MA Greek Reading
List
This list represents the minimum of reading
in Greek literature the department wishes a MA candidate to have
completed before taking the History of Greek Literature Examination.
It is recommended that at least the selections
in bold face be read in the original, since they are exemplary texts
and represent the sort of passages chosen for the MA Greek Translation
Examination. Passages on the Translation Examination
need not be restricted to this list; however, if passages not on
the list are selected, graders will take this fact into consideration.
Further reading, in the original or in English, is always appropriate
and encouraged.
Aeschylus - Oresteia
Apollonius of Rhodes - Arg. III
Aristophanes - Clouds, Frogs, Lysistrata, Knights
Aristotle - Poetics
Callimachus - Aetia I.1, Hymn to Apollo
Demosthenes - On the Crown (199-217, 256-67), On the Crown
Euripides - Medea, Bacchae, Hippolytus
Herodotus - I. (1-68 ), II, VI-IX
Hesiod - Theogony, Works and Days
Homer - Iliad (I, VI.237-529, XXII, XXIV) Odyssey (I, XIX),
All
Lyric Poetry - Solon, Sappho (Selections in Campbell)
Lysias - XII
Pindar - Ol. 1, 6
Plato - Apology, Euthyphro, Phaedo, Symp., Rep.
Sophocles - Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone
Theocritus - Id. I
Thucydides - I.1-22, II.1-65, All
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MA/MAT Latin Reading List
This list represents the minimum of reading in Latin literature
the department wishes a MA/MAT candidate to have completed before
taking the History of Latin Literature Examination. It is recommended
that at least the selections in bold face type be read in the original,
since they are exemplary texts and represent the sort of passages
chosen for MA/MAT Latin Translation Examinations. Passages on
the Translation Examinations need not be restricted to this list;
however, if passages not on the list are selected, graders will
take this fact into consideration. Further reading, in the original
or in English, is always appropriate and encouraged.
Addendum for MAT Candidates: Candidates for the MAT must complete
as part of their Latin reading for the degree any passages or poems
listed for the current year's AP Latin courses. The current year's
AP reading can be found on the College
Board Advanced Placement Program Web site. In cases where the
AP reading constitutes a significant increase in the total amount
of Latin required for the degree, candidates may present the MAT
Coordinator in the Classical Studies Department with documentation
of the increase (i.e., the increase in number of lines or pages
in a particular author) and propose substitutions. Final approval
of any changes to the reading list lies with the MAT Coordinator
in the Department of Classical Studies.
Caesar - Bellum Gallicum (I.30-53, VI.11-28), All
Catullus - Carm. 1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13, 46, 49, 51, 64, 72, 76,
83. 85, 93, 101, All
Cicero - Pro Arch., In Cat. I, III, Som. Scip., In Cat. II,
IV, De Amicitia
Horace - Odes (I.1, 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 27, 37, 38, II.14, 18,
III.4, 13, 26, 30), Epodes 7, 13, 16, Odes, Ars Poetica
Juvena - All
Livy - AUC proem, I, XXI, AUC II-VI, XXII, XXX
Lucretius - I, III, V (prefaces), I, III, V
Ovid - Metamorphoses (I. 253-415, IV. 55-166, VI.1-145, VIII.183-235,
X.1-63, XIV.101-153, XV.745-879), Amores I. 1,6,9 III. 1, 15, Metamorphoses,
Fasti I, Amores I
Petronius - Cena Trimalchionis
Plautus - Miles Gloriosus, Amphitryo
Sallust - Bellum Catilinae
Suetonius - Lives of Caesar and Augustus
Tacitus - Annals (I), Annals, Agricola
Terence - Adelphi, Eunuchus
Vergil - Aeneid (I, II, IV); Eclogues (1, 4, 6), Aeneid,
Eclogues, Georgics I, II
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PhD Greek Reading List
This list represents the minimum of reading in Greek literature
the department wishes a PhD candidate to have completed before taking
the History of Greek Literature Examination. It is recommended
that at least the selections in bold face type be read in the original,
since they are exemplary texts and represent the sort of passages
that will be chosen for the PhD Greek Translation Examination.
Passages on the Translation Examination need not be restricted to
this list; however, if passages not on the list are selected, graders
will take this fact into consideration. Further reading, in the
original or in English, is always appropriate and encouraged.
Aeschines - Against Timarchus
Aeschylus - Agamemnon, All
Andocides - On the Mysteries
Apollonius of Rhodius - Argonautica (III), All
Aristophanes - Clouds, Frogs, All
Aristotle - Nic. Eth. (I), II-IV, X, Poetics, Metaph.
I, Ath. Pol., Pol. I-II
Bacchylides - 3, 5, 16
Callimachus - Aetia 1.1; Hymn to Apollo [and see under Greek
Anthology, below]
Demosthenes - On the Crown (1-11, 196-288), Against Neaera,
Philippics I, III, On the Crown
Euripides - Bacchae, Medea, Alc., Cyclops, El., H.F., Hipp.,
Ion, I.T., Suppl., Tro.
Greek Anthology - Asclepiades, Callimachus, Meleager (in Gow
and Page, Anthologia Palatina)
Herodotus - I.1-68, V.30-96, VI.94-131, VII.1-19, VII.201-239,
All
Hesiod - Theog., Works and Days (1-212), Works and Days
Homer - Iliad (I-II, VI, IX, XVI, XVIII, XXII, XXIV), Odyssey
(I, V, IX, XI, XIX, XXI, XXIII), All
Homeric Hymns - Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite
Isocrates - Panegyricus (1-56), Antidosis, Against the Sophists
Helen, Busiris, Panegyricus
Longus - Daphnis and Chloe (IV), Daphnis and Chloe
Lucian - Dialogues of the Dead, Gods, True History, Lucius or The
Ass
Lyric Poetry - Selections in Campbell: Archilochus, Semonides
VII, Alcman I, Solon, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Simonides, Cologne
Payrus #7511 (in West, Delectus ex Iambis et Elegis Graecis #196a)
Lysias - I, VII, XII, XVI, XXII, XXIV, XXXIII
Menander - Dyscolus, Epitr.
New Testament - Mark, John
Pindar - Ol. 1, 2, 6, 7, Pyth. 3, 4, 9, Nem. 5
Plato - Apol., Symp. (189d-212b), Gorg. (481c-486d), Rep. (I,
VI 507a-VII 517c), Crito, Euthyphr., Phaedo,Phaedr., Rep., Symp.
Plutarch - Alexander, Perikles, Caesar
Presocratics - Selections in Kirk and Raven
Sophocles - Ajax, Ant., OT, All
Theocritus - Id. 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, All
Thucydides - I.1-II.65, III.1-50, V.84-116, VII.55-87, All
Xenophon - Mem. I, Anab. I, Symp., HG I, [Ath. Pol.]
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PhD Latin Reading
List
This list represents the minimum of reading in Latin literature
the department wishes a PhD candidate to have completed before taking
the History of Latin Literature Examination. It is recommended
that at least the selections in bold face type be read in the original,
since they are exemplary texts and represent the sort of passages
that will be chosen for the PhD Latin Translation Examination.
Passages on the Translation Examination need not be restricted to
this list; however, if passages not on the list are selected, graders
will take this fact into consideration. Further reading, in the
original or in English, is always appropriate and encouraged.
Apuleius - Metamorphoses (XI), Metamorphoses
Augustine - Confessions
Caesar - Bellum Gallicum (I.30-53, VI.11-28), Bellum Civile (I.1-23,
III.86-99), Bellum Gallicum, Bellum Civile
Cato - De Agri Cultura
Catullus - 1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 17, 29, 31, 34, 38, 43-46,
49, 51, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, 72-76, 79, 82-87, 92-93, 95, 101-2,
104-5, 107, 109, All
Cicero - Pro Archia: Cat. I-IV, Phil. II 1-50, Phil.
II, Pro Mil., Pro Mur., Pro Lig., Pro Caelio, De Oratore
I and II, De Republica, Letters (Stockton: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,
9, 29, 31), De Amic. , Somnium Scipionis
Ennius - Annales
Horace - Od. (I-III), Epodes (7, 13, 16), Ep. (I.6. II.1), Sat.
(I.1, I.4, II.6), Ars poetica, All
Jerome - Epistle 22.29-32 (Hilberg)
Juvenal - Satires (I, X), All
Livy - I, II-VI, XXI-XXII, XXX
Lucan - BC (I), All
Lucretius - DRN (I, III, VI.1138-1286, and prefaces to II, IV,
V, VI), All
Martial - Epigr. I.1-4, 13, 15, 32, 42, 61, 70, 88, 107, 109,
II.1, 66, 90, III.2, 4, 38, IV.8, 14, 44, 49, V.8, 24, 37, 56, 69,
74, VII.3, 17, 21, 63, 88, 99, VIII.3, 55, 73, IX.11, 26, 68, X.2,
20, 25, 35, XI.3, 5, 48, XII.67
Ovid - Metamorphoses (I, IV.55-166, VI.1-145, 424-674, VIII.183-235,
X.1-63, 298-502, XIV.101-153, XV.745-879), Metamorphoses, Fasti,
Tristia II, Amores (I.1, 2, 5-7, 9, 13-15, III.1, 9, 15),
Ars Amatoria (I.1-40, III.1-100), Fasti I
Petronius - Satyrica (Cena Trimalchionis), All
Plautus - Amphitruo, Miles Gloriosus, Aulularia, Captivi,
Menaechmi, Rudens
Pliny Younger - Ep. I.1, 5-6, 9, 12-15, 18-19, 23-4, II.1, 6,
14, 20, III.12, 16, 21, IV.2, 7, VI.2, 10, 16, 20, VII.19, 27, IX.19,
X.1-2, 51, 65-6, 74, 88-9, 96-7
Propertius - Elegies (I, IV), All
Quintilian - I.O. X
Sallust - Bellum Catilinae, All
Seneca - Troades, Ep. 5, Oedipus, Octavia, Thyestes, Apocolocyntosis
Suetonius - Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
Tacitus - Ann. (I, XIV), Agricola, Germania, All
Terence - Adelphi, Andria, Eunuchus
Tibullus - Elegies (1.1, 7, 10, 2.1, 4), All
Vergil - Ecl. (1, 4, 6, 10), Georg. (I, IV), Aen. (I, II, IV,
VI, VIII, X, XII), All
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