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Explore the ancient world with the Biggs Department of Classics. Whether you're new to the subject or continuing your studies, our courses offer engaging opportunities to examine ancient cultures through history, literature, philosophy, and language.

From introductory Greek and Latin to in-depth explorations of myth, law, identity, and magic, there’s something here for everyone—no prior experience required. Dive in and discover how the ancient world still speaks to us today.

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Courses by Topic (2024–2027)

Classics

First Year Seminars & Ampersand Program

Classics 1011 - First-Year Seminar: Ancient Mediterranean Textile Production

Classics 1020 - First Year Seminar: Music and Musicians in Greco-Roman Literature

Classics 1030 - First Year Seminar: Democracy’s Guinea Pigs: Government, Laws, and Citizens in Ancient Greece

Classics 1150 - First-Year Seminar: Engaging the Classical Past in Modern Fiction

Classics 1170 - First-Year Seminar: Villains of Ancient Rome

Classics 1180 - First Year Seminar: The Art of Rhetoric from Cicero to Social Media

Classics 1330 - Ampersand: Age of Pericles

Classics 1350 - Ampersand: Rome: The Eternal City?

Classics 1900 - First Year Seminar: Republic or Empire: Recreating Roman Politics of the Second Triumvirate

Ancient Society, Religion & Culture

Classics 2360 - The Roman World

Classics 2410 - Ancient Slavery

Classics 3120 - Creating the Other in Ancient Greece and Rome

Classics 3150 - Gender and Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3060 - Race and Identity in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Classics 3066 - Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christianity

Classics 3095 - Historical Introduction to the New Testament

Classics 3130 - Sexuality in Early Christianity

Classics 3830 - Magicians, Healers, and Holy Men

Classics 4410 - The Roman Culture of Spectacle

Classics 4600 - Ancient Greek Religion

Classics 4620 - Ancient Greek and Roman Music

Philosophy & Medicine

Classics 3470 - Ancient Philosophy

Classics 3800 - Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine

Classics 4350 - Hellenistic Philosophy

Classics 4640 - Ancient Madness

Classics 4700 - Ancient Greek and Roman Gynecology

Literature

Classics 3003 - Writing Intensive in Ancient Studies: Helen of Troy in Greece and Rome

Classics 3153 - The Women of Greek Tragedy

Classics 3750 - Topics in Comparative Literature: Pastoral Literature

Classics 3890 - The Ancient Novel

History

Classics 3410 - Ancient History: The Roman Republic

Classics 3420 - Ancient History: The Roman Empire

Classics 3450 - Greek History: The Dawn of Democracy

Classics 3460 - Greek History: The Age of Alexander

Classics 4361 - Topics in Ancient Studies: Politics and Personalities in Late-Republican Rome

Classics 4810 - Politics in the Late Roman Republic

Classics 4760 - Money, Exchange, and Power: Economy and Society in the Ancient Mediterranean

Classics 4763 - Olympian Shadows: Macedon and its Neighbors in Antiquity

Art & Archaeology

Classics 3212 - Art & Archaeology of Cleopatra's Egypt

Classics 3340 - Roman Art and Archaeology

Classics 4230 - The Reception of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World

Classics 4235 - Rome in Egypt: The Archaeology of an Oasis City

Classics 4250 - The Archaeology of Christian Monasticism

Classics 4290 - Art and Death in Ancient Rome

Classical Tradition & Reception

Classics 2011 - Classical to Renaissance Literature: Text & Traditions

Classics 2250 - Latin and Greek in Current English

Classics 2510 - Projecting the Past: Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Film

Classics 3077 - From the Renaissance to Nazi Germany: Ancient Greece and Rome in German Nationalism

Languages

Greek

Greek 1510 - Beginning Greek I

Greek 1520 - Beginning Greek II

Greek 3170 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Plato

Greek 3180 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Homer

Greek 4160 - Hesiod

Greek 4220 - Euripides

Greek 4300 - Herodotus

Greek 4320 - The Attic Orators

Greek 4390 - The Greek Novel: Longus

Greek 4450 - Greek Prose Composition

Greek 4510 - Plato

Greek 4800 - Readings in the Greek New Testament and Greco-Roman Religions

Latin

Latin 1510 - Beginning Latin I

Latin 1520 - Beginning Latin II

Latin 3010 - Introduction to Latin Literature I

Latin 3030 - Latin: Reading and Review

Latin 3161 - Introduction to Latin Literature II: Elementary Prose and Poetry

Latin 3170 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Republic

Latin 3180 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Empire

Latin 4160 - Seneca and Roman Tragedy

Latin 4190 - Julius Caesar and His Image

Latin 4250 - Petronius

Latin 4310 - Vergil: The Aeneid

Latin 4320 - Horace

Latin 4440 - Latin Prose Composition

Latin 4710 - Elegiac Poetry

Latin 4820 - Written Sources on the Art of Rome

Latin 4890 - The Emperor Claudius

Latin 4940 - Topics in Latin Literature: Vergil's Georgics

Latin 4960 - Tacitus

Additional Ancient Languages

Classics 1880 - Beginning Coptic I

Classics 1890 - Beginning Coptic II

Classics 2100 - Beginning Sanskrit I

Classics 2110 - Beginning Sanskrit II

Courses by Semester (2024–2027)

Spring 2027

Classics

Classics 1020 - First Year Seminar: Music and Musicians in Greco-Roman Literature

Classics 1030 - First Year Seminar: Democracy’s Guinea Pigs: Government, Laws, and Citizens in Ancient Greece

Classics 1330 - Ampersand: Age of Pericles

Classics 2360 - The Roman World

Classics 2510 - Projecting the Past: Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Film

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3066 - Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christianity

Classics 3095 - Historical Introduction to the New Testament

Classics 3460 - Greek History: The Age of Alexander

Classics 4410 - The Roman Culture of Spectacle

Classics 3800 - Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine

Classics 4620 - Ancient Greek and Roman Music

Classics 4760 - Money, Exchange, and Power: Economy and Society in the Ancient Mediterranean

Latin

Latin 1520 - Beginning Latin II

Latin 3180 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Empire

Latin 4440 - Latin Prose Composition

Latin 4820 - Written Sources on the Art of Rome

Greek

Greek 1520 - Beginning Greek II

Greek 3180 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Homer

Greek 4390 - The Greek Novel: Longus

Fall 2026

Classics

Classics 2250 - Latin and Greek in Current English

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3150 - Gender and Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Classics 3450 - Greek History: The Dawn of Democracy

Classics 3830 - Magicians, Healers, and Holy Men

Classics 3890 - The Ancient Novel

Classics 4230 - The Reception of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World

Classics 4640 - Ancient Madness

Latin

Latin 1510 - Beginning Latin I

Latin 3030 - Latin: Reading and Review

Latin 3170 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Republic

Latin 4890 - The Emperor Claudius

Greek

Greek 1510 - Beginning Greek I

Greek 3170 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Plato

Greek 4800 - Readings in the Greek New Testament and Greco-Roman Religions

Spring 2026

Classics

Classics 1350 - Ampersand: Rome: The Eternal City?

Classics 1900 - First Year Seminar: Republic or Empire: Recreating Roman Politics of the Second Triumvirate

Classics 2410 - Ancient Slavery

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3095 - Historical Introduction to the New Testament

Classics 3120 - Creating the Other in Ancient Greece and Rome

Classics 3420 - Ancient History: The Roman Empire

Classics 3800 - Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine

Classics 4810 - Politics in the Late Roman Republic

Latin

Latin 1520 - Beginning Latin II

Latin 3161 - Introduction to Latin Literature II: Elementary Prose and Poetry

Latin 3180 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Empire

Latin 4250 - Petronius

Greek

Greek 1520 - Beginning Greek II

Greek 3180 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Homer

Fall 2025

Classics

Classics 2510 - Projecting the Past: Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Film

Classics 3077 - From the Renaissance to Nazi Germany: Ancient Greece and Rome in German Nationalism

Classics 3410 - Ancient History: The Roman Republic

Classics 3830 - Magicians, Healers, and Holy Men

Classics 4600 - Ancient Greek Religion

Classics 4640 - Ancient Madness

Classics 4700 - Ancient Greek and Roman Gynecology

Latin

Latin 1510 - Beginning Latin I

Latin 3010 - Introduction to Latin Literature I

Latin 3170 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Republic

Latin 4310 - Vergil: The Aeneid

Latin 4320 - Horace

Greek

Greek 1510 - Beginning Greek I

Greek 2010 - Intensive Beginning Greek II

Greek 3170 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Plato

Greek 4220 - Euripides

Greek 4450 - Greek Prose Composition

Spring 2025

Classics

Classics 1011 - First-Year Seminar: Ancient Mediterranean Textile Production

Classics 1150 - First-Year Seminar: Engaging the Classical Past in Modern Fiction

Classics 1890 - Beginning Coptic II

Classics 2011 - Classical to Renaissance Literature: Text & Traditions

Classics 2110 - Beginning Sanskrit II

Classics 2230 - Ampersand: Age of Pericles

Classics 2360 - The Roman World

Classics 3003 - Writing Intensive in Ancient Studies: Helen of Troy in Greece and Rome

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3077 - From the Renaissance to Nazi Germany: Ancient Greece and Rome in German Nationalism

Classics 3095 - Historical Introduction to the New Testament

Classics 3130 - Sexuality in Early Christianity

Classics 3150 - Gender and Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Classics 3340 - Roman Art and Archaeology

Classics 3460 - Greek History: The Age of Alexander

Classics 3750 - Topics in Comparative Literature: Pastoral Literature

Classics 3800 - Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine

Classics 4235 - Rome in Egypt: The Archaeology of an Oasis City

Classics 4250 - The Archaeology of Christian Monasticism

Classics 4290 - Art and Death in Ancient Rome

Classics 4350 - Hellenistic Philosophy

Classics 4620 - Ancient Greek and Roman Music

Classics 4763 - Olympian Shadows: Macedon and its Neighbors in Antiquity

Latin

Latin 1520 - Beginning Latin II

Latin 3161 - Introduction to Latin Literature II: Elementary Prose and Poetry

Latin 3180 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Empire

Latin 4160 - Seneca and Roman Tragedy

Latin 4190 - Julius Caesar and His Image

Latin 4320 - Horace

Latin 4190 - Julius Caesar and His Image

Greek

Greek 1520 - Beginning Greek II

Greek 1900 - Intensive Beginning Greek I

Greek 3180 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Homer

Greek 4160 - Hesiod

Greek 4510 - Plato

Fall 2024

Classics

Classics 1170 - First-Year Seminar: Villains of Ancient Rome

Classics 1180 - First Year Seminar: The Art of Rhetoric from Cicero to Social Media

Classics 1880 - Beginning Coptic I

Classics 2011 - Classical to Renaissance Literature: Text & Traditions

Classics 2100 - Beginning Sanskrit I

Classics 2250 - Latin and Greek in Current English

Classics 2510 - Projecting the Past: Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Film

Classics 3010 - Greek Mythology

Classics 3060 - Race and Identity in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Classics 3153 - The Women of Greek Tragedy

Classics 3212 - Art & Archaeology of Cleopatra's Egypt

Classics 3470 - Ancient Philosophy

Classics 3830 - Magicians, Healers, and Holy Men

Classics 4230 - The Reception of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman World

Classics 4235 - Rome in Egypt: The Archaeology of an Oasis City

Classics 4361 - Topics in Ancient Studies: Politics and Personalities in Late-Republican Rome

Classics 4700 - Ancient Greek and Roman Gynecology

Latin

Latin 1510 - Beginning Latin I

Latin 3010 - Introduction to Latin Literature I

Latin 3170 - Survey of Latin Literature: The Republic

Latin 4190 - Julius Caesar and His Image

Latin 4710 - Elegiac Poetry

Latin 4940 - Topics in Latin Literature: Vergil's Georgics

Latin 4960 - Tacitus

Latin 4961 - Topics in Empire Latin: Written Sources on the Art of Rome

Greek

Greek 1510 - Beginning Greek I

Greek 2100 - Intensive Beginning Greek II

Greek 3170 - Introduction to Greek Literature: Plato

Greek 4300 - Herodotus

Greek 4320 - The Attic Orators

Greek 4450 - Greek Prose Composition