Full-year course

This is an intensive course that will provide students with a firm grasp of the foundations of the Ancient Greek language. We will cover the first three-quarters of Groton’s From Alpha to Omega and by the end of the course, you will be able to understand quite a lot of this beautifully complex ancient language Please note that this is not a Modern Greek course.

Full-year course

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major scholarly approaches and questions of the discipline of Classics and to provide a broad perspective on the discipline as a whole, through the examination of selected texts and objects drawn from material culture. Students will be exposed to the theoretical framework for each subject, while engaging in a close scrutiny of selected examples (texts and artifacts).

Part 1 (History) - Dr. Alexander Meyer
Part 2 (Archaeology) - Dr. Gino Canlas
Part 3 (Literature) - Dr. Christopher Brown

Greek Sanctuaries without Temples

When most people think of Greek sanctuaries, they often picture places like the Athenian Acropolis, Olympia, or Delphi, with monumental temples dominating their mental images. Temples, however, were not a necessary component of a Greek sanctuary. In this seminar, we will cover the different types of sanctuaries without any temples (e.g. rural shrines, springs, caves, groves, peaks, etc.) and their roles in various aspects of life, including politics, memory, festivals, rites of passage, and identity formation. We will examine the archaeological problems inherent in the study of these often-overlooked sites, as well as challenge definitions of monumentality.