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The Classics

Faculty of the Department of the Classics

Richard F. Thomas, Professor of Greek and Latin (Chair)
William R. Allan, Assistant Professor of the Classics
Kathleen M. Coleman, Professor of Latin (on leave spring term)
John Duffy, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Philology and Literature, Associate of Eliot House (Director of Graduate Studies) (on leave 2002-03)
Albert Henrichs, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature
Judson Herrman, Lecturer on the Classics
Christopher P. Jones, George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics and of History
Ivy Livingston, Associate of Dudley House, Assistant Professor of the Classics (on leave spring term)
Nino Luraghi, Assistant Professor of the Classics (on leave 2002-2003)
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)
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 2001-02)
Panagiotis Roilos, Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Studies
Andreola Rossi, Assistant Professor of the Classics
Mark Schiefsky, Assistant Professor of the Classics (Director of Undergraduate Studies)
Charles P. Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics (on leave 2001-02)
Gisela Striker, Professor of Classical Philosophy (on leave spring term)
R. J. Tarrant, Harvard College Professor and Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature (on leave fall term)
Calvert Watkins, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Linguistics and the Classics
Jan Ziolkowski, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in the Department of the Classics

Shaye J.D. Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
Ioli Kalavrezou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art (on leave spring term)
John E. Murdoch, Professor of the History of Science
Rabun Taylor, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture (on leave fall term)
Raphael Graham Woolf, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (on leave 2002-03)

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
Mark Schiefsky 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
Mark Schiefsky 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
Mark Schiefsky 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
Mark Schiefsky 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

Comparative Literature 208. Experience and Expression: Seminar
Comparative Literature 215. Melopoeia: On German Music and Letters: Seminar
[*Comparative Literature 280. Literary Theory and Criticism in the Middle Ages: Seminar]
*Comparative Literature 287r. Selected Topics in Poetics and Rhetoric: Seminar
*History 90i (formerly History 90x). Major Themes in Ancient History
History 1085. The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine
History of Art and Architecture 13k. Introduction to Roman Art and Architecture
[Literature and Arts B-21. The Images of Alexander the Great]
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 117. Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England
Philosophy 7. Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy 102. Aristotle

For Undergraduates and Graduates

Classics 100. Ancient Cosmology and Mechanics
Catalog Number: 6518
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
A study of the origins of cosmological thought in ancient Greece, the cosmology of Aristotle, and challenges to the Aristotelian system in both the sublunar and celestial realms. Special consideration will be given tothe interaction of cosmological thought and the exact sciences, particularly mechanics and astronomy.
Prerequisite: Previous work in science ormathematics helpful but not required.

Classics 158. Ancient Greek World: Homer to Alexander
Catalog Number: 3134
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 2. EXAM GROUP: 7
An examination of the political, social, and cultural history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander (c. 1200–323 BCE). Topics include: the rise of the polis; Athenian democracy and democratic culture; gender and society; the Peloponnesian War; and Macedonian hegemony. Emphasis on primary sources and reading a broad range of texts in translation, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch.

Classics 163. Virgil and His Reception
Catalog Number: 8346
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
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: May be counted as a language course for Classics concentrators.

Classics 167. Classics and Literary Theory
Catalog Number: 4340
William R. Allan
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Many scholars apply contemporary theory to the study of the classical world, especially to the study of its literature. This course presents the main theoretical approaches and discusses various aspects of their deployment in recent classical scholarship. Critical movements covered include structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, new historicism, deconstruction, intertextuality, and narratology.

[Classics 190. Approaches to Classical and Indo-European Poetics]
Catalog Number: 0712
Calvert Watkins
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2002–03. 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 231).

Primarily for Undergraduates

Greek A. Beginning Greek
Catalog Number: 0129
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (fall term). Section I and II: M., W., Th., F., at 9; and Section III: M., W., Th., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Elements of the Greek language and introductory readings.

Greek Aab. Beginning Greek (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 0714
Judson Herrman 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
Judson Herrman and assistants
Half course (spring term). Section I: M., W., Th., F., at 9; Section II: M., W., Th., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
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 and assistant
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
William R. Allan and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10; M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
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 and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
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
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Greek H or equivalent.

Greek 105. Aristophanes
Catalog Number: 1969
Judson Herrman
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Readings of Birds, and Frogs, with an emphasis on genre, the polis, and the role of the chorus.

Greek 106. Greek Tragedy
Catalog Number: 6274
Albert Henrichs
Half course (fall 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 Sophokles’ Oidipous Tyrannos and Euripides’ Hippolytos.

Greek 107. Thucydides
Catalog Number: 8281
Nino Luraghi
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
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.

Greek 110r. Plato’s Hippias Minor and Hippias Major
Catalog Number: 6229
Gisela Striker
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A close reading of two early Platonic dialogues in which the sophist Hippias appears as interlocutor of Socrates. With attention to: cultural background, the contrasts and similarities between Socrates and the sophists, the stylistic techniques of the dialogue form, and last but not least the philosophical arguments.

Greek 112a. History of Greek Literature I
Catalog Number: 3052
William R. Allan
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
This course has two (interdependent) aims: the first is to present the literature of Archaic and early Classical Greece (from Homer to Aeschylus) in its social and poetic context; the second is to encourage a careful reading of the texts with particular attention to issues of genre, narrative, performance, imagery, and myth.

Greek 112b. History of Greek Literature II
Catalog Number: 6889
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 5
The 5th century and beyond, Comedy, Historiography, and Oratory.

Greek 134. The Language of Homer
Catalog Number: 5139
Calvert Watkins
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Essentials of Greek comparative and historical grammar, and a close reading of Iliad 1 and 3. Diachronic aspects of Homeric grammar and diction.

Greek 150. Greek Rhetoric
Catalog Number: 1622
Mark Schiefsky
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 14
The origins and development of Greek rhetorical theory in the fifth andfourth centuries BC. Selections in Greek and English from Gorgias, Plato(Gorgias and Phaedrus), Aristotle’s Rhetoric, and Isocrates.

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 231), or the Freshman Dean’s Office.

Primarily for Undergraduates

Latin A. Beginning Latin
Catalog Number: 4759
Ivy Livingston and assistants
Half course (fall term). Section I: M., W., Th., F., at 9; Section II: M., W., Th., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
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
Ivy Livingston (fall term), Judson Herrman (spring term), 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
Judson Herrman and assistants
Half course (spring term). Section I: M., W., Th., F., at 9; Section II, M., W., Th., 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 and assistant
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 and authors such as the Vulgate Bible, Augustine and Abelard.
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
Judson Herrman and assistant
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
Kathleen M. Coleman and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2
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
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
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.

Latin 102a. Catullus and Horace
Catalog Number: 7558
Kathleen M. Coleman
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Reading and analysis of the poems of Catullus and Horace.
Note: Open to advanced first-year undergraduates.

Latin 104. Ovid: Metamorphoses
Catalog Number: 5994
William R. Allan
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
Ovid’s witty, exuberant, and learned epic of change and mortality encompasses the history of the world from its creation to the apotheosis of Julius Caesar. This course examines the work’s shaping of narrative and myth, its generic multiformity (embracing tragic, elegiac, comic, and pastoral motifs, as well as epic), and its equally complex vision of human existence.

Latin 106a. Virgil: Eclogues and Georgics
Catalog Number: 1456
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
Reading and discussion of the Eclogues and Georgics with attention to their place in the pastoral and agricultural traditions and to their generic status in Augustan poetry.

Latin 106b. Virgil: Aeneid
Catalog Number: 7069
Andreola Rossi
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
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.

Latin 108. Cicero and Sallust on Catiline
Catalog Number: 5015
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Readings of Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations and Sallust’s Catilinarian Conspiracy with attention to the style of the two authors, their rhetorical and narrative techniques, and the differences between their accounts of Catiline’s conspiracy.

Latin 112a. History of Latin Literature I
Catalog Number: 7099
Andreola Rossi
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
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 10, and a one-hour section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
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 117. Livy
Catalog Number: 1279
Nino Luraghi
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
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.

[Latin 134. Archaic Latin]
Catalog Number: 1327
Calvert Watkins
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Essentials of Latin comparative and historical grammar, with readings of early Latin inscriptions, legal texts, and selections from Livius Andronicus, Plautus, Ennius, and Cato.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.

Latin 160. Roman Comedy
Catalog Number: 5520
Ivy Livingston
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 15
Reading and discussion of Plautus’ Menaechmi and Terence’s Adelphoe, with particular attention to the language of the plays.

Primarily for Graduates

200-Level Seminars

Classics 255. Greek Epigraphy
Catalog Number: 1773
Christopher P. Jones
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The course studies Greek inscriptions, and how to read and use them in the context of Greek language, history and culture. Subjects to be considered will include ancient literacy, the “epigraphic habit,” and the principles of editing and “restoring” inscriptions. The course will make use of local epigraphic collections.

Classics 265. Roman Epic
Catalog Number: 3471
Andreola Rossi
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
A study of the transformation of Roman epic from its early Republican beginnings to the Flavian age. Attention to Homeric and Hellenistic models, intertextuality, narratology, literary genre (conflation of genres), and relation between epic and empire.

Classics 267. Greek Religion: Athens and Attica
Catalog Number: 5888
Albert Henrichs
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
The role of ritual in Athenian cults and festivals. Texts, images and the scholarship of the 20th century will be used to explore connections between basic performance contexts in Greek religion.

Classics 277. Latin Palaeography
Catalog Number: 2772
R. J. Tarrant
Half course (spring term). W., 3:30–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
The evolution of Latin script from antiquity to the rise of print, with emphasis on periods and types of script important for the transmission of classical Latin literature.

Graduate Courses of Reading and Research

*Classics 300. Direction of Doctoral Dissertations
Catalog Number: 4543
Richard F. Thomas 1630, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289 (on leave spring term), John Duffy 1352 (on leave 2002-03), Albert Henrichs 4085, Christopher P. Jones 3204, Ivy Livingston 2293 (on leave spring term), Nino Luraghi 2408 (on leave 2002-2003), David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423, Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-02), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596 (on leave 2001-02), Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), R. J. Tarrant 7503 (on leave fall term), Calvert Watkins 2553, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275

*Classics 301. Reading or Topics Course
Catalog Number: 3457
Richard F. Thomas 1630, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289 (on leave spring term), John Duffy 1352 (on leave 2002-03), Albert Henrichs 4085, Christopher P. Jones 3204, Ivy Livingston 2293 (on leave spring term), Nino Luraghi 2408 (on leave 2002-2003), David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423, Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-02), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596 (on leave 2001-02), Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), R. J. Tarrant 7503 (on leave fall term), 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, Kathleen M. Coleman 2289 (on leave spring term), John Duffy 1352 (on leave 2002-03), Albert Henrichs 4085, Christopher P. Jones 3204, Ivy Livingston 2293 (on leave spring term), Nino Luraghi 2408 (on leave 2002-2003), David Gordon Mitten 1290, Gregory Nagy 1423, Gloria Ferrari Pinney 1384 (on leave fall term), Eric W. Robinson 2724 (on leave 2001-02), Panagiotis Roilos 1982, Andreola Rossi 3381, Mark Schiefsky 2354, Charles P. Segal 2596 (on leave 2001-02), Gisela Striker 2271 (on leave spring term), R. J. Tarrant 7503 (on leave fall term), Calvert Watkins 2553, and Jan Ziolkowski 7275

*Classics 350. Classical Philology: Proseminar
Catalog Number: 4026
John Duffy 1352 (on leave 2002-03) and Richard F. Thomas 1630
Half course (fall term). M., at 1; M., at 2.
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 1384 (on leave fall term) and David Gordon Mitten 1290
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Designed to introduce graduate students in Classical Archaeology to the essential fields, tools, and methodologies of the discipline.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03. 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 125. Byzantine Religious Tales
Catalog Number: 6630
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 12
Reading a selection from the corpus of Byzantine religious tales and legends, including some that went on to have fruitful careers in Medieval Latin and other languages. Examples: The Jewish Boy Legend; The Sinner’s Vision; The Drunken Nun; Boys Celebrating the Eucharist; The Heretical Businessman.
Prerequisite: Three terms of Medieval or Classical Greek, or equivalent.

Primarily for Graduates

Medieval Greek 285. The Literature of Iconoclasm
Catalog Number: 4958
John Duffy
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
The seminar will explore a variety of literary sources and genres that cover the rise and spread of animosity towards sacred images in 8th and 9th century Byzantium, the waves of repression and violence that resulted, and the theological arguments used on both sides of the controversy.

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 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Completion of Latin 4 or other preparation in Latin satisfactory to the instructor.

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 2002–03.

Medieval Latin 251 (formerly Medieval Latin 151). Virgil in the Middle Ages
Catalog Number: 4036
Jan Ziolkowski
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
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. Focuses also on folklore associated with Virgil and his poetry.

Cross-listed Courses

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). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.

Classical Archaeology 136. Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
Catalog Number: 7582
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (spring term). M., W., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
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.

Classical Archaeology 143. Two Panhellenic Greek Sanctuaries: Olympia and Delphi
Catalog Number: 4192
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
The cults, art and architecture of these two most important sanctuaries in Greece will receive intensive attention and will serve as the basis for examining how Greek art and religion interacted from the Iron Age through the end of Classical Antiquity.
Prerequisite: Courses in classical archaeology, ancient history, and art history are not required, but would be helpful.

Classical Archaeology 180. Coinage, Politics, and Economy in the Greek World
Catalog Number: 1746
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 13
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: 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 241. Narrative in Ancient Greek Art
Catalog Number: 4461
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
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.

Classical Archaeology 255 (formerly Classical Archaeology 244). Art and Archaeology of the Etruscans
Catalog Number: 2785
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
The Etruscans created a distinctive tradition of architecture, painting, and minor arts that critically shaped the culture of the Roman republic and empire. Readings, short reports, and a research paper; original objects in Boston and Cambridge museums will be emphasized.

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. Fall: M., F., at 11, W., 11–12; Spring: M., F., at 11, W., at 3. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 4; Spring: 4, 8
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 100 (formerly Modern Greek C). Advanced Modern Greek: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature
Catalog Number: 8487
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Close literary and linguistic analysis of selected readings in prose, theatre, poetry, and folksongs. Authors include: Cavafy, Seferis, Elytis, Axioti, Kambanelis, Tachtsis, Iordanidou.
Note: Conducted in Greek. Students must have completed Modern Greek B or equivalent and must have permission of the instructor.

Modern Greek 114. Exploring Modernism: The Poetry of C.P. Cavafy and G. Seferis
Catalog Number: 1973
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Explores the ways in which Cavafy and Seferis responded to modernist aesthetics and constructed their personal poetic mythology. Topics to be studied include: tradition and modernism, nostalgia and memory, poetics and desire.

[Modern Greek 125. Greek Modernism]
Catalog Number: 0315
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2002–03. All texts available in English.

Primarily for Graduates

Modern Greek 200. Approaches to Modern Greek Oral Literature
Catalog Number: 4128
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Explores different genres of modern Greek oral literature and their performative contexts. Examines the interaction between orality and literacy, ritual and “text,” metaphor and performance. Comparative examples and original material recorded by the instructor will be also studied.
Note: All texts available in English. Open to qualified undergraduates.

Modern Greek 201. Poetics of the Spirit: Nikos Kazantzakis
Catalog Number: 6259
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Examines Kazantzakis’s work in juxtaposition with European aestheticism and the philosophy of Nietzsche and Berxon. Topics include: love and sacrifice, salvation and death, transcendence and tragedy. Films based on his novels are also discussed.
Note: All texts available in English although students will be encouraged to read in the original when possible. Open to qualified undergraduates.

[Modern Greek 203. The Historical Novel]
Catalog Number: 0269
Panagiotis Roilos
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.