The Classics

Faculty of the Department of the Classics

Richard F. Thomas, Professor of Greek and Latin (Chair)
Susan E. Alcock, Visiting Associate Professor of the Classics
Margaret Alexiou, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature
Kathleen M. Coleman, Professor of Latin
John Duffy, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Philology and Literature (Director of Graduate Studies)
Farouk F. Grewing, Lecturer on the Classics, Visiting Scholar in the Classics
Albert Henrichs, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature (on leave fall term)
Judson Herrman, Lecturer on the Classics
Christopher P. Jones, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics and of History (on leave spring term)
Ivy Livingston, Assistant Professor of the Classics (Director of Undergraduate Studies)
Nino Luraghi, Assistant Professor of the Classics
David Gordon Mitten, James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology
Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature (Director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies) (on leave spring term)
Gloria Ferrari Pinney, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art (on leave fall term)
Eric W. Robinson, Assistant Professor of the Classics and of History (on leave 2001-2002)
Panagiotis Roilos, Assistant Professor of Modern Greek
Andreola Rossi, Assistant Professor of the Classics
Mark Schiefsky, Assistant Professor of the Classics
Charles P. Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics
Gisela Striker, Professor of Classical Philosophy (on leave spring term)
Sarolta Takács, Associate Professor in the Classics (on leave 2000-01)
R. J. Tarrant, Harvard College Professor and Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature
Calvert Watkins, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Linguistics and the Classics
Jan Ziolkowski, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin and Professor of Comparative Literature

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in the Department of the Classics

Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art
John E. Murdoch, Professor of the History of Science

Information about requirements for undergraduate and graduate degrees, honors, prizes, and scholarships may be obtained at the office of the Department, Boylston Hall 204. Graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences may enroll in certain foreign language courses for the grade of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Students should consult with course heads or the department’s website (www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics) to determine if a course is offered on that basis.

Classics

Primarily for Undergraduates

*Classics 93r. Advanced Tutorial for Credit
Catalog Number: 0511
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Tutorial instruction for course credit open to candidates for honors who are qualified to do special reading projects in Greek and/or Latin.
Note: May be counted for concentration.

*Classics 97r. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 5175
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Weekly meetings of small groups of students with a tutor for the detailed reading and translation of selected texts; in addition, monthly colloquia, on the various disciplines within the field of Classics.
Note: May be counted for concentration.

*Classics 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 6100
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: Tu., 1–4. Spring: Th., 1–4. EXAM GROUP: Spring: 15, 16, 17
Tutorial instruction for course credit (in addition to ordinary tutorial instruction) is open to concentrators in their junior year whose applications for such instruction have been approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Note: May be counted for concentration.

*Classics 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 2350
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Tutorial instruction for course credit (in addition to ordinary tutorial instruction) is open only to candidates for honors writing a thesis in their senior year whose applications for such instruction have been approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Note: May be counted for concentration. Divisible only with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Cross-listed Courses

Celtic 205r. Readings in Early Irish Prose
[Classics 140. The Fall of the Roman Republic]
*Comparative Literature 207. Theory and Methods in Comparative Oral Traditions: Seminar
[*Comparative Literature 280. Literary Theory and Criticism in the Middle Ages: Seminar]
[*Comparative Literature 287r. Selected Topics in Poetics and Rhetoric: Seminar]
Historical Study B-04. Ancient Greek Democracy
Historical Study B-09. The Christian Revolution
*History 90i (formerly History 90x). Major Themes in Ancient History
[History 1063. Intolerance and Persecution in the Roman Empire: Conference Course]
[History 1064. The 3rd Century: Texts and Problems: Conference Course]
[History 1071. Introduction to Greek History]
[History 1085. The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine]
[History 1088. The Mediterranean, Alexander to Antony]
History of Art and Architecture 235. Water in the Roman City: Architecture, Aesthetics, Politics
Literature and Arts A-68. Poets and Poetry in the Celtic Literary Tradition
Literature and Arts B-21. The Images of Alexander the Great
Literature and Arts C-14. The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization
Literature and Arts C-22. European Culture in the Middle Ages
[Literature and Arts C-61. The Rome of Augustus]
Literature and Arts C-69. Pompeii
[Medieval Studies 101. The Auxiliary Disciplines of Medieval History: Proseminar]
Medieval Studies 105. Production of Manuscripts and Printed Books Before 1600
[Medieval Studies 117. Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England]
[Medieval Studies 119. Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval Continental Europe]
Philosophy 7. Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy 101. Plato
[Philosophy 102. Aristotle]
*Philosophy 106. The Pre-Socratics: Proseminar
[*Philosophy 107. Plato’s Republic: Proseminar]
*Philosophy 108. Socrates: Proseminar
Philosophy 111. Epistemology After Aristotle
[*Philosophy 201. Plato on Falsehood and Not-Being: Seminar]
Religion 2426. Editing Greek Christian Literature: Seminar

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Classics 140. The Fall of the Roman Republic]
Catalog Number: 9989
Eric W. Robinson
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A chronological study of the most significant events of the late Republican era, including the reform efforts of the Gracchi, the rise of Marius and Sulla, Cicero and Catiline, the first triumvirate, and ultimately the wars waged by Caesar for control of Rome and his subsequent assassination.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Classics 142. The Western Greeks]
Catalog Number: 9356
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The history and culture of the Greek cities in Sicily and Southern Italy (Magna Graecia) from their origins to the Roman conquest. Particular emphasis on the use of archaeological excavations and monuments as sources for cultural, social, and economic history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Classics 143. The Peloponnesian War
Catalog Number: 8783
Eric W. Robinson
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
An examination of the great war fought by the Athenian and Spartan alliances, starting with the reasons for its outbreak in 431 BC and continuing through to its end in 404 BC. Close reading of Thucydides’ famous account will be combined with study of other ancient sources and with modern analyses.

Classics 144. The Roman Republic
Catalog Number: 2422
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
A survey of Roman history from the foundation of the Republic to its crisis, with extensive reading of sources in translation. Particular attention to the development of Roman political institutions and to the rise of Rome to world power from the Punic Wars to the conquest of the Greek world.

[Classics 145. Ancient Greek Tyranny]
Catalog Number: 2008
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The origins and development of monarchical power in the world of the Greek polis. The course will discuss tyranny from the point of view of political history as well as mentality. Written sources will be read in translation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Additional reading section offered for students with knowledge of ancient Greek.

Classics 155. Roman Games
Catalog Number: 2490
Kathleen M. Coleman
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
Examines the evidence for gladiatorial combat, wild-beast fights, executions, and aquatic displays in the Roman world, exploring the social and political context in which they developed. The evidence to be studied includes literary sources, inscriptions, coins, mosaics, pottery, and selected archaeological sites where the spectacles were performed. A translation is supplied for source-material in Greek and Latin.

[Classics 163. Virgil and His Reception]
Catalog Number: 8346
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Study of the Virgil tradition from antiquity through the 20th century. Lectures and discussion on the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, and on a variety of points of reception: post-Virgilian epic (Ovid, Lucan, Statius), the ancient and medieval commentary tradition (Servius and Donatus), Christian reception; impact on European vernacular traditions (Dido romance to Dante, Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser and Milton); humanistic response (Maffeo Vegio to Petrarch); translation as hermeneutics (Gavin Douglas to Dryden and beyond); Virgilian reception in art and music.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. May be counted as a language course for Classics concentrators.

Classics 165. Ancient Greek Medicine
Catalog Number: 6835
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
Theory and practice of ancient Greek, especially Hippocratic, medicine, with particular attention to the interactions between “rational” medicine, ancient philosophy and religious healing.

Classics 166. The City of Athens in Classical Greek Drama
Catalog Number: 2615
Judson Herrman
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
This course will consider how the city of Athens was depicted in 5th-century Athenian tragedy and comedy. Topics to be considered include: (1) the emergence of the city-state in Aeschylus’ Oresteia, (2) praise of the city in Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Euripides’ Suppliants and Children of Heracles, and (3) satire of Athenian leaders and institutions in Aristophanes’ Knights, Wasps and Assembly-women. Supplementary readings from contemporary history and oratory will also be incorporated. All readings will be done in English translation.

[Classics 170. Euripides’ Bakkhai and the Modern Dionysos]
Catalog Number: 0850
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Diachronic readings of Euripides’ Bakkhai and its representation of Dionysos and the Dionysiac, with focus on the play’s role in the formation of modern approaches to the god from Nietzsche and Pater to the present.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Classics 190. Approaches to Classical and Indo-European Poetics
Catalog Number: 0712
Calvert Watkins
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Basic principles of poetics, and of linguistic approaches to archaic forms of literature in early Indo-European societies. Close readings of selected texts in Greek, Latin, and other languages.
Note: Open without prerequisite to students of the Classics, and also to students of other ancient or medieval Indo-European languages.

Greek


Students who have studied classical Greek previously should register at the Department of the Classics, Boylston Hall 204, to take the Harvard placement test in Greek during Freshman Week. Further information on placement in Greek and on the language requirement is available from the Director of Undergraduate Studies (Boylston Hall 214).

Primarily for Undergraduates

Greek A. Beginning Greek
Catalog Number: 0129
Richard Thomas and assistants
Half course (fall term). Sections I and II, M., W., F., at 9; Section III, M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 10
Elements of the Greek language and introductory readings.

Greek Aab. Beginning Greek (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 0714
Kathleen M. Coleman and assistants
Full course (spring term). M., through F., at 9; M., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 2, 6, 11
For students with little or no previous instruction in Greek who are seriously interested in making quick progress in the language. Covers all basic grammar and considerable practice in reading prose. Students are prepared for Greek 3 or 4.

Greek B. Beginning Greek
Catalog Number: 0457
Kathleen Coleman and assistants
Half course (spring term). Section I: M., W., F., at 9; Section II: M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 10
Continuation of Greek A. Extensive reading in Attic prose.
Prerequisite: Greek A or equivalent.

Greek 3. Introduction to Attic Prose
Catalog Number: 4696
Judson Herrman
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Selections from several authors, mainly of narrative and dialogue, to be read both as an introduction to the variety of Greek styles and for practice in translation and review of grammar.
Prerequisite: Greek B or equivalent.

Greek 4. Selections from Homer’s Iliad
Catalog Number: 3361
Gregory Nagy and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
An introduction to Homeric poetry: language, meter, formulae, and type scenes.
Prerequisite: Greek 3 or equivalent.

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Greek H. Introductory Greek Prose Composition
Catalog Number: 6323
Judson Herrman
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
Practice in the translation of sentences and connected prose passages into Attic Greek; review of forms and syntax; readings of selections from prose authors.
Prerequisite: Greek 3 or equivalent.

Greek K. Advanced Greek Prose Composition
Catalog Number: 4171
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). F., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
A study of Greek prose style. Written compositions in various styles, chiefly those of Lysias, Plato, and Demonsthenes, with selected readings representing the development of classical prose and the modern analysis of Greek prose style.
Prerequisite: Greek H or equivalent.

Greek 102. Attic Orators
Catalog Number: 3103
Judson Herrman
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Extensive reading in Lysias, Isocrates, and Demosthenes, with emphasis on style, rhetorical devices, and political background. Selections based on undergraduate and graduate reading lists.

[Greek 104. Herodotus]
Catalog Number: 6340
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to Herodotus’ dialect and style, concept of history, authorial voice and narrative strategies, and his representation of non-Greek cultures. Selections from the entire Histories read in English.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Greek 105. Aristophanes]
Catalog Number: 1969
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings of Akharnians, Clouds, and Frogs, with an emphasis on genre, the polis, and the role of the chorus.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Greek 106. Greek Tragedy
Catalog Number: 6274
Charles P. Segal
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Introduction to Attic tragedy, with attention to dramatic character, divine agency, and the role of the chorus. Reading of Euripides’ Bacchae and Sophocles’ Antigone.

[Greek 107. Thucydides]
Catalog Number: 8281
Eric W. Robinson
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction, combining detailed study of Thucydides’ style and rhetorical technique with attention to his sources and methods of composition. The entire History read in English; selections in Greek from the prefatory material, the speeches in Books I–III, the debates over Mytilene and Melos, and the narrative of the Sicilian disaster.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Greek 110r. Plato’s Protagoras
Catalog Number: 6229
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Close reading of the Protagoras and related texts.

[Greek 111. Euripides]
Catalog Number: 0919
Gregory Nagy
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A close reading of the Bacchae and the Hippolytus.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Greek 112a. History of Greek Literature I
Catalog Number: 3052
Charles P. Segal
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
This course offers a survey of Greek literature from Homer to the beginnings of tragedy, with special attention to literary structure and form, social context, and oral poetics. Readings will include selections from Iliad, Odyssey, Hesiod, Homeric hymns, Greek lyric poets, Pindar, Bacchylides, and the Aeschylus. The course will be conducted through informal lectures, with close attention to the Greek texts as time permits.

Greek 112b. History of Greek Literature II
Catalog Number: 6889
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 5
The 5th century and beyond, Comedy, Historiography, and Oratory.

Greek 115. Homer: The Odyssey
Catalog Number: 3036
Andreola Rossi
Half course (fall term). M., W., (F.), at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Reading of several books of The Odyssey, emphasizing oral tradition and its application to Homer.

Greek 116r. Greek Lyric Poetry
Catalog Number: 4575
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
Selections from the lyric and elegiac poets (in D. A. Campbell) from Archilochos to Simonides, with choral selections from Pindar and Bacchylides.

[Greek 118. Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns]
Catalog Number: 8353
Charles P. Segal
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading of large portions of Hesiod’s Theogony, selections from the Works and Days, and the longer Homeric Hymns. Particular attention to narrative techniques, poetics, myth, and connections with the Iliad and Odyssey.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Greek 119. Apollonius: Argonautica
Catalog Number: 8748
Andreola Rossi
Half course (spring term). Tu., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18

[Greek 134. The Language of Homer]
Catalog Number: 5139
Calvert Watkins
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Essentials of Greek comparative and historical grammar, and a close reading of Iliad 1 and 3. Diachronic aspects of Homeric grammar and diction.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Greek 185. Workshop in Greek Papyrology
Catalog Number: 3782
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
The reading, dating, and editing of Greek literary papyri, and the contribution of papyrology to Greek literature from Homer to the Second Sophistic, with particular attention to lyric poetry, the satyr play, and the novel.

Latin


Students who have studied Latin previously and have not taken the Advanced Placement Test should register at the Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation (20 Garden Street) to take the Harvard Latin Placement Test during Freshman Week. No one who has studied one year or more of Latin will be admitted to Latin A without taking the placement test. Further information on placement in Latin and the language requirement is available from the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Classics (Boylston Hall 214), or the Freshman Dean’s Office.

Primarily for Undergraduates

Latin A. Beginning Latin
Catalog Number: 4759
Richard F. Thomas and assistants
Half course (fall term). Section I: M., W., F., at 9; Section II: M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 10
Intended for students who wish to learn, or reacquaint themselves with, the basic elements of the Latin language. Reading of sentences and very brief passages from Latin authors.

Latin Aab. Beginning Latin (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 7111
Richard Thomas and assistants
Full course (fall term; repeated spring term). M., through F., at 10; M., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 3
For students with little or no previous instruction in Latin who are seriously interested in making quick progress in the language. Covers all basic grammar and considerable practice in reading prose. Students are prepared for Latin 4.

Latin B. Beginning Latin
Catalog Number: 2101
Kathleen M. Coleman and assistants
Half course (spring term). Section I: M., W., F., at 9; Section II, M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 10
Continuation of Latin A. Completion of basic grammar and introduction to reading of connected texts.

Latin 3. Latin Prose Selections (Classical)
Catalog Number: 2344
Ivy Livingston
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
This course is a bridge between the study of Latin grammar and the reading of prose authors. The readings are short selections from a variety of genres by authors such as Cicero, Pliny, Nepos, Sallust, and Petronius.
Note: Latin 3 and Latin 3m are intended to be equivalent in difficulty and to require identical background (Latin A and B or the equivalent). Students may take either 3 or 3m for degree credit; they are not allowed to take both courses simultaneously or consecutively.

Latin 3m. Latin Prose Selections (Medieval)
Catalog Number: 7123
Jan Ziolkowski and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Begins with a review of fundamentals. Aims at increased facility in reading Latin, through a study of selected post-classical prose texts such as the Vulgate Bible, Augustine’s Confessions, and Abelard’s writings.
Note: Latin 3 and Latin 3m are intended to be equivalent in difficulty and to require identical background (Latin A and B or the equivalent). Students may take either 3 or 3m for degree credit; they are not allowed to take both courses simultaneously or consecutively.

Latin 4. Introduction to Latin Poetry
Catalog Number: 2488
Ivy Livingston
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Selections mainly from Ovid and Virgil.

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Latin H. Introductory Latin Prose Composition
Catalog Number: 3814
R. J. Tarrant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9.
Practice in the translation of sentences and connected prose passages into Latin. Study of idiom and practice in translation for those who wish to acquire an accurate knowledge of Latin expression and construction.
Prerequisite: Latin 3 or equivalent.

[Latin K. Advanced Latin Prose Composition]
Catalog Number: 5018
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of the development of Latin prose style. Written compositions in various styles, combined with close reading and discussion of passages in Cato, Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Latin 100. Roman Satire
Catalog Number: 0595
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Readings from the satires of Horace, Persius and Juvenal with attention to the development of the genre, its status as genre, and with consideration of each author in his literary, social, and cultural context.

Latin 102a. Catullus and Horace
Catalog Number: 7558
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Reading and analysis of the poems of Catullus and Horace.
Note: Open to advanced first-year undergraduates.

Latin 103. Latin Elegy
Catalog Number: 5435
R. J. Tarrant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Selections from Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid’s Amores.

[Latin 104. Ovid: Metamorphoses]
Catalog Number: 5994
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Ovid’s storytelling and techniques: language, links between scenes, and use of myth.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Latin 105. The Letters of Cicero and Pliny]
Catalog Number: 0939
Kathleen M. Coleman
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Selections from the letters of Cicero and Pliny. Topics to be considered include the social and historical background, epistolography as a form of self-presentation, and its relation to other literary types such as autobiography.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Latin 106a. Virgil: Eclogues and Georgics]
Catalog Number: 1456
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Latin 106b. Virgil: Aeneid]
Catalog Number: 7069
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading and discussion of Virgil’s Aeneid, with attention to its place in the epic tradition and its status as a work of Augustan literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Latin 107. Lucretius: On the Nature of Things
Catalog Number: 4960
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Reading of selections from the De rerum natura with attention to Epicurean philosophy.

[Latin 108. Cicero and Sallust on Catiline]
Catalog Number: 5015
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings of Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations and Sallust’s Catilinarian Conspiracy with attention to the style, oratorical and historiographical techniques, and differences in the two accounts.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Latin 111a. Horace: Satires and Epistles]
Catalog Number: 3348
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Latin 112a. History of Latin Literature I
Catalog Number: 7099
Andreola Rossi
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
The literature of the Republic and early Augustan period. Reading of extensive selections from the major authors, with lectures and discussion on the evolution and development of Latin prose and poetry. The course focuses on a variety of issues: Latin individuality through manipulation of inherited Greek forms, metrical and stylistic developments, evolving poetics, intertextuality and genre renewal, dynamic effects of social and political contexts.

Latin 112b. History of Latin Literature II
Catalog Number: 7643
Andreola Rossi
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
The literature of the Empire. Reading of selections from major authors, with lectures on the changing traditions and the background of Latin poetry and prose in the period.

[Latin 115. Tacitus]
Catalog Number: 7536
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the life and works of Cornelius Tacitus, with emphasis on style and historiographical method. Readings mainly from the Histories Books I and II.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Latin 117. Livy]
Catalog Number: 1279
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to Livy’s style and historical methods, with attention to Livy’s place in the tradition of Roman historiography. Readings mainly from the narrative of early Rome and the war with Hannibal.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Latin 119. Cicero: De re publica
Catalog Number: 9096
Gisela Striker
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14

Latin 120. Petronius: Satyricon
Catalog Number: 9237
R. J. Tarrant
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Reading and analysis of the surviving portions of Petronius’ Satyricon. Topics to be treated include the style(s) and genre(s) of the work, elements of parody and satire, and connections to Neronian literature, culture, and society.

[Latin 124. The Roman Novel]
Catalog Number: 2684
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the Roman novel and its place in the larger context of Latin literature and culture. Readings from Petronius’ Satyricon, Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, Historia Apollonii regis Tyri, and, in translation, Lucius, or The Ass, Xenophon’s Ephesiaca, and Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Latin 134. Archaic Latin
Catalog Number: 1327
Calvert Watkins
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Essentials of Latin comparative and historical grammar, with readings of early Latin inscriptions, legal texts, and selections from Livius Andronicus, Plautus, Ennius, and Cato.

[Latin 160. Roman Comedy]
Catalog Number: 5520
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading and discussion of Plautus’ Menaechmi and Terence’s Adelphoe, with particular attention to the language of the plays.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Primarily for Graduates

200-Level Seminars

Classics 257. Sparta
Catalog Number: 1163
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The history and culture of Sparta from the archaic period to the age of the Antonines. Topics to be addressed: the archaeology and topography of Lakonia; the development of political institutions; Spartan literature; religion and festivals; Sparta as an open-air museum.

Classics 258. Democracy Outside Athens
Catalog Number: 7785
Eric W. Robinson
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
A study of Greek democracy of the Archaic and Classical periods, with particular focus on its appearance and functioning outside of the well-known Athenian example.

Classics 259. Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Catalog Number: 8430
Charles P. Segal
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
A literary examination of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with special attention to the poem’s mixture of genres; its relation to the epic tradition; its narrative techniques; and its representation of violence, suffering, gender, the body, art and the artist.

Classics 261. Plato on Poetry and Moral Education: Seminar
Catalog Number: 7240
Gisela Striker
Half course (fall term). M., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
A discussion of Plato’s views on poetry and other arts and their role in education. Main texts: Republic II 376C—III 403C and X 595A—608B, with a preliminary look at the Ion.

Classics 262. Elegy and Epigram
Catalog Number: 7302
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Investigation into the genres of Greek and Roman epigram and elegy: attention to the evolution of epigram; its original and enduring functional status; its generic status as a more literary form, particularly in the third and subsequent centuries; its transmission in the editions of Meleager and subsequent anthologies; the status of those anthologies and their ancient readership; issues of intertextuality and renovation in Rome, both in the epigram of Catullus and Martial, and in the Roman elegists.

Classics 263. The Colosseum
Catalog Number: 7414
Kathleen M. Coleman
Half course (spring term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
The Colosseum made a major impact on the physical and social fabric of Rome. This seminar will examine the archaeological, epigraphic, literary, and numismatic evidence relating to the design of the building, and its function in Roman society down to Late Antiquity.

Classics 264. Technê in Greek Culture: Seminar
Catalog Number: 1071
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Technê in its various manifestations (“art,” “craft,” and “science”) in Greek thought and culture. Readings selected from poetry, philosophy, medicine, rhetoric, and mechanics.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Classics 300. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 4543
Richard F. Thomas 1630, Margaret Alexiou 1214, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289, John Duffy 1352, Albert Henrichs 4085 (on leave fall term), Christopher P. Jones 3204 (on leave spring term), Ivy Livingston 2293, Nino Luraghi 2408, David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423 (on leave spring term), Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-2002), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596, Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), Sarolta Takács 3474 (on leave 2000-01), R. J. Tarrant 7503, Calvert Watkins 2553, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275

*Classics 301. Reading or Topics Course
Catalog Number: 3457
Richard F. Thomas 1630, Margaret Alexiou 1214, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289, John Duffy 1352, Albert Henrichs 4085 (on leave fall term), Judson Herrman 3340 (spring term only), Christopher P. Jones 3204 (on leave spring term), Ivy Livingston 2293, Nino Luraghi 2408, David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423 (on leave spring term), Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-2002), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596, Ihor Sevcenko 3650 (spring term only), Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), Sarolta Takács 3474 (on leave 2000-01), R. J. Tarrant 7503, Calvert Watkins 2553, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275
Note: For graduate students whose individual needs are not met by the formal courses offered.

*Classics 302. Special Examinations Direction
Catalog Number: 2686
Richard F. Thomas 1630, Margaret Alexiou 1214, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289, John Duffy 1352, Albert Henrichs 4085 (on leave fall term), Christopher P. Jones 3204 (on leave spring term), Ivy Livingston 2293, Nino Luraghi 2408, David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423 (on leave spring term), Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-2002), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596, Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), Sarolta Takács 3474 (on leave 2000-01), R. J. Tarrant 7503, Calvert Watkins 2553, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275

*Classics 350. Classical Philology: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 4026
John Duffy 1352 and Richard F. Thomas 1630
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3.
Designed to introduce graduate students in Classical Philology to the essential fields, tools, and methodologies of the discipline.
Note: For first-year students working toward the Ph.D. in Classical Philology. Open to other students by permission of instructor.

*Classics 351. Classical Archaeology Proseminar
Catalog Number: 5073
Gloria Ferrari Pinney and David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). Th., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
Designed to introduce graduate students in Classical Archaeology to the essential fields, tools, and methodologies of the discipline.
Note: For first-year students working toward the Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology. Open to other students by permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed Courses

*Comparative Literature 207. Theory and Methods in Comparative Oral Traditions: Seminar

Medieval Greek


For Medieval Greek history see History 1211a and 1211b.

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Medieval Greek 115ar. Introduction to Byzantine Greek
Catalog Number: 7682
John Duffy
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Introduces the student to medieval Greek language and literature and, through selected readings, to important elements of Byzantine culture and society. Texts chosen from different genres and periods to reflect the great diversity of Byzantine life and letters. Types of literature will include: devotional reading, biographies, chronicles, sacred and secular poetry, letters, ecphraseis, scholarly writings, and histories. Choice of readings will correspond in part to the specific interests and needs of the participants.
Prerequisite: Greek A and B or equivalent.

Medieval Greek 120. Readings in the Cappadocian Fathers
Catalog Number: 3786
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Close reading of selections from the Christian “classics” of the fourth century: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzos, and Gregory of Nyssa. A guiding motif will be Hellenic paideia and Christian culture.
Prerequisite: Three terms of Classical or Medieval Greek, or equivalent.

Medieval Greek 185. Workshop in Greek Paleography
Catalog Number: 3271
John Duffy
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A practical introduction to the world of medieval Greek handwriting and manuscripts, tracing the main developments of Greek scripts from the uncial of fourth century texts to scholarly hands of the 16th century. Special emphasis on practical skills. Participants will learn to distinguish the major styles of handwriting, to recognize the most common abbreviations and ligatures, and to read with some facility minuscule hands, especially those of the 11th-16th century. Manuscripts of Classical, Christian, and Byzantine authors will be explored.

Cross-listed Courses

[Medieval Studies 101. The Auxiliary Disciplines of Medieval History: Proseminar]
Religion 2426. Editing Greek Christian Literature: Seminar

Medieval Latin

For Undergraduates and Graduates

[Medieval Latin 117. Fairy Tales and Their Tellers in the Middle Ages]
Catalog Number: 3179
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines folktales preserved in Medieval Latin and compares them with versions in Grimm, Andersen, and other 19th-century collections. Considers storytellers (old women, peasants, travelers, and professionals), their audiences, and their messages.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Completion of Latin 4 or other preparation in Latin satisfactory to the instructor.

[Medieval Latin 120. Wisdom and Learning]
Catalog Number: 4019
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines literature in which earthly wisdom and book learning are contrasted or conflated. Explores interaction among biblical, classical, and native (especially Germanic and Celtic) traditions of wisdom. Works include Solomon and Marcolf, mirrors for princes, proverbs, and question-and-answer dialogues.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No prior experience with Medieval Latin necessary.

Medieval Latin 150. Abelard and Heloise
Catalog Number: 3240
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Studies a 12th-century couple whose lives and writings left lasting marks on European culture. Besides selections from personal correspondence, examines parts of the Sic et non and Abelard’s ethical writings, hymns, and lament poems. Close reading of Abelard’s letters to correspondents other than Heloise. Considers reputation of Abelard and Heloise in later centuries.
Note: No prior experience with Medieval Latin necessary.

Medieval Latin 151. Virgil in the Middle Ages
Catalog Number: 4036
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Examines the reception of Virgil in the Middle Ages. Considers approaches taken to the Aeneid in particular in medieval education, from the most literal glosses and commentary in grammar schools to the allegorizations found in more advanced milieux. Surveys adaptations of Virgil’s poems by vernacular poets (especially English, French, Italian, and German). Focuses also on folklore associated with Virgil and his poetry.

Primarily for Graduates

[Medieval Latin 205. Waltharius Seminar]
Catalog Number: 9120
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Studies a poem about an early Germanic hero, Walter of Aquitaine. Considers problems connected with the poem, from date and authorship to its essential meanings. Seeks to relate poem to both Germanic and Latin contexts, with attention to versions in other languages (in translation) and to sources and analogues in classical and Christian Latin literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Cross-listed Courses

[*Comparative Literature 280. Literary Theory and Criticism in the Middle Ages: Seminar]
Latin 3m. Latin Prose Selections (Medieval)
Literature and Arts C-22. European Culture in the Middle Ages

Classical Archaeology

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Classical Archaeology 131. Introduction to Greek Art and Archaeology, ca. 1200–300 BCE
Catalog Number: 0835
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
The origins and development of Greek architecture, sculpture, and painting; the growth of cities and sanctuaries; religious mythological and narrative art, including monumental painting, mosaics, and vase painting. The development of archaeological research in Greek lands; current problems, such as the nature of Greek relationships with non-Greek peoples, and the Macedonian tombs. Readings, short papers on original works of art in Boston area museums, and a research paper.

[Classical Archaeology 136. Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age]
Catalog Number: 7582
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The beginnings of civilization in Greece and the Aegean islands; palaces and towns of Crete and Greece; wall paintings, pottery, ivory- and metal-work; trade with Egypt and the East, burial customs, religion, writing (Linear B); the Trojan War and the Homeric tradition.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Classical Archaeology 140. The Parthenon
Catalog Number: 8973
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
From their construction to their recent evocation in Nashville, the Parthenon and the colossal statue of Athena it housed have held a special place in the history of Western civilization, where they have come to symbolize fundamental cultural ideals. This course offers a view into the making of the myth by restoring the temple to the specific historical and political circumstances of its creation. As much as the surviving evidence allows, we trace planning, financing, and construction; we examine how the temple functioned as the site of cult and civic display; and we discuss the themes that make up its sculptural decoration in relationship to contemporary Athenian ideology.

Classical Archaeology 145. The Representation of Women in Ancient Greece
Catalog Number: 8969
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
The materials of this course are archaic and classical painted vases and sculptures and selected literary texts (in translation). Through both visual and literary imagery basic notions about female gender in ancient Greece will be explored, such as the nature of female beauty, categories of age, the importance of modesty, the conception of marriage.

[Classical Archaeology 150. Archaic Greece]
Catalog Number: 9899
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
“The remarkable developments of the eighth century in Greece seem almost all to be centered round an abstract idea: the new conception of the state”, writes Snodgrass in Archaic Greece. This course will focus selectively on major visual aspects of this new conception—the sanctuary, the grave, and figural, narrative representations. Emphasis will be placed on particular moments, with the aim to locate them within the cultural structure that produced them, and to explore the way in which they articulate notions about the past, and definitions of national identity and of citizenship.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Classical Archaeology 151. Landscape in Classical Art
Catalog Number: 0641
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
A tradition of landscape painting, in various forms, can be traced from the prehistory of Greece to the Hellenistic period. Roman wall paintings of the late Republic and the Early Empire, however, offer the largest body of representations of nature that survives from antiquity. Among those two genres emerge, both of them extensively used and each stereotypical in its formal devices: “garden” paintings and idyllic landscapes. Issues to be considered in this course are: What different accounts of nature do these genres represent? What is the relationship of the idyllic landscape to a broader definition of pastoralism? Attention will be paid to the architectural context of the images and the way they are framed on the wall, to the relationship of visual representations to texts, and to actual landscapes built for the wealthy and the emperors — some known from descriptions in texts, others partially recovered in excavations.

Classical Archaeology 152. Food and Drink in Classical Antiquity
Catalog Number: 3999
Susan E. Alcock
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Everybody eats but patterns of eating (and drinking) vary dramatically from culture to culture. This course will trace the mechanics of food production in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as investigating the types of foods available and levels of general health. We will explore how styles of consumption were used to mark out symbolic boundaries, gender differences, and social distinctions. Convivial occasions where food and drink were key (the Greek symposium, the Roman dinner party) will be analyzed, and possibly even reenacted. The course will consider a range of periods and case studies and utilize a variety of textual, art historical, and archaeological evidence.

[Classical Archaeology 160. Vase-painting and Iconography]
Catalog Number: 7289
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The painted vases constitute a rich body of evidence for the study of the history, art, and culture of ancient Greece. Historians and archaeologists rely on ceramics to establish dates and to chart contacts in the Mediterranean. For the art historian the vases open a bright window, albeit a narrow one, on the development of the visual arts. Most importantly, they preserve thousands of figural representations, which are invaluable sources of knowledge for the conceptual universe of the society that produced them. Introduction to this specialized field, with emphasis on typology as well as issues of method and interpretation. The material considered spans the centuries from the Early Iron Age to the end of the fifth century B.C.E.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

[Classical Archaeology 180. Coinage, Politics, and Economy in the Greek World]
Catalog Number: 1746
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The development and use of Greek coinage surveyed in connection with its impact upon the political, social, and economic life of the Greek states down to the consolidation of Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean region. The importance of Greek coins as evidence for historical, religious, artistic, social, and archaeological problems in Greek civilization is emphasized. As circumstances permit, coins from the Fogg Art Museum collection will serve as research material.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Open to qualified undergraduates as well as to students of the Harvard Divinity School.
Prerequisite: Some previous work in classical literature or archaeology or ancient history.

Primarily for Graduates

[Classical Archaeology 240. Archaic Mythological Narrative: The François Vase]
Catalog Number: 6187
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The Athenian black-figure volute krater called the François Vase, made in Athens ca. 570 B.C.E. and found in Chiusi, Italy, with its network of narrative problems in archaic Greek art history and culture: relation of text to image, patronage, development of iconographic programs, function related to elite social institutions such as the symposium (men’s drinking party), and relation of myth, cult, and ritual.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Qualified undergraduates welcome.

[Classical Archaeology 241. Narrative in Ancient Greek Art]
Catalog Number: 4461
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
In the history of ancient art, major issues concerning the structure of visual narrative and their relationship to the structure of texts were exposed in a landmark study by Carl Robert in 1881. With few, albeit important exceptions, discussions of this important subject since then have largely remained within the parameters set by Robert. This seminar will re-examine that tradition of scholarly inquiry and move on to explore what theories of narrative that have shaped literary and art historical studies may contribute to the interpretation of ancient Greek modes of visual narrative.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.

Classical Archaeology 242. Greek Funerary Art
Catalog Number: 0715
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
In this seminar, we shall examine different kinds of Greek funerary art and what they can tell us about Greek attitudes toward life, the family, the gods and death, as well as Greek cultural, social, aesthetic, and economic values. While we shall concentrate upon the rich series of Athenian sculptural grave monuments from the early sixth century through the late fourth century B.C., we shall also investigate special types of painted pottery, especially white-ground lekythoi, their images and symbolism. Relevant passages in Greek authors, as well as funerary inscriptions on the monuments themselves, will help our investigations. Actual grave monuments and funerary pottery in the Sackler Museum at Harvard and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will be emphasized.

Classical Archaeology 243. The Archaeology of the “Second Sophistic”
Catalog Number: 5418
Susan E. Alcock
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of the material culture of the Greek provinces of Roman empire artistic production, religious complexes, civic organization, provincial landscapes. Apart from tracing social and economic change in the Greek east, special emphasis will be placed on issues of Greek and Roman identities, memories and reactions to empire, balancing material perspectives against those derived from literary sources.

Cross-listed Courses

Religion 2348ab. Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar

Modern Greek

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Modern Greek A. Elementary Modern Greek
Catalog Number: 8604
Panagiotis Roilos and assistant
Full course. M., W., F., at 10, and a fourth hour for conversation. Laboratory, both terms. EXAM GROUP: 3
For students with no knowledge of modern Greek. Basic oral expression, listening comprehension, grammar, reading, and writing. Language instruction is supplemented by reading of simple literary passages and other texts.

Modern Greek B. Intermediate Modern Greek: Language and Civilization
Catalog Number: 8187
Panagiotis Roilos and assistant
Full course. M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
For students with an elementary knowledge of modern Greek (equivalent to that acquired in Modern Greek A). Aims at further development of skills in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Selected readings in prose (literary and journalistic), poetry, folksongs, modern music, and theatre serve as an introduction to aspects of modern Greek literature and culture. The second semester is conducted in Greek and focuses on topics selected by the instructor and the students in the first term. Grammar is reviewed in the context of readings.

Modern Greek C. Advanced Modern Greek: Supervised Readings
Catalog Number: 8487
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Advanced reading in topics agreed upon by instructor and students.
Note: Students must have completed Modern Greek B or equivalent and must have permission of the instructor. No Pass/Fail.

Modern Greek 115. Greek Tales
Catalog Number: 8939
Margaret Alexiou
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Constantly shifting shapes, Greek tales have proved remarkably versatile and resilient. Our primary focus will be on the tales (paramythia) recorded from most parts of the Greek-speaking world after the formation of the modern nation state (1830). Topics will include: generic diversity; narrative techniques; performative contexts; metamorphosis morality; cosmic reciprocity. We shall also explore modes of transmission; in particular, evidence for oral literary interactions in the past (medieval paraphraseis and metaphraseis), and creative uses of traditional tales in modern fiction. Where appropriate, comparisons will be made with European and other folktales.
Note: Suitable for undergraduates and graduates in Modern Greek, Classics, Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Folklore and Mythology. Knowledge of Greek expected; some texts available in translation.

[Modern Greek 124. Imagining the Ancients: The Classical Tradition in Modern Greek Literature]
Catalog Number: 5296
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Ancient Greece has always exerted an “anxiety of influence” on Modern Greek cultural and political life. Examples drawn mainly from Koraes, Papadiamantes, Palamas, Cavafy, Sikelianos, Seferis, and Elytis will illustrate the ways in which the classical tradition has been manipulated in 19th- and 20th- century Greek literature; parallels from other literatures and examples from folklore material (songs, traditions, folktales) will also be discussed.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. All texts will be available in English.

Modern Greek 125. Greek Modernism
Catalog Number: 0315
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Explores the theory and practice of Greek Modernism and its response to European literary context, focusing on “The Generation of the 1930s” and the Surrealists.
Note: All texts available in English.

Primarily for Graduates

Modern Greek 202. Theodore Prodromos, Four Begging Poems
Catalog Number: 3951
Margaret Alexiou
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
The poet adopts in turn a different persona in his appeals to Manuel I Komnenos and others for money: henpecked husband, impecurious paterfamilias, abused monk, starving scholar. Humor satire and erudition are skillfully combined in these vernacular vignettes of everyday life in 12th-century Constantinople.
Note: Suitable for Byzantinists, new-hellinists, and classicists, with topics to be selected in accordance with particular research requirements.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of Greek.

Modern Greek 203. The Historical Novel
Catalog Number: 0269
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Against a background of theoretical readings on historiography, the historical novel, historiographic metafiction, and generic criticism, major examples of the Greek historical novel and their dialogue with broader cultural and political issues will be explored. Authors studied include: Rangavis, Papadiamantis, Karagatsis, Terzakis, Vlachos,Valtinos, Galanaki, Douka.