Classical Studies (CLST)
Professor Antonaccio, Chair (233H Allen); Associate Professor Woods, Director of Graduate Studies (233C Allen); Professors Antonaccio, Boatwright, Burian, Davis; Associate Professors Janan, Sosin, Woods; Assistant Professor González; Professors Emeriti Clay, Newton, Richardson, Rigsby, Stanley; Research Professor Euben; Adjunct Associate Professor Dillon (Art, Art History and Visual Studies)
The Department of Classical Studies offers graduate work leading to the PhD degree in classical studies. Work in the department encompasses all aspects of the Greco-Roman world: students in the program are able, through course work, directed research, and their own teaching, to prepare for careers of teaching and research as broadly trained classical scholars. For regular admission, students should offer at least three years of college study in one of the classical languages and two in the other. Before developing a specialization within the program, students are expected to acquire facility in both Greek and Latin, a broad knowledge of the literatures and of ancient history and archaeology, and command of research methods. Reading knowledge of French and German is required for the PhD. There are no specific course requirements for the PhD in classical studies, but students normally complete their coursework by the end of the fifth semester. The resources of the department include important collections of Greek and Latin manuscripts and papyri, and a study collection of Greek and Roman art.
CLASSICAL STUDIES (CLST)
203. Ancient Political Philosophy (C-N). 3 units. C-L: see Political Science 223
207. Ancient Greek Religion: 1200 - 300 B.C.. Greek religion from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period through literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources. Prerequisite: some background in Greek history, art, or myth. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Antonaccio or staff. 3 units.
211S. Plato. 3 units. C-L: see Philosophy 211S
217S. Aristotle. 3 units. C-L: see Philosophy 217S
220S. Topics in Greek Art. 3 units. C-L: see Art History 201S
221. Archaic Greece. Greece and the Near East from the end of the Bronze Age to the Persian Wars. Instructor: Antonaccio. 3 units. C-L: History 259
224. The Roman Republic. The rise of Rome, to its mastery of the Mediterranean; the political, social, and cultural consequences. Instructor: Boatwright. 3 units. C-L: History 263
225. The Roman Empire. The foundation, consolidation, and transformation of Roman rule from Augustus to Diocletian. Instructor: Boatwright. 3 units. C-L: History 264
226. Late Antiquity. The institutional, intellectual, religious, and social transformation of the late Roman Empire. Instructor: Boatwright. 3 units. C-L: History 266
228. The Legacy of Greece and Rome. The reception of classical antiquity--its literature, art and architecture--in subsequent ages, from the early medieval period to the present day. Instructor: Woods. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 228
231S. Greek Sculpture. Free-standing, relief, and architectural sculpture from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic age, representing changing aesthetic, social, and political aims. Instructor: Dillon. 3 units. C-L: Art History 238S
232S. Greek Painting. From the Late Bronze Age to the fourth century B.C. with emphasis on archaic and classical Athenian vase painters. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: Art History 237S
236S. Roman Painting. Techniques, iconography, and use in decoration. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: Art History 227S
For Graduate Students Only
301. Proseminar: Introduction to Classical Studies. Credit/no credit grading only. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
311. Archaeology Seminar I. Selected topics. Instructor: Antonaccio or staff. 3 units.
312. Archaeology Seminar II. Selected topics. Instructor: Antonaccio or staff. 3 units.
321. Seminar in Ancient History I. Selected topics. Instructor: Boatwright or Sosin. 3 units.
322. Seminar in Ancient History II. Selected topics. Instructor: Boatwright or Sosin. 3 units.
399. Directed Reading and Research. Credit to be arranged. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
GREEK (GREEK)
200. Intensive Readings in Greek Literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
201. Readings in Greek Literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
203. Homer. Problems of language, structure, and interpretation in the Iliad; present state of Homeric scholarship and authorship. Instructor: Burian or González. 3 units.
205. Greek Lyric Poets. Fragments of the early lyric poets; selected odes of Pindar and Bacchylides. Instructor: Burian or González. 3 units.
207. The Dramatists. Reading and interpretation of selected plays relating to cultural values of Ancient Greece. Instructor: Burian. 3 units.
209. Introduction to Hellenistic Literature. Readings in selected texts of the period from Alexander to Augustus, including historical narratives, documents, philosophical and scholarly treatises, drama, and poetry. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
211. Greek Literature in the Roman Empire. Readings in the Second Sophistic, the novel, history, philosophy, and poetry. Instructor: Sosin or staff. 3 units.
222. The Historians. Readings and studies in the major Greek historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Instructor: Sosin or staff. 3 units.
For Graduate Students Only
301. Seminar in Greek Literature I. Selected authors and topics. Instructor: Burian or González. 3 units.
313. Seminar in Greek Epigraphy. Instructor: Sosin. 3 units.
321. Seminar in Papyrology. Instructor: Sosin. 3 units.
399. Directed Reading and Research. Credit to be arranged. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
LATIN (LATIN)
201. Readings in Latin Literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
204. Epic of the Silver Age. Lucan to Statius. Instructor: Janan. 3 units.
206S. Cicero. Instructor: Boatwright. 3 units.
211S. Latin Love Poetry II. Analysis of erotic themes in the works of Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid, plus examples of ''proto-elegy'' by Catullus. Close attention to the stylistics of the poems, their place in the traditions of Latin love elegy, and their relation to other phenomena (historical, political, social) of the Augustan period. Instructor: Davis or Janan. 3 units.
214S. The Historians. Investigation of the Roman concept and practice of writing history, from Cato to Ammianus Marcellinus. Readings include Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus, and comparative Greek historians (in translation). Instructor: Boatwright or staff. 3 units.
216S. The Roman Provincial. Latin texts and inscriptions relating to Roman "provincials" and their integration as "Romans": for example, Caesar's Gallic Wars, Tacitus, Agricola, Juvenal, inscriptions documenting grants of Roman citizenship. Instructor: Boatwright. 1 unit.
217S. Latin Prose Syntax and Style. Latin prose composition combined with analysis of the style and syntax of select Latin prose authors. Instructor: Richardson. 3 units.
240S. Special Topics in Latin Literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Topics change each semester offered. Instructor: Woods or staff. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 239S
For Graduate Students Only
301. Seminar in Latin Literature I. Selected authors and topics. Instructor: Boatwright, Davis, Janan, or Woods. 3 units.
302. Seminar in Latin Literature II. Selected authors and topics. Instructor: Boatwright, Davis, Janan, or Woods. 3 units.
312. Seminar in Latin Palaeography. Instructor: Woods. 3 units.
314. Seminar in Latin Epigraphy. Instructor: Boatwright or Sosin. 3 units.
399. Directed Reading and Research. Credit to be arranged. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
