Graduate Courses

Courses for Spring 2009

Fordham classes begin on January 12, NYU classes on January 20, and CUNY classes on January 26. For further information about CUNY and NYU courses, visit their classics websites.

CLGA 8801.1 Herodotus at CUNY (Roberts) Wed. 4:15-6:15 PM

CLGA 8801.2 Greek Magic at CUNY (Wilson) Mon. 6:30-8:30 PM

CLGA 8801.3 Tacitus at CUNY (Allen) Mon. 4:15-6:15 PM

CLGA 8805.1 Presocratics at NYU (Sider) Wed. 6:30-8:30 PM (taught at CUNY)

CLGA 8805.2 Lucan at NYU (Lowrie) Tues. 4:15-6:15 PM

CLGA 8805.3 History of the Early Roman Empire at NYU (Peachin) Tues. 6:30-8:30 PM

GCGA 6361.1 Euripides (Peirce) Thurs. 4:15-6:15 PM Lincoln Ctr. Rm. 404
     This course has two aims: it will offer an introduction to Euripidean drama through study of Bacchae and Cyclops, and it will offer a study of Bacchic religion based on these plays. Each week we will read a portion of a play with attention to general issues of Euripidean language, style, and dramaturgy; we will at the same time consider problems in Bacchic religion raised by the text. Assignments will include close readings of Dodd's edition of Bacchae and Seaford's of Cyclops along with a variety of primary and secondary sources in Greek religion.

LAGA 5211.1 Latin Prose Composition (McGowan) Thurs. 6:30-8:30 PM Lincoln Ctr. Rm. 404
     This course offers an introduction to the art of Latin prose composition. It will include a survey of writings from Cato the Elder to the Vulgate, with a special emphasis on the styles of Cicero, Tacitus, and Jerome. Each week, our readings will be accompanied by an exercise in Latin composition and a review of individual points of syntax. It is hoped that by the end of the course we will have gained a deeper knowledge of Latin sentence structure and a greater appreciation for a broad range of prose styles. The required texts are: D. A. Russell's An Anthology of Latin Prose, E. C. Woodcock's A New Latin Syntax, and B. L. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar. Highly recommended are: A Latin Dictionary of Lewis and Short and Smith's English-Latin Dictionary.

LAGA 6424.1 Cicero, Rhetorica (Sogno) Mon. 4:15-6:15 PM Lincoln Ctr.
     This course will explore Cicero's rhetorical theory and practice with special attention devoted to Cicero's self-fashioning as the Roman Demosthenes. The course is divided into two parts: in the first half, we will read the Brutus and discuss Cicero's theory of the decline of oratory, as well as the cultural, political, and historical context in which the theory was formulated and its reception and influence on subsequent rhetorical treatises. In the second half, we will read the Second Philippic and focus not only on the historical and political circumstances in which the speech was produced, but also on literary and stylistic questions. Assignments will typically include close readings of the Latin texts (Brutus and Second Philippics, as well as excerpts from other Ciceronian and later rhetorical treatises) and a wide array of readings in critical scholarship.

Courses for Summer 2009

LAGA 5090 Latin for Reading (Owesny) May 26-June 25, MW 6:00-9:00 PM Lincoln Ctr.
     An intensive introduction to Latin for graduate students.

LAGA 5093 Ecclesiastical Latin (Clark) June 29-August 4 MW 6:00-9:00 PM Bronx Campus
     Students who have taken Latin for Reading (above) may move directly into this course.

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