CLCV 104 - Classical Mythology    Instructor:  Bryan Burns

MTH:  11:10 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Achilles' heel, the Trojan Horse, Pandora's Box, an Oedipal complex, a Herculean task—themes and figures from classical mythology continue to play an important role in our everyday life. We will read the original tales of classical heroes and heroines together with more modern treatments in film and literature. Why do these stories continue to engage, entertain, and even shock us? What is the nature and power of myth? Readings from ancient sources in English translation.

Prerequisite: None

Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy or Language and Literature   

Semester: Spring     Unit: 1.0

CLCV 243 - Roman Law     Instructor:  Ray Starr

TF:  1:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Ancient Roman civil law; its early development, codification, and continuing alteration; its historical and social context (property, family, slavery); its influence on other legal systems. Extensive use of actual cases from antiquity.

Prerequisite: None  Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and  Behavioral Analysis

Semester: Spring    Unit: 1.0

CLCV 201 - The Age of Experiment: Literature and Culture of Archaic Greece

Instructor:  Kate Gilhuly

TF:  2:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Beautiful and moving on its own terms, the poetry of Homer, Hesiod and Sappho also gives us a window into one of the most turbulent, prolific, and influential periods of Greek history. From the eighth to the sixth century B.C.E., an amazing array of events—the rediscovery of the alphabet, the development of far-reaching trade routes and colonial foundations, the establishment of the Olympic games and a PanHellenic identity—completely transformed the way the Greeks constructed their world — imaginatively and literally. This course will explore the textual traces of this expansive and experimental period through the works of Homer, Hesiod, lyric poetry, and selections from Herodotus.

Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring     Unit: 1.0

Greek

GRK 102 -  Beginning Greek II      Instructor:  Bryan Burns

MTWTH: 8:50 a.m. –9:40 a.m.

Further development of reading and language skills from Greek authors.

Prerequisite: GRK 101 or equivalent

Distribution: None  Semester: Spring    Unit: 1.0

GRK 202 – Homer    Instructor:  Kate Gilhuly

TWF: 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m.

Study of selected books in Greek from Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, with emphasis on the oral style of early epic; further reading in Homer in translation; the archaeological background of the period.

Prerequisite: GRK 201Distribution: Language and Literature

Semester: Spring             Unit: 1.0

GRK 306 - Herodotus           Instructor: Carol Dougherty

MTH: 9:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

In this course students will read selections from Herodotus' Histories. We will consider the text in light of the historiographical and literary traditions, with a view toward understanding Herodotus' innovations and inheritance.

Prerequisite: GRK 202 or permission of instructor

Distribution: Language and Literature

Semester: Spring             Unit: 1.0

Latin

LAT 102 - Beginning Latin II          Instructor: Liz Young

MTWTH: 8:50 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

Further development of Latin reading and language skills.

Prerequisite: LAT 101

Distribution: None  Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0

LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin II: Vergil and Augustus    Instructor: Ray Starr

TWF: 9:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Vergil's Aeneid, Georgics, and Eclogues in their literary context of both Greek poetry (Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Euripides) and Latin poetry (Ennius, Lucretius, Catullus, Horace) and in their historical context in the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Readings in Latin from Vergil and in translation from other ancient works. Use of Internet resources on Vergil and Rome.

Prerequisite: 200 or Wellesley's placement exam and permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature    Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0

LAT 315 – Ovid        Instructor: Liz Young

MTH: 1:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Many of our favorite mythological tales come down to us from Ovid's Metamorphoses, an iconoclastic compendium of Greco-Roman myth that defies categorization. We will read our way through key portions of this kaleidoscopic poem, paying close attention to Ovid's luxuriant Latin while probing his delightful, but often discomfiting, tales from a number of angles. Domination and desire, political and personal sovereignty, order versus entropy, and the seductive powers of narrative are just some of the issues probed by this irrepressible poem. We will use our close engagement with Ovid's text as an opportunity to examine these and other literary and philosophical questions.

Prerequisite: 201 or a 300-level Latin course or Wellesley’s placement exam and permission of the instructor.

Distribution: Language & Literature  Semester: Spring  Unit: 1.0