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FALL 2013 GRADUATE CLASSICS COURSES
ARH5174 Topography of Rome
Relentlessly transformed and re-designed by a variety of agencies, Rome never remained a
museum to its own past. As it stands, its ever-evolving built environment is the palimpsest of
millennia of building events, each with its own rationale and agencies. Trough the analysis of
urban fabric and the voices of the ancient authors we will navigate the vast cityscape of Rome,
investigating the evolution that in a few centuries led a modest constellation of villages to the
highest prominence. Of course, much emphasis will be put on the city during classical and late
antiquity, but we will also look at the modern re-invention of the imperial city. It should be
stressed that topics like appropriation of the past, re-use of architecture, and political agendas
will have centrality in the course.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM
FAB 0249
Andrea DeGiorgi
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
ARH5174 Greek Temples
This course will introduce students to the origins and formal development of the Greek temple
and to the distinctive regional variations in the building type. The course will also examine the
religious and social functions of temples in order for students understand the central role of
temples in ancient Greek society.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
MoWe 12:30PM - 1:45PM
FAB 0249
Christopher Pfaff
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
CLA5799 Athenian Vase Painting
This course will provide an opportunity for graduate students to examine a variety of issues
related to the art of vase painting in ancient Athens: technique, artists’ hands and personalities,
the status of the art form and its relation to other media, and the meaning and function of the
images.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
We 3:30PM - 6:00PM
DOD 0205I
Christopher Pfaff
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
EUH5417 Roman Republic
In this course, we will consider Rome from its origins as a tiny village through its transformation
into a Mediterranean empire, with a particular focus on the period 509-31 BCE. In addition to
exploring major shifts in the cultural, political, military, and economic landscapes of the Roman
Republic, we will engage with the methodological issues that arise from the fragmentary and
often ambiguous evidence for this period of ancient history.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
TuTh 3:35PM - 4:50PM
MON 0004
Jessica Clark
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
GRW5345 Hesiod
We shall be reading in Greek Hesiod’s Theogony. Required Text: any text of Hesiod’s
Theogony. (Students will also need to have access to West, M.L., 1966. Hesiod, Theogony,
edited with Prolegomena and Commentary. Oxford. It is currently out of print, but second-hand
and library copies may be available.)
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM
DOD 0205I
Francis Cairns
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
GRW5909 Homer, Odyssey
This course, open to students who have had at least three semesters of classical Greek, will read
selections from Books I to XII of the Odyssey. Class will consist of daily translation and
discussion of the texts read; there will also be regular quizzes and three exams.
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Instructor
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TBA
DOD 0205I
John Marincola
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
GRW6930 Law and Rhetoric in Classical Athens
A recent and influential school of thought holds that the Athenian legal system was primitive in
nature. Among other things, it was concerned not with settling disputes but with prolonging
them; it was characterized by self-help as opposed to communal enforcement of norms; and its
courts privileged non-legal factors such as rank and status when reaching decisions. This seminar
will evaluate these and other conclusions through close readings of select speeches of the Attic
orators. Students will be responsible for several speeches in their original Greek; others will be
read in English.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
Mo 3:30PM - 6:00PM
DOD 0205I
James Sickinger
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
LNW5325 Catullus
Translation of the entirety of the Catullan oeuvre, with particular attention both to the mechanics
of the Latin and the larger cultural milieu.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
MoWe 12:30PM - 1:45PM
DOD 0205I
Laurel Fulkerson
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
LNW5385 Sallust
In this course, we will read the surviving works of the Roman historian Sallust (ca. 86-35 BCE).
Our focus will be both stylistic and historical, as we explore the development of Latin prose and
the functions of historiography at Rome through the close reading of Sallust’s accounts of
corruption, conspiracy, and civil strife at the end of the Roman Republic.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM
DOD 0205I
Jessica Clark
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
LNW5932 Ovid, Ars Amatoria
This intermediate Latin course offers an introduction to Ovid’s Ars Amatoria (Art of Love). We
will engage in close reading of selections from the first two books of the poem, which offer
advice on how to “conquer” women (Book 1) and how to retain their love (Book 2). Particular
attention will be devoted to issues of grammar, syntax, style, genre, and meter.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM
LSB 0002
Timothy Stover
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013
LNW6930 Suetonius
In this course we will look at the development of Latin biography through the works of Cornelius
Nepos and Suetonius, its place in the Roman intellectual tradition, and its interaction with the
evolving ideologies of the Roman empire. In the past Latin biography has received scant praise
and insufficient scholarly attention. We will strive to understand the intellectual and ideological
contributions of Latin biography, most particularly the works of Suetonius, on their own terms
and within their historical context.
Days & Times
Room
Instructor
Meeting Dates
Tu 3:30PM - 6:00PM
DOD 0205I
Trevor Luke
08/26/2013 - 12/13/2013