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MA Greek Reading List<\/h3>
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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 and Greek Translation Examinations. The texts highlighted in bold should be read in the original Greek and constitute the reading list for the Greek Translation exams. The other texts should be considered necessary background for the History of Greek Literature exam. Further reading, in the original or in English, is always appropriate and encouraged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aeschylus – Agamemnon 1-263; <\/strong>Oresteia
\nApollonius of Rhodes – Argonautica i.1-39; iii.1-489; <\/strong>Arg. III
\nAristophanes – Frogs 738-1533; <\/strong>Clouds, Frogs, Lysistrata, Knights
\nAristotle – Poetics
\nCallimachus – Aetia I.1,<\/strong> Hymn to Apollo
\nDemosthenes – On the Crown (199-217, 256-67)<\/strong>, On the Crown
\nEuripides – Medea 410- 1080; <\/strong>Medea, Bacchae, Hippolytus
\nHerodotus – I. (1-68 ),<\/strong> II, VI-IX
\nHesiod – Theogony 1-236; Works and Days 1-212;<\/strong> <\/span>Theogony, Works and Days
\nHomer – Iliad I; Odyssey I;<\/strong> Iliad, Odyssey<\/span>
\nLyric Poetry – Solon, Sappho (Selections in Campbell)<\/strong>
\nLysias – XII.1-47<\/strong>
\nPindar – Ol. 1, 6<\/strong>
\nPlato – Apology,<\/strong> Euthyphro, Phaedo, Symp., Rep.
\nSophocles – OT 151-910;<\/strong> <\/span>Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone
\nTheocritus – Id. I<\/strong>
\nThucydides – I.1-22, II.1-65,<\/strong> All<\/p>\n

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MA Latin Reading List<\/h3>
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This list represents the minimum of reading in Latin literature the department wishes a MA candidate to have completed before taking the History of Latin Literature and Latin Translation Examinations. The texts highlighted in bold should be read in the original Latin and constitute the reading list for the Latin Translation exams. The other texts should be considered necessary background for the History of Latin Literature exam. Further reading, in the original or in English, is always appropriate and encouraged.<\/p>\n

Caesar \u2013 Bellum Gallicum I.30-53, VI.11-28,<\/strong> All
\nCatullus \u2013 Carm. 1-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13, 46, 49, 51, 64, 72, 76, 83, 85, 93, 101,<\/strong> All
\nCicero \u2013 Pro Arch. <\/strong>1-2, 12-32<\/strong>, In Cat. I, III, Som. Scip.<\/strong>= De Re Pub. 6.9-17<\/strong>, <\/strong>In Cat. II, IV, De Amicitia
\nHorace \u2013 Odes I.1, 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 27, 37, 38, II.14, 18, III.4, 13, 26, 30, Epodes 7, 13, 16,<\/strong> Odes, Ars Poetica
\nJuvenal \u2013 Satires 3; <\/strong>All
\nLivy \u2013 AUC proem, Bk. I.1-7, 25-26, 29;<\/strong> XXI.1-4<\/strong>; AUC I-VI, XXI-XXII, XXX
\nLucretius \u2013 De Rerum Natura I.1-101; III.1-30; V.1-54;<\/strong><\/p>\n

De Rerum Natura Books I, III, V
\nOvid \u2013 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,<\/strong> Metamorphoses, Fasti I, Amores I
\nPetronius \u2013 Cena Trimalchionis
\nPlautus \u2013 Miles Gloriosus 1-410,<\/strong> Amphitryo
\nSallust \u2013 Bellum Catilinae 1-16,<\/strong> Bellum Catilinae
\nSuetonius \u2013 Lives of Caesar and Augustus
\nTacitus \u2013 Annals I.1-15,<\/strong> Annals, Agricola
\nTerence \u2013 Adelphi <\/strong>1-208, 288-354, 855-881<\/strong>, Eunuchus
\nVergil \u2013 Aeneid (I, II, IV); Eclogues (1, 4, 6),<\/strong> Aeneid, Eclogues, Georgics I, II<\/p>\n

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PhD History of Greek Literature Reading List<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

This list represents the categories, authors, and texts that the Department considers central to the discipline and expects PhD candidates to control as professional classicists. Candidates should read everything on the list before taking the History of Literature examinations. Further reading, in the original or in English, is always appropriate and strongly encouraged. While the History of Literature examinations expect familiarity with the categories, authors, and works on the list, they are not confined to them and assume supplementary reading in standard histories of Greek and Latin literature.<\/p>\n

This list applies for graduate students entering in fall 2013 and later.<\/p>\n

Archaic Epos
\nHomer – Iliad and Odyssey
\nHesiod – Theogony, Works and Days
\nHomeric – Hymns Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite<\/p>\n

Archaic Lyric, as in West IEG, Page LGS (OCT) and SLG (1974)
\nArchilochus including Cologne Papyrus #7511 (in West, Delectus ex Iambis et Elegis Graecis #196a)
\nCallinus
\nTyrtaeus
\nSemonides
\nAlcman
\nMimnermus
\nSolon
\nStesichorus including “The Lille Stesichorus” (in West, SSLG, Davies, PMGF, Campbell, Loeb)
\nSappho
\nAlcaeus
\nIbycus
\nAnacreon
\nXenophanes
\nPhocylides
\nDemodocus
\nTheognis 1-254, 341-54, 667-82
\nHipponax
\nSimonides
\nScolia (ed. Campbell 1976)<\/p>\n

Epinician Lyric
\nBacchylides 3, 5, 16, 17
\nPindar<\/p>\n

Presocratics (B fragments in D-K6 unless otherwise indicated)
\nThales A12-14
\nAnaximander 1
\nXenophanes (as above)
\nHeraclitus 1, 2, 10, 12, 30-1, 40, 45, 48, 50, 51, 54-5, 57, 60-2, 67, 80, 88, 90-1, 93, 102, 107, 111, 113-5, 123, 125
\nParmenides 1-9
\nEmpedocles (Inwood, Poems of E., rev. ed.) 1-28, 38, 61-2, 64, 66-7, 106
\nAnaxagoras 1-12
\nProtagoras 1-4
\nGorgias – Helen<\/p>\n

Tragedy
\nAeschylus
\nSophocles
\nEuripides – Alc., Ba., El., HF, Hipp. Ion, I.T., Medea, Suppl., Tro., Cyclops<\/p>\n

Comedy
\nAristophanes
\nMenander – Dyscolus<\/p>\n

Historical Texts
\nHerodotus
\nThucydides
\nXenophon – Hellenica 1 and 2, [Ath. Pol.]
\nAristotle – Ath. Pol.
\nPolybius 1, 2, 6<\/p>\n

Oratorical Texts
\nAntiphon – Murder of Herodes
\nAndocides – On the Mysteries
\nLysias – 1, 2, 12, 22
\nDemosthenes – On the Crown, Against Neaera, Philippics 1 and 3
\nAeschines – Against Ctesiphon
\nIsocrates-\u00a0 Panegyricus, Antidosis, Against the Sophists, Helen, Busiris<\/p>\n

Socratic Philosophy
\nPlato – Apol., Phaedo, Smp., Phaedr., Rep.
\nXenophon – Apol., Smp., Mem. 1
\nAristotle – Poetics, N.Eth, Pol. 1, Metaph. 1<\/p>\n

Hellenistic Poetry
\nTheocritus
\nCallimachus – Hymns (Zeus, Apollo) and Epigram 28 as in Pfeiffer, Aetia and Epigrams as in Hopkinson\u2019s anthology (CUP)
\nApollonius of Rhodes
\nEpigrams as in Hopkinson\u2019s anthology (CUP)<\/p>\n

Imperial
\n[Longinus] – On the Sublime
\nLongus – Daphnis and Chloe
\nLucian – Menippus, True History, Lucius or the Ass, Dialogues of the Dead
\nNew Testament, Mark
\nPlutarch – Pericles, Demosthenes, Alexander, Anthony, Mor. 14d-37b (Listening to Poets), and Cicero (in part to compare parallel lives)
\nLibanius – Oration 13
\nEunapius – Lives of the Sophists<\/p>\n

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PhD History of Latin Literature Reading List<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

This list represents the categories, authors, and texts that the Department considers central to the discipline and expects PhD candidates to control as professional classicists. Candidates should read everything on the list before taking the History of Literature examinations. Further reading, in the original or in English, is always appropriate and strongly encouraged. While the History of Literature examinations expect familiarity with the categories, authors, and works on the list, they are not confined to them and assume supplementary reading in standard histories of Greek and Latin literature.<\/p>\n

This list applies for graduate students entering in fall 2013 and later.<\/p>\n

Early Poetry and Drama
\nEnnius – Annales, longer fragments
\nPlautus – Rudens, Menaechmi, Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Amphitruo, Aulularia
\nTerence – Adelphoe, Andria, Phormio
\nLucilius – longer fragments (Loeb ROL vol. 3)<\/p>\n

Early Prose
\nXII Tables 1, 3, 46, 8, 10 (Loeb ROL vol.1)
\nCato – De Agri Cultura, Origines 1, 9-12, 18, 71, 77, 83, 95 (Peter)
\nGracchus – frr. 16-22, 26-8, 39-44, 47-61 (Malcovati)<\/p>\n

Cicero
\nCicero – Pro Archia, In Catilinam 1-3, Phil. 2, Pro Milone, Pro Caelio, Pro Lege Manilia, Letters (Shackleton Bailey Select 1980), Philippics 1-2, Verrines, De Oratore, Brutus, De Legibus, De Re Publica<\/p>\n

Historical Writing
\nCato – as above
\nCaesar – BG, BC
\nSallust – Catilina, Iugurtha
\nLivy – 1, 2-10, 21-2, 30
\nTacitus – Ann., Agricola, Histories
\nSuetonius – Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula
\nAmmianus Marcellinus – 14, 15-18<\/p>\n

Republican Poetry
\nLucretius
\nCatullus<\/p>\n

Augustan Poetry
\nVirgil
\nHorace – Odes, Ep. 1.6, 2.1, Sat. 1, Ars poetica
\nTibullus \u2013 El. 1.1, 7, 10, 2.1, 4
\nPropertius \u2013\u00a0 1, 4
\nOvid – Metamorphoses, Amores, Ars Amatoria 1, 3, Tristia II, Fasti<\/p>\n

Neronian Literature
\nSeneca – Medea, Phaedra, Thyestes, Apocolocyntosis, De Ira, De Clementia, Ep. 7, 12, 47, 51, 56, 86, 114, 122
\nLucan
\nPetronius Cena<\/p>\n

Satire
\nLucilius and Horace (as above)
\nPersius – prologue and 1
\nJuvenal<\/p>\n

Flavian and Antonine Literature
\nMartial – Spect. 1-2, 9(7), 20(17), Epigr. preface, Bk. 1.1-4, 9-10, 12-3, 15-6, 20, 29, 32, Bk. 2, 8.55, 73, 9, 10.1-2, 12.57, 94, 13.3, 14.2
\nStatius
\nQuintilian – 1 and 10
\nPliny the Younger – Ep. 1.1, 5-6, 2.1, 3.5, 7, 16, 21, 4.14, 5.8, 6.16, 20, 7.17, 27, 33, 8.20, 9.6, 7, 10, 33, 10.96-7
\nApuleius – Metamorphoses, Apology<\/p>\n

Later Imperial
\nAusonius – Mosella
\nSymmachus – Laudatio 2 (ed. Seeck)
\nPrudentius – preface, Psychomachia 1-309
\nJulian – Misopogon
\nJerome – Vulgate: Mark; Epistle 22
\nAugustine – Confessions 1<\/p>\n

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PhD Greek Translation Reading List<\/h3>
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The translation examination tests the candidate\u2019s ability to read representative texts from the following authors.<\/p>\n

Aeschylus \u2013 Agamemnon 1-263 (11 OCT)
\nEumenides 566-1047 (17 OCT) [28 0CT]
\nApollonius of Rhodius \u2013 Argonautica i.1-39; iii.1-489 [24 OCT]
\nAristophanes \u2013Frogs 738-1533 [24 OCT]
\nAristotle \u2013 Nic. Eth. I.1-5 [c. 6 OCT]
\nBacchylides \u2013 5 [c. 5 OCT]
\nCallimachus \u2013 Aetia 1.1; Hymn to Zeus (Hopkinson\u2019s Hellenistic Anthology G&Y) (105 ll) [c. 5 OCT]
\nDemosthenes \u2013 On the Crown 1-11, 196-210, 256-69 [11 OCT]
\nEuripides \u2013 Medea 410- 1080) [26 OCT]
\nGreek Anthology \u2013 Asclepiades, Callimachus, Meleager (in Gow and Page, Anthologia Palatina) AP 5.6, 64, 152, 169, 177; 6.301, 351; 7.80, 182, 196, 217, 318b, 417, 451, 453, 476; 12.132b, 134\u2028 [5 OCT]
\nHerodotus \u2013 I.1-68, VII.1-19 [51 OCT]
\nHesiod \u2013 Theogony 1-236; Works and Days 1-212 [21 OCT]
\nHomer \u2013 Iliad IX [25 OCT]; Odyssey XIX, XXIII.1-296 [31 OCT] [56 OCT]
\nHomeric Hymns \u2013 Demeter [17 0CT]
\nIsocrates \u2013 Panegyricus 1-56 [c.12 OCT]
\nLongus \u2013 Daphnis and Chloe I. prologue, 1-6; II.1-8, 32-38; III.15-19; IV.1-6, 37-40 [12 OCT]
\nLyric Poetry \u2013 Selections in Campbell: Archilochus, Semonides VII, Alcman I, Solon, Sappho, Alcaeus, Cologne Papyrus #7511 (in West, Delectus ex Iambis et Elegis Graecis #196a), \u201cThe Lille Stesichoros\u201d (in West, SSLG, Davies, PMGF, Campbell, Loeb) \u2028 [c. 47 OCT]
\nLysias \u2013 XII.1-47 [11 OCT]
\nMenander \u2013 Dysc 1-80, 666-757; Epitr. 42-418 [14 OCT]
\nPindar \u2013 Ol. 1, 2, 7; P. 3 [21 OCT]
\nPlato \u2013 Apol. [34 OCT]
\nSophocles \u2013 OT 151-910 [26 OCT]
\nTheocritus \u2013 Id. 1, 7, 13 [14 OCT]
\nThucydides \u2013 I.1-23, 66-88, and 139-44; II.65; V.84-116; VI.1-32; VII.70-87 [c 50 OCT]
\nXenophon \u2013 Apology [c.7 OCT]<\/p>\n

VERSE: Total 343 OCT<\/p>\n

PROSE: Total 194 OCT<\/p>\n

GRAND TOTAL 537 OCT<\/p>\n

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PhD Latin Translation Reading List<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

The translation examination tests the candidate\u2019s ability to read representative texts from the following authors.<\/p>\n

Apuleius – Metamorphoses I.1-10; IV.28-35 [c.15 OCT]
\nCaesar – BG I.1, 30-50; BC I.1-9 [22 OCT]
\nCatullus – 1-22, 50, 63, 64, 70, 76, 85, 101 [40 OCT]
\nCicero – Pro Archia 1-2, 12-32; In Catilinam I, III; Pro Caelio 33-40, 77-80; Somnium Scipionis = De Re Pub. 6.9-17; De Amicitia 1-15; Ep. ad Atticum I.14; Ep. ad Fam. V.12, 14. [c 50 OCT]
\nHorace – Odes I.1, 4, 9, 11, 14, 22, 37 II. 14 III.1, 13, 30 IV. 7 Sat. I.4, 9 [33 OCT]
\nJuvenal – Satires I.3 [12 OCT]
\nLivy – AUC Preface, Bk. I.1-7, 25-26, 29; Bk. V.51-54; Bk. XXI.1-4 [26 OCT]
\nLucan – Bellum Civile II.1-233 (with Fanthams\u2019 Green and Yellow) [8 OCT]
\nLucretius – De Rerum Natura I.1-101; II.1-88, III.1-30; IV.1-25; V.1-54; VI.1-42 [12 OCT]
\nMartial – Epigr. II.8, 9, 91, 92 III.2 IV.30 VIII.55 X.4, 5, 47 XII.18 (with Watsons\u2019 G&Y) [5 OCT]
\nOvid \u2013 Met. I.1-150, 452-567, IV.55-166, VI.1-145, VIII.183-235, XIV.101-153, XV.745-879; Ars Amatoria I.1-100; Amores I.1, 5, 9; III.1, 9; Fasti I.1-62, IV.1-132 [53 OCT]
\nPetronius – Satyrica 28-46 [c. 16 OCT]
\nPlautus – Miles Gloriosus 1-410 [c.15 OCT]
\nPliny Minor – Epistulae VI.16 and X.96-7 [6 OCT]
\nPropertius \u2013 Elegies I.1, 2, 3; IV.1, 7; Tibullus \u2013 1.1, 1.10, 2.1; Sulpicia \u2013 all [20 OCT]
\nSallust – Bellum Catilinae 1-16, 51-61 [c. 24 OCT]
\nSeneca – Thyestes 1-622 (with Tarrant\u2019s comm.) (21 OCT); Ep. 18, 47, 61, 114 (20 OCT) [41 OCT]
\nStatius – Silvae 2.2, 2.5 (with Newland\u2019s G&Y) [5 OCT]
\nSuetonius – Augustus 1-9, 97-99 [7 OCT]
\nTacitus – Annales I.1-15; XIV.29-39; XV.33-70; XVI. 33-35; Agricola 1-4, 19, 29-34, 42-46 [53 OCT]
\nTerence – Adelphoe 1-208, 288-354, 855-881 [14 OCT]
\nTibullus –\u00a0 (20 OCT pp with Propertius)
\nVergil – Ecl 1; Georg. I.1-70, IV.315-414; Aeneid I, VI [60 OCT]<\/p>\n

VERSE: Total 305 OCT<\/p>\n

PROSE: Total 239 OCT<\/p>\n

GRAND TOTAL 544 OCT<\/p>\n

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