01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Courses in Classical Civilization (Division 344)

CLCIV 456. Egypt after the Pharaohs: Public and Private Life in an Ancient Multicultural Society.: (3).; This course studies a major ancient culture under Greek and Roman rule. We begin with a historical and geographic overview; proceed with diachronic case studies on themes such as daily life, ethnicity, gender, religion, army, administration, and social mobility; and conclude with its influence on modern popular culture.
CLCIV 465. The Individual in Greek Society.: (3).; The individual as seen in Greek literature, plastic art, law and society. Readings from epic, lyric poetry, drama, history, philosophy, inscriptions; the evidence of mythology. Special attention to the question of women and slaves; popular as opposed to systematic value systems. Lectures and class discussion. Final examination; 10-page paper.
CLCIV 466 / RELIGION 468. Greek Religion.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; Lectures, readings, and slides illustrate a survey of ancient Greek religious belief and observances and the ways in which Greek religious attitudes, customs, and practices influenced political institutions, moral standards, and contemporary and later religious systems (e.g., Roman and Christian).
CLCIV 468. Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.: (3).; Hellenistic and Roman Egypt are studied through English translations of documents related to government, economics, society, and religion in the six centuries following Alexander the Great.
CLCIV 472. Roman Law.: Not open to first-year students. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Acquaints students with the fundamental concepts of Roman private law, their legal origin in the society and government of the High Roman Empire, and their all-important influence on the development of Western European legal theory and tradition.
CLCIV 473. Roman Decadence.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; The phenomena of literary decadence are isolated and examined in representative works including Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Lucan, Petronius, Juvenal, and Augustine. Reference is made to parallel periods of decadence in other literatures.
CLCIV 481. The Classical Tradition.: Class. Civ. 101 or 102. (3).; Examines the role of the classical heritage in Western Europe and in early modern America. Emphasis is placed both on the literary and the political and legal aspects of this heritage. In studying original texts relevant to these themes, students are asked to consider different meaning of the concept “tradition,” and the cultural and political importance of collective memory.
CLCIV 660 / POLSCI 606. Greek Political Thought.: Graduate standing. (3).; The course will deal with crisis in political thinking during the fifth century BC. The course will concentrate on careful reading of the relevant texts which will include works by Antiphon, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and most particularly Plato and Aristotle.

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