Christian tradition regarding the figure of Jesus. Historical backgrounds regarding prevailing religious beliefs and expectations within first century Jewish and Graeco-Roman religious cultures will establish the context for understanding the stories about Jesus. The course will focus on literary- and historical-critical methods of analyzing the Christian gospels and related materials. Special attention will be paid to pathways of literary and theological development from the earliest oral transmission to more elaborated forms of expression in various early Christian communities and traditions in order to understand how they came to present the story of Jesus. The main focus of the course will be on the canonical gospels found in the New Testament. The course will also introduce students to some of the non-canonical writings-- including the apocryphal gospels -- and their historical implications. This is a Substantial Writing Component course. There are no prerequisites and all work will be based on the English text of the New Testament. Students who wish to incorporated work in the Greek New Testament may consult with the instructor. The course will combine lecture and discussion format and students will be expected to participate actively. There will be two short (5-6 pages each) analytical essays. Each essay will analyze selected passages from the gospels using critical tools learned in the course. Each student will write a final research paper (10-12 pages), using standard conventions of style and referencing. The topic and research design will be developed by each student in consultation with the instructor based on individual topics of interest related to the course materials and methods. Use of incremental drafts in the writing is encouraged.  2 quizzes 20%; 2 short essays: 40% (20% each); Final paper: 30%; Class Participation 10% Bible (preferable with Apocrypha) in a good, modern English version. B. Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels, 5th ed. D. Duncan & D. Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, rev. ed. H.C. Kee, Jesus in History, rev. ed. E.R. Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus C C 352 Classical Mythology - W Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28000 Seaford TTH 11:00-12:30 WAG 112 SWC Greek myths are beautiful stories, but more than just beautiful stories. The course aims to understand what they express, and how they were produced, from various perspectives - historical, psychological, structuralist, and so on. The material is mainly literary, but includes also visual art. Why is it that Greek myths have lasted so long, and will continue to do so, whereas so much else in our culture is so quickly forgotten? Assignments: participation - 25%, exams - 25%, 2 writing assignments - 25% each Hesiod: Theogony. tr. M. L. West (Oxford, paperback 1999). The Homeric Hymns. tr. A. N. Athanassakis (Baltimore, 1976). Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound. tr. D. Grene (Chicago, 1956). Plutarch: Life of Theseus. tr. I. Scott-Kilvert (Penguin). Apollodorus: The Library of Greek Mythology. tr. R. Hard (Oxford, World's Classics, 1997). J. Bremmer, Interpretations of Greek Mythology (London (Routledge),1988). R. Buxton, Imaginary Greece (Cambridge, 1994). L. Edmunds, Approaches to Greek Myth (Johns Hopkins,1990). F. Graf, Greek Mythology: an Introduction (Princeton,1993). C C 354D Ancient History of Greece to 146 B.C. Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28005 Kroll MW 9-10 , F 19-10 WAG 201, RAS 313B same as HIS 354D (35245) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 28010 MW 9-10 , F 9-10 WAG 201, WAG 201 same as HIS 354D (35250) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 28015 MW 9-10, W 1-2 WAG 201, WEL 3.266 same as HIS 354D (35255) Unique No: Day/Time: Place: 28020 MW 9-10 , TH 1-2 WAG 201, RAS 215 same as HIS 354D (35260 History of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the defeat of Greece by Rome (404-146 B.C.) This course covers essential developments in Greek history during the 4th century and the Hellenistic period. Emphasis will be divided between political / military history (Alexander the Great is the pivotal figure of the course) and the changing social, cultural, and intellectual scene of the expanding Greek world. Lectures will be mostly slide-illustrated. The course will consist of two hours of lecture per week plus a one hour discussion section. There will two short writing assignments, two midterms, and a final examination. There are no prerequisites. The course counts towards the major in Ancient History and Classical Civization and the elective or area D requirements M. Crawford and D. Whitehead, Archaic and Classical Greece F. Walbank, The Hellenistic World W.R. Conner, Greek Orations Plutarch, Age of Alexander Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander Menander, Dyskolus R. Hamilton, Alexander the Great C C 380J Proseminar In Classical Literature Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28040 Gagarin TTH 12:30-2:00 WAG 10 meets with GK 380J (28185), LAT 380J(28450) This course is designed for first-year graduate students as a brief survey of the history of Classical Literature, and a basic orientation to the major periods and genres. Different members of the faculty (and occasionally, visitors from outside the department) will lecture students in one-week installments on topics such as Archaic Greek Epic, Archaic Greek Lyric, Greek Tragedy, Greek Comedy, Greek Historiography, Greek Oratory, Hellenistic Literature, Ancient Philosophy, Republican Roman Literature, Roman Epic, Roman Historiography, Roman Satire, Republican and Augustan Lyric, Silver Latin, and the Literature of Late Antiquity. Students will be expected to read the appropriate sections of standard literary histories, and approximately 500 lines of Greek or Latin text per week, as assigned by the various instructors. The course grade will be based on periodic translation quizzes on the assigned reading (one-third) and an essay-style final exam on the general history of Greek and Latin Literature (two-thirds). G. B. Conte, I (Johns Hopkins). A. Lesky, A History of Greek Literature (xeroxed). C C 383 Greek Constitution Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28050 Perlman TTH 3:30-5:00 WAG 10 meets with GK 390 (28210) Ancient Jeopardy: Students of the Lyceum collected one hundred fifty-eight of them. Xenophon's treatment of Sparta's includes a description of brides dressed in drag. Aristotle contrived a taxonomy of them. None exists in fact. Question: What is a politeia? In this seminar we shall explore the full range of evidence (textual, archaeological, and epigraphic) for ancient Greek government. It is probably fair to conclude that we know more about Athens' democracy than we do about the governments of all other Greek poleis combined. And so Athens has become our model-- and yet a peculiar model in that Athens' democracy was clearly (or was it?) extraordinary. Our focus will be the Greek poleis apart from Athens. We shall begin with Aristotle's taxonomy of politeiai and his discussion of political change in the Politics and then move on to examine how government worked in a range of Greek poleis. Among the questions we shall consider are: Are the categories of democracy and oligarchy as defined by Aristotle useful in analyzing ancient Greek government? How was citizenship defined and how was its definition manipulated? Can we identify political change in the epigraphic and archaeological sources? Or are we largely at the mercy of the interests and attention of the literary texts in its detection? What was the nexus between the social organization of the community and its political structure? How were public decisions made? What mechanisms were there for controlling the conduct of officials? Did the political institutions of a polis encourage or discourage broad participation on the part of the citizen population? Grades will be based on regular and informed class participation, reports by seminarians, and a research paper. If you have $165.00 to spare, I would recommend P. J. Rhodes with the late D. M. Lewis, The Decrees if the Greek States. Oxford, 1997. C C 383 Intro to Diachronic Linguistics: German Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28055 Southern TTH 2:00-3:30 EPS 4.102A meets with ANT 393, GER 381, LIN 383 This seminar aims to provide an up-to-date review of the study of language change (historical linguistics), as it applies to the German language and the Germanic language-family. The course is aimed at linguists, anthropologists, Germanists, Classicists, and English specialists. No mastery of particular linguistic concepts is presumed or required. We will be surveying the changes that have taken place in methodology since the Neo-Grammarians and Saussure, and we will be assessing objectively the contributions of major ideas, theories and hypotheses in tackling central questions of language. The extension of the rule-oriented approach of "generativism" to historical problems, which profoundly affects the areas of historical syntax and phonology, will also receive special attention. Also taken into account is the recent research on "convergence", pidgins and creoles, dialectology, etc. In particular, Labov's pathbreaking work in sociolinguistics opens the way to the rethinking of the problems regarding the nature and motivation of language change. Sound change will be analyzed in detail as well as analogy, with German and Germanic examples. Semantic, morphological and syntactic changes will then be examined, as well as the results of language contact óÝlexical borrowing, dialects, areal convergence, creolization, etc. The emergence of Yiddish and other dialects within West Germanic will be carefully considered, as will the development of Standard German. Internal reconstruction will lead the way to the comparative method and comparative reconstruction. We will conclude with some reflections on language change and language acquisition. CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH. EVALUATION Seminar participation: 50 %; Oral presentations, assignments: 25 % Final paper: 25 %. The evaluation of your performance is mainly based on your oral participation in activities, discussions, as well as individual presentations and a final paper. Identical levels of linguistic expertise among the whole group are not expected. This means participation in discussions counts as much towards a grade as written assignments and the research paper. PREREQUISITE Graduate standing, OR permission of the instructor. Also: an interest in language; willingness to surprise yourself. McMahon, April. Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: 1994. Robinson, Orrin. Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages. Stanford: 1992. Waterman, John. A History of the German Language. Waveland Press / U. Washington Press: 1991 (repr.). Russ, Charles. The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction. 1994. **COURSE-PACKET: AVAILABLE AT ABEL'S, 715-D W 23rd St. The Course-packet contains selections from the following, inter alia: Clyne, Michael. The German Language in a Changing Europe. Cambridge: 1996. Nielsen, Hans. The Germanic Languages. Origins & Dialectal Development. 1989. Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. Morrow: 1994. Stevenson, Patrick. The German Speaking World. Oxford: 1997. Labov, William. Principles of Linguistic Change. Oxford: 1994. C C 383 Mycenaean And Minoan Religion Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28060 Shelmerdine MW 1:30-3:00 WAG 10 meets with GK 390 (28215) This seminar will survey the evidence for both Minoan and Mycenaean religion. Much still remains uncertain, but there is increasing evidence for deities, offerings, cult places and rituals of various kinds&emdash;state-level and popular, in shrines, palaces, houses and tombs. We will consider religious sites and buildings, objects, and cult practices. In addition to sites and artifacts we will use iconographical material, chiefly painting and glyptic. On the Mycenaean side the textual evidence of the Linear B tablets will also be available. On this topic we shall complement rather than duplicating, or omitting, material covered in the Fall 1999 seminar on Greek Religion: Linear B. But the objective overall will be to construct as full a picture as possible of religious beliefs and practices during the Bronze Age. Part of that process will be assessing the limitations of the evidence; another part will be a careful comparison of the Minoan picture with the Mycenaean. The course will interest students of history, of religion, and of the Bronze Age, as well as anyone who wants to learn more about the synergy between textual and archaeological evidence. Assessment will be based on reports and on a substantial research paper. Handouts and a substantial library reserve list. C C 383 Topics in Comparative Romance Syntax: Diachronic Comparative Syntax Unique No: Instructor: Day/Time: Place: 28063 Bauer TTH 9:30-11:00 HCH 2.106C meets with FR 396K, ITL 396K, LIN 384, POR 396K, SPN 396K In this course we will analyze how the Romance languages came into being, how they developed, in what respect they are "Romance," and in what respect they differ. We will focus on syntax, but also refer to other aspects of language. First we will discuss the notion of "Romance language," as well as methods, sources, and specific methodological problems in comparative Romance linguistics. We will also analyze the major changes in the development of Late Latin, the process of language spreading and "dialectalization," and the notion of Proto-Romance. Subsequently we will discuss the degree of archaisms in each of the Romance languages, and analyze phenomena that are attested in all of them, pointing out the parallels and differences, such as the development of auxilairies (e.g. "have"), the emergence of the article, the development of nominal categories, the development of the comparative construction, the emergence of the adverb in -ment(e), or the use of nominal forms of the verb. Reading packet and Harris, Martin & Nigel Vincent. 1990. The Romance Languages. London: Routledge. Computation of grade: one written exam during the semester (30%); reading assignments and class discussion (20%); one preliminary paper (10%); paper and oral presentation (40%); final exam - NO. C C 383K Current Concepts in Research in Classics Unique No: Instructor: 28065 Member GSC This organized course will accommodate various research topics that cannot be accommodated otherwise. Spring 2000 courses Greek Latin

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