Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

ANME 100 - The Topography and Archaeology of the Ancient Roman City

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ANME 102 - Reed in Greece: The Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Greece

This course will center on visits to some of the most important sites of ancient Greece, including Athens, Sparta, Olympia, Mycenae, and Delphi - along with their museums. During the tour, students will develop an understanding of Greek topography, political geography, material culture, and the work that civic spaces performed in the formation of Greek social, political, economic, and cultural structures. Our visit will encompass a variety of civic spaces, including sanctuaries, cemeteries, citadels, theaters, marketplaces, and stadia. During the second half of the fall semester and the first half of the spring semester, students will be required to attend several mandatory class meetings (with readings), conduct research on a chosen site/monument, and prepare a site guide for their fellow students to use on-site.

ANME 251 - Ancient Greek Athletics

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ANME 263 - Tragedy in the Polis

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ANME 371 - The Greek World from 776 to 404 BCE

This course offers a chronological survey of archaic and classical Greek history and civilization from the traditional foundation of the Olympic games in 776 BCE to the fall of the Athenian Empire in 404 BCE. After beginning with a brief look at Bronze and Dark Age Greece, we will cover the following topics: the rise of the polis; Greek colonization; the "Age of Revolution"; hoplite warfare, aristocracy, and the spread of tyranny; the rise of Athens and Sparta; the Persian Wars; the development of Athens's democracy and empire; the causes and course of the Peloponnesian War; the development of ethnography and historical inquiry; and the nature of Greek social relations, with an emphasis on slavery and gender dynamics in Athens and Sparta. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of ancient evidence, including primary literary works, inscriptions, and relevant archaeological material. 

ANME 372 - The Hellenistic World: Egypt, the Middle East, and Central Asia after Alexander the Great

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ANME 377 - Women in the Ancient World

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ANME 382 - Material Culture and Empire: The Archaeology of the Roman World

This course considers the archaeology and material culture of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome, Italy, and the provinces. This course is theoretically grounded in the archaeology of empire, but will also be content-based, covering major sites throughout the empire and classes of material culture. Topics to be covered may include the origin and development of the city of Rome; imperial display; daily life in the Roman Empire; the archaeology of the Roman economy; the archaeology of cult and religion; provincial archaeology and the relationship between center and periphery; the archaeology of border regions; and methodological and disciplinary issues in approaching a vast territorial empire. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on the archaeology of identity in an imperial context.

ANME 383 - Contact and Exchange in the Mediterranean: The Archaeology of the Greek World

This course considers the archaeology and material culture of the Greek world, centering on the Aegean and the wider eastern Mediterranean and Near East, as well as other areas of Greek settlement. The focus will be both theoretical and content-based, covering important sites, objects, and classes of material culture. Topics to be covered may include the development of urban and public space; monumental architecture; sculpture and other fine arts; houses, households, and the archaeology of daily life; Greek colonization and city foundations; ceramics and the use of pottery as archaeological evidence; and funerary practices. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on the interaction between Greeks and other groups in the Mediterranean, and the material effects of that interaction.

ANME 384 - Empires of the Nile: The Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia

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ANME 385 - Mummies, Urns, and Ancestors: The Archaeology of Death and Burial

This course examines archaeological approaches to human death and burial, introducing how archaeologists use the material remains of mortuary practice to analyze ritual, social, economic, and ideological institutions, structures, and identities in past societies. Using case studies drawn from ancient Egypt and the wider ancient Mediterranean, this course will present a theoretical grounding for the archaeological investigation of human burial, including bioarchaeological and osteological approaches. From the perspective of funerary practice, we will examine social structure, class, and rank; religion and belief systems; ethnicity and cultural identity; age, sex, and gender; and memory and ancestor veneration. This course will also consider aspects of archaeological ethics as it relates to the study of human remains.

ANME 386 - Karanis: The Archaeology of a Roman Egyptian Town

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ANME 481 - Independent Reading

GLAM 470 - Thesis

GRK 111 - First-Year Greek: Part I

This course offers a study of the elements of ancient Greek grammar and syntax, introduces students to the cultures that used ancient Greek, and conducts first readings in Greek prose and poetry.

GRK 112 - First-Year Greek: Part II

This course offers a study of the elements of ancient Greek grammar and syntax, introduces students to the cultures that used ancient Greek, and conducts first readings in Greek prose and poetry.

GRK 201 - Intermediate Greek

This course offers an intensive review of the grammar and syntax studied in first-year Greek, while refining and extending students' facility with the Greek language. Students will develop close reading and interpretive skills as well as familiarity with a variety of literary styles and authors.

GRK 301 - Advanced Greek I

This seminar focuses on expanding students' interpretive skills and critical vocabulary. Students analyze primary texts in the original and in translation, and employ and critique relevant scholarship and theory that aids the reading and understanding of these texts. Students typically study one landmark work of Greek literature, such as the Iliad or Odyssey or an Attic tragedy. Students also gain a broader understanding of Greek literary production.

GRK 302 - Advanced Greek II

This seminar utilizes and expands the linguistic and interpretive skills that students have developed in first-year and intermediate Greek. Students analyze primary texts in the original and in translation, and employ and critique relevant scholarship and theory that aids the reading and understanding of these texts. A wide range of seminars is offered over a four-year period. While some seminars are organized around specific works, others focus on authors, genres, and periods or places. Recent seminars have explored fifth-century Athenian tragedy, the development of historiography and ethnography, the politics and representation of athletics, the transformation of Greek literature in the Hellenistic world, and the Hellenistic urban environment.

LAT 111 - First-Year Latin: Part I

This course offers a study of the elements of Latin grammar and syntax, introduces students to the cultures that used Latin, and conducts first readings in Latin prose and poetry.

LAT 112 - First-Year Latin: Part II

This course offers a study of the elements of Latin grammar and syntax, introduces students to the cultures that used Latin, and conducts first readings in Latin prose and poetry.

LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin

This course offers an intensive review of the grammar and syntax studied in first-year Latin, while refining and extending students' facility with the Latin language. Students will develop close reading and interpretive skills as well as familiarity with a variety of literary styles and authors.

LAT 301 - Advanced Latin I

This seminar focuses on expanding students' interpretive skills and critical vocabulary. Students analyze primary texts in the original and in translation, and employ and critique relevant scholarship and theory that aids the reading and understanding of these texts. Students typically study one landmark work of Roman literature, such as Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Horace's Odes, Statius's Thebaid, or Apuleius's Metamorphoses. Students also gain a broader understanding of Roman literary production.

LAT 302 - Advanced Latin II

This seminar utilizes and expands the linguistic and interpretive skills that students have developed in their prior Latin work. Students analyze primary texts in the original and in translation, and employ and critique relevant scholarship and theory that aids the reading and understanding of these texts. A wide range of seminars is offered over a four-year period. While some seminars are organized around specific works, others focus on authors, genres, and periods or places. Recent seminars have explored the genre of Roman love elegy and how it changed in the hands of its different practitioners, the reception of Roman love poetry in English, the politics of bodily change, epic and encyclopedism in relation to the imperial power exercised both on and by the Roman elite male, the decay of the Roman Republic, and the formation of the imperial system.