Fundamentals of grammar, syntax and etymology for students with no or little knowledge of Latin; provides sufficient background to read Latin prose and poetry.
LEARNING HOURS 276 (72L;24T;180P).
Review of grammar followed by a study of representative works of Ovid and other authors. In addition to developing facility in translation, study of literary content and background of authors.
LEARNING HOURS 282 (72L;210P).
Selected passages of Latin prose, usually drawn from oratory, history, and philosophy, read in the original Latin and commented upon for their linguistic, literary, and historical significance.
NOTE This course is normally co-taught with LATN 421.
LEARNING HOURS 126 (36L;90P).
Selected passages of Latin verse, usually drawn from epic, lyric, elegy, and drama, read in the original Latin and commented upon for their linguistic, literary, and historical significance.
NOTE This course is normally co-taught with LATN 422.
LEARNING HOURS 126 (36L;90P).
Representative works of prose and poetry to illustrate various aspects of the history and culture of the period.
LEARNING HOURS 264 (72L;192P).
Selected works of Latin prose, usually drawn from oratory, history, and philosophy, read in the original Latin and commented upon for their linguistic, literary, and historical significance.
NOTE This course is normally co-taught with LATN 321.
LEARNING HOURS 141 (36L;105P).
Selected works of Latin verse, usually drawn from epic, lyric, elegy, and drama, read in the original Latin and commented upon for their linguistic, literary, and historical significance.
NOTE This course is normally co-taught with LATN 322.
LEARNING HOURS 141 (36L;105P).
Detailed study of certain aspects of Latin Literature and Roman history through directed readings and essay assignments.
LEARNING HOURS 240 (24I;216P).
A study of the work of Plautus, or Terence, or Seneca, and its position within the classical comedic or tragic tradition. M.S. Cummings
An intensive study of the traditions of ancient rhetoric with readings in Cicero's rhetorical works and orations. B. J. Kavanagh
A study of Vergil's Aeneid, or Ovid's Metamorphoses, or Lucan's Civil War, or Statius' Thebaid, and its position within the Latin epic tradition. M.S. Cummings
A study of a major non-epic work or genre, such as Vergil's Georgics; Horace's Odes, Satires, or Epistles; or the elegiac poetry of Propertius, Tibullus, or Ovid. M.S. Cummings
An intensive study of Roman historical writings, with readings in Sallust, Livy and Tacitus. B. J. Kavanagh
A lecture course examining the categories of Latin inscriptions, the archaisms, formulae and abbreviations. Sample inscriptions will be chosen from the earliest to later Imperial times. B. J. Kavanagh
Reading of any Latin author or authors approved by the Department. Informal instruction. Examination on ability to translate only. Staff