In the Department of Classics.
Described under "Classics" are the majors and minors for which courses in Latin may be applied.

COURSE OFFERINGS

111f    Introductory Latin    Learn Latin grammar and syntax while reading Roman comedy! Laugh your way through declensions and conjugations and develop reading skills. Four credit hours.    BARRETT, O'NEILL

112s    Intermediate Latin    As you learn more Latin, you read extracts from Roman law courts. If the toga doesn't fit, you must acquit. Prerequisite: Latin 111. Four credit hours.    BARRETT, O'NEILL

131f    Introduction to Latin Literature    Selected readings. Successful completion of this course fulfills the College language requirement. Prerequisite: Latin 112, or appropriate score on the College Board Latin SAT-II test or placement test administered during new student orientation. Four credit hours.  L.    O'NEILL

[237]    Runaways, Wolves, and Kings--Livy's History of Rome    Livy's account of the foundation and early days of Rome has less to do with history than with myth and legend. These famous stories give insight into how the Romans constructed their heroes and villains, and Livy writes beautiful Latin prose. Four credit hours.  L.    

251f    Ovid: Metamorphoses    An examination of Ovid's most famous work for evidence of the author's views on poetry, politics, and power, as a basis for discussion of Ovid's artistry and inventiveness. Four credit hours.  L.    O'NEILL

[255]    Forbidden Love: Dido and Aeneas (Virgil, Book 4)    Translation and analysis of selections from the Aeneid concerning the ill-starred love of Dido and Aeneas. Topics for discussion include duty vs. love, Dido as foreign enchantress, Virgil and Homer, love as a madness/disease, and legitimate couple or illicit lovers? Four credit hours.  L.    

[271]    Horace's Epodes: Lampoons and Blame Poetry    Horace is one of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, but often textbooks focus on his blandest poems for fear of offending anyone. A selection from The Epodes, a book of often scurrilous abuse in poetic form focusing in particular on his poems about witches and witchcraft. Four credit hours.  L.    

[341]    Sacred Rites and Erotic Magic: Propertius 4    An analysis of the two, rival poetic programs of Propertius 4; how "patriotic" poems become erotic manifestos, and how sacred rites are profaned by erotic ritual. Four credit hours.  L.    

[352]    Roman Drama: Seneca, Phaedra     Four credit hours.    

[353]    Catullus and Horace: Poetry of Love and Wine    The course will concentrate on Catullus: his passionate feelings for a woman and his tortured grief for his brother. Other readings include a few of Horace's short poems on wine, politics, and friendship. Four credit hours.  L.    

358s    Tacitus: Agricola     Four credit hours.  L.    O'NEILL

[362]    Lovers, Exiles, and Shepherds--Virgil's Eclogues    The Eclogues have exerted a tremendous influence on later poets across Europe and the Americas. Virgil's bucolic poetry draws on ancient learning, contemporary politics, and his own artistic sensibility. Four credit hours.    

491f, 492s    Independent Study    Reading in a field of the student's interest, with essays and conferences. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. One to four credit hours.    FACULTY