Classical Studies: incl. Classical Civilization and Tradition (in English), Ancient Greek, and Latin

• CAS CL 262: Intermediate Greek 2: Poetry
  Reading of selections from the Iliad or Odyssey.
• CAS CL 305: Topics in Myth
  This course may be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Fall 2014: Origin Stories of the Universe and Humankind. Readings draw on a range of creation stories and myths from the Near East, Hebrew, and Greek and Roman traditions to Darwin, Freud, Creationism, and the Big Bang.
• CAS CL 306: Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness
  An examination of the role of entheogens (psychoactive substances, especially fungi, used for religious purposes) in humankind's attempts to understand realms beyond the physical, as reflected in Greco- Roman religions and in various mythologies and folklores, and as represented in art and literature from antiquity through the Renaissance.
• CAS CL 319: History of the Greek Language
  Presents a comprehensive historical approach to the Greek language, tracing and elucidating major changes with attention to structure, grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and elements of style. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS CL 519.
• CAS CL 325: Greek Tragedy and Film
  Explores Greek tragic myth's afterlife, both directly and obliquely, in cinema and in the modern literature spawning cinema: how certain Greek tragic myths have come to life as film and how "non-mythic" stories have acquired a mythic power in literary and cinematic form. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CL 346: Early Christian Latin Literature
  Introduction to the reading and interpretation of important works of early Christian literature (3rd -- 6th centuries) in Latin, for students of classics (esp. Latin), theology, and related historical disciplines. The focus is on language, literary form, relation to 'classical' literature, and historical contexts. Topics vary. Also offered as CAS CL 546.
• CAS CL 351: Latin Seminar
  Intensive study of selected major authors. Topics change each semester. May be repeated for credit. Topic for Fall 2014: Horace's Poetry and His World. Topic for Spring 2015: TBA.
• CAS CL 391: Greek Seminar
  Intensive study of selected major authors. May be repeated for credit. Topic for Fall 2014: Xenophon's "Anabasis of Cyrus." Written around 380 BCE, the Anabasis is a model of Attic Greek prose and a source on Xenophon's life and on Greek history, especially Graeco-Persian relations, around the turn of the fifth century.
• CAS CL 396: Early Christian Greek Literature
  Introduction to the reading and interpretation of important works of early Christian literature (1st --6th centuries) in Greek, for students of classics (esp. Greek), theology, and related historical disciplines. The focus is on language, literary form, relation to 'classical' literature, and historical contexts. Topics vary. Also offered as CAS CL 596.
• CAS CL 401: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS CL 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS CL 406: Advanced Topics in Classical Civilization
  Topic for Spring 2015: TBA.
• CAS CL 451: Advanced Latin Seminar
  Advanced level Latin seminar emphasizing close reading and literary analysis. Changing topics explore a variety of texts linked by chronology, genre, or theme. May be repeated for credit. Topic for Spring 2015: Livy, Machiavelli, and the Creation of the Republic. Analysis of the first decade of the history and of Machiavelli's reading of the early books in the "Discourses on Livy."
• CAS CL 461: Advanced Greek Seminar
  Advanced-level Greek seminar emphasizing close reading and literary analysis. Changing topics explore a variety of texts linked by chronology, genre, or theme. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2015: TBA.
• CAS CL 491: Directed Study in Classical Studies
  
• CAS CL 492: Directed Study in Classical Studies
  
• CAS CL 497: Directed Study in Latin
  
• CAS CL 502: Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
  Topics vary. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Topic for Spring 2015: TBA.
• CAS CL 519: History of the Greek Language
  Presents a comprehensive historical approach to the Greek language, tracing and elucidating major changes with attention to structure, grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and elements of style. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS CL 319.
• CAS CL 520: Studies in Latin Literature
  Topic for Spring 2015: Livy, Machiavelli, and the Creation of the Republic. Analysis of the first decade of the history and of Machiavelli's reading of the early books in the "Discourses on Livy."

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