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City University of New York - Social Themes: Ancient and Modern

Analysis of representative ancient Greek texts (epic, history, philosophy, tragedy, comedy) to investigate four significant social themes: the family, cultural diversity, love, and the role of women. Analysis of texts organized on the collaborative model with small working groups along with traditional lecture and classroom discussion.
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City University of New York - Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome

An exploration into the ways in which individual sexual experience was categorized and evaluated by society in the ancient world, with special attention to questions of gender role, sexual orientation, and the intersection of the personal and the political. Evidence from such literary and nonliterary sources as lyric poetry, epigram, drama, oratory, history, philosophy, epigraphy, and the visual arts.
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City University of New York - Greek and Roman Mythology

Classical myths and modern theories of mythology. Readings in English translation from the ancient sources.
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City University of New York - Greek and Roman Mythology

Classical myths and modern theories of mythology.
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City University of New York - Rome: City of Empire

The rise of Rome as the capital of an empire. Urban environment: housing, public buildings, monuments. Portrayals in literature of the Roman empire. Varied population of Rome: distinctions among social classes; role of women; ethnic minorities (e.g., Greeks, Jews, Christians). Later transformation of city and empire.
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City University of New York - Delphi and Apollo: the Oracle and the Site

The religious, historical, and social significance of Apollo's shrine at Delphi. Literary and archaeological evidence. Athletic festivals held on the site.
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City University of New York - Democracy and Imperialism: Athens in the Fifth Century Bc

The development of Athenian ideas about democracy and empire in the fifth century through a study of the literature of the period.
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City University of New York - Greek Athletics

An investigation of ancient Greek athletics as a cultural phenomenon with special attention to the nature of the various athletic events and the social context in which these competitions took place. Analysis of representative ancient Greek (and some Roman) texts (epic, history, philosophy, tragedy, comedy, medical writings, epigraphy) and relevant iconographical evidence. Comparison with modern athletics.
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City University of New York - Greek Athletics

An investigation of ancient Greek athletics as a cultural phenomenon with special attention to the nature of the various athletic events and the social context in which these competitions took place. Analysis of representative ancient Greek (and some Roman) texts (epic, history, philosophy, tragedy, comedy, medical writings, epigraphy) and relevant iconographical evidence. Comparison with modern athletics.
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City University of New York - The Material Remains of Ancient Greece

Physical remains of ancient Greek civilization. Classical architecture and artifacts. Survey of Greek archaeology. History of the Greek alphabet and readings in translation from ancient inscriptions and other primary documents.
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City University of New York - Introduction to Archaeology

Introduces the multidisciplinary nature of archaeology; origins of agriculture and the rise of early civilizations; practical experience in aspects of archaeological field methods and analytical techniques; examination of stone, ceramic, and metal artifacts; wood, seed, and pollen, human and non-human bone materials.
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City University of New York - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Archaeology

Historical and current trends in archaeology; methodology and techniques of anthropology, classics, art history, and the physical sciences relevant to archaeological studies.
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City University of New York - Science and Technology in Classical Antiquity

Science and technological progress of classical antiquity. Place of science and technology in ancient society.
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City University of New York - Summer Archaeological Field School (Intensive Program)

Intensive instruction in field methods and techniques of archaeology through participation in every aspect of an excavation; training in archaeological mapping, excavation techniques, and methods of archaeological laboratory analysis.
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City University of New York - Environmental Ideologies and Their Classical Roots

Basic ideas about human nature and human activity that are rooted in the ancient Mediterranean ecosystem (Egypt, Greece, Italy) and still shape attitudes towards the environment, with special attention to such ideas as "nature, chaos, wildness, scarcity" and their contraries "culture, cosmos, tameness, fullness." Evidence from epic, historical, philosophical, and scientific writers.
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City University of New York - Reading Tragedy

Development of Greek tragedy. Different perspectives of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. Criticism of tragedy by Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle. Roman drama of Seneca. Reading in the works of modern critics.
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City University of New York - Greek and Roman Epic

Development of epic poetry among the Greeks and Romans. Homer?s Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius? Argonautica, Vergil?s Aeneid, Statius? Thebaid, Lucan?s Pharsalia. Oral and written traditions. Narrative focus and intertextuality.
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City University of New York - Classical Reflections in Literature and the Arts

Analysis of Greco-Roman ideas and motifs in literature and the arts through comparisons of ancient sources and post- classical adaptations. There will be three supervised field trips to performances of plays, operas, or dance, and to museums in the New York area, for which there may be modest fees.
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City University of New York - Roman Law

Roman law from the law of the Twelve Tables to the Institutes of Justinian. Topics include sources and development of the law; criminal law; family law; property; contracts; delicts; succession; comparison of Roman law and common law; Latin legal terminology for the modern lawyer.
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City University of New York - Moral Choices in Classical Literature

Moral problems as they were understood by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Topics include friendship, personal ambition, and social responsibility.
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City University of New York - Pagans, Christians, and Jews

Religious conflict in the Roman Empire. The relation of Judaism and Christianity to their pagan environment.
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City University of New York - Special Topics

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City University of New York - The Comic Tradition in Greece and Rome

The development of the comic tradition in Greece and Rome. Invective, the Old Comedy of Aristophanes, the New Comedy of Menander, Roman adaptations of Greek New Comedy by Plautus and Terence, satire, the novel, and the arts.
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City University of New York - Exile and Return in Classical and Caribbean Epic

Narratives of exile and the struggle to get home in the Bible, Homer's Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid, with special emphasis on Derek Walcott's Omeros, along with other Caribbean writings.
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City University of New York - Makings of Pastoral Myth

Pastoral, a powerful mode of mythic imagination, studied in its roots and transformations: plots and themes (herdsmen as lovers, rulers, and poets; kings as herdsmen and poets [David] originating in ancient Mediterranean cultures and still at work in imagination today. Return and change of basic my themes to meet the challenges of new times and worlds.
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