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Class Descriptions

CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION

15CLAS540. Linear B. 4 gr.cr.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with sufficient knowledge to intelligently read and interpret the Linear B documents of the Greek Bronze Age. Mastery of the Greek alphabet as well as the relevant signs used in these documents is expected. In addition, students will learn the system of Mycenean weights and measures and accounting techniques. This material will be studies in the context of the material remains of the period.

15CLAS700. Roman Archaeology 1. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of the Roman Republic.

15CLAS701. Roman Archaeology 2. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of the early Roman Empire.

15CLAS702. Roman Archaeology 3. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of the later Roman Empire.

15CLAS703. Greek Archaeology 1. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of Iron Age and Archaic Greece.

15CLAS704. Greek Archaeology 2. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of Classical Greece.

15CLAS705. Greek Archaeology 3. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of the Hellenistic World.

15CLAS706. Aegean Prehistory. 4 gr.cr.
The art and archaeology of Prehistoric Greece.

15CLAS710. Mediterranean World of the Early Iron Age: 1100-600 BC. 4 gr.cr.
Emphasis is placed on Greek and Italic social development and their interaction with other cultures such as the Phoenician. An examination of both archaeological and literary evidence follows the development of social institutions that culminate in the emergence of the state.

15CLAS711. Archaeology of Israel. 4 gr.cr.
Focuses on the material remains of Israel, from prehistory to the Roman period.

15CLAS725. Information Technology in Archaeological Research. 4 gr.cr.
Prepares students to effectively use computers in archaeological research, including database design and integration with spatial data through GIS.

15CLAS731. Bronze Age Cyprus. 4 gr.cr.
The archaeology of Cyprus from c. 3000 to the beginning of the 10th century BC, dealing with the geography, natural resources, land use, state formation and culture. An overview of the eastern Aegean with emphasis on excavations at Episkopi-Bamboula.

15CLAS741. The Minoans 1. 4 gr.cr.
The first of a two-part course sequence.

15CLAS742. The Minoans 2. 4 gr.cr.
The second of a two-part course sequence.

15CLAS743. The Mycenaeans 1. 4 gr.cr.
The first of a two-part course sequence. A graduate survey class dealing with archaeology, society, economy, history and art of the Greek mainland from the Paleolithic period to the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Dark Ages.

15CLAS744. The Myceneans 2. 4 gr.cr.
The second of a two-part course sequence. A graduate survey class dealing with archaeology, society, economy, history and art of the Greek mainland from the Paleolithic period to the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Dark Ages.

15CLAS781. Roman History: Early Rome. 4 gr.cr.
Early Roman history from the origins of Rome, the monarchy and the early Republic through the Middle Republic.

15CLAS782. Roman History: Late Republic. 4 gr.cr.
History of the Roman Republic from the time of the Gracchi to that of Julius Caesar. Emphasis is placed on the causes of the fall of the Republic.

15CLAS783. Roman History: Empire. 4 gr.cr.
Political, social and economic history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to the Antonines.

15CLAS784. Early Greece. 4 gr.cr.
The history of Greece in the Dark Age and the Archaic period. The emergence of the city-state, colonization, and the constitutional development of Sparta and Athens to the end of the sixth century B.C.

15CLAS785. Greece: Pericles. 4 gr.cr.
The Age of Pericles and the 4th century B.C. The social and political history of Greece in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

15CLAS786. Greece: Hellenistic. 4 gr.cr.
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World. The social and political history of the Greek world from the 4th to the 2nd centuries B.C.

15CLAS788. Greek and Roman Warfare. 4 gr.cr.
A study of Greek and Roman tactical methods and army structure.

15CLAS790. Bread and Butter. 4 gr.cr.
Survey of food production and consumption in the ancient world, with a special focus on the social organization of agriculture (leases, estates) and the development of entitlements (taxes, doles).

15CLAS841. Art History and Ancient Art. 4 gr.cr.
This seminar will examine art historical approaches to the material culture of ancient Greece and Rome. We will consider both the history of art historical interpretation and the application of recent theoretical approaches to ancient art.

15CLAS852. Cincinnati Art Museum Internship. 4-12 gr.cr.
Deals with problems in exhibition design, conservation, and cataloguing, and includes research on works of ancient art in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

15CLAS871. Master's Thesis Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15CLAS872. Roman Architecture. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS873. Roman Painting. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS874. Prehistoric Macedonia. 4 gr.cr.
Survey of the prehistory of Macedonia from the beginning of the Neolithic to the Archaic period. Discussion of major sites by period. Presentation of archaeological and historical evidence. Prereq.: Reading knowledge of modern Greek, German or French.

15CLAS875. Introduction to Graduate Studies. 1 gr.cr.

15CLAS877. Pompeii and Herculaneum. 4 gr.cr.
This course examines the methods, motives and results of the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum over their 250-year history. Special attention to urban development.

15CLAS878. Roman Sculpture. 4 gr.cr.
The history of Roman historical reliefs and coinage from the beginning of the Republic through the reign of Augustus. Second quarter continues the study through the Julio-Claudian to the Constantine era. (Two-quarter sequence.)

15CLAS879. Roman Sculpture. 4 gr.cr.
Second quarter sequence. See 15CLAS878.

15CLAS882. Greek Sanctuaries 1. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS883. Greek Sanctuaries 2. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS901. Ptolemaic Empire. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the papyrological, epigraphic, numanistic and archaeological evidence for Ptolemaic empire.

15CLAS902. Seleucid Empire. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the papyrological, epigraphic, numanistic and archaeological evidence for the Seleucid Empire.

15CLAS903. Roman Religion. 4 gr.cr.
The historical development of priesthood cult practices with particular emphasis placed on the religious practices of Roman public life.

15CLAS915. Homeric Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
Relevance of Homeric texts to understanding the Aegean Bronze Age. Integration of textual and archaeological approaches through application to specific case studies

15CLAS920. Crete and Cyprus in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period. 4 gr.cr.
Society and economy of Crete and Cyprus c. 1200-c.1600 with particular reference to settlement patterns and land use. Consideration is given to integration of archaeological and historical material to reconstruct the history of the landscape.

15CLAS921. The Religious Context of Early Christianity. 4 gr.cr.
Surveys religions in the Roman world, including Christianity. Discusses approaches to religion, especially the "Religious History School." Compares public and private religion. Explores the boundaries of religions, where they meet, parted and stopped being religions. Evaluates the contribution of other religions to early Christianity.

15CLAS923. Archaeology of Colonization. 4 gr.cr.
Approaches to the study of colonization through examination of material culture. Case studies from the Greek world with special attention to Illyria, the Black Sea and southern France. Perm of instructor

15CLAS925. Gender and Theory in Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
Theories and methods by which archaeologists can trace gender distinctions in past societies from material remains.

15CLAS927. Archaeology of Hadrian's Empire. 4 gr.cr.
Combines the study of ancient historical sources with a full examination of the archaeological evidence to illumine the reign of Hadrian and his influence across the Mediterranean world.

15CLAS929. Landscape Archaeology in Kea, Greece. 4 gr.cr.
Integration of textual evidence and results of archaeological research to reconstruct the longterm history of the Greek island of Kea. Focus on 7th through 1st centuries B.C. Graduate standing in Classics or permission of instructor

15CLAS930. Pots and Potters. 4 gr.cr.
Analysis and discussion of the latest tools, theoretical approaches and methodological perspectives available to archaeologists for the study of ceramics.

15CLAS931. Applied Techniques in Archaeological Field Research. 4 gr.cr.
Application of techniques developed in the physical and biological sciences to archaeological field research.

15CLAS932. Neolithic and Early Cycladic Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
A detailed analysis of earliest settlement in the Aegean islands of Greece as revealed by archaeological investigations in the past century. Includes consideration of relevant theory and method. Prereq.: Graduate students in Classics or by permission of instructor

15CLAS933. Archaeology of Troy. 4 gr.cr.
A survey of recent archaeological discoveries at the site of Troy in northwestern Turkey. The seminar will deal also with problems in the interpretation of gaps in habitation, cult activity and domestic architecture.

15CLAS935. Social Complexity. 4 gr.cr.
A survey of the archaeological and related literature (1940s-present) on the processes that lead to and sustain complex socio-political organizations. Examples from Old and New World.

15CLAS937. Sexuality in Greece and Rome. 4 gr.cr.
This seminar examines the cultural construction of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. The emphasis is on hermeneutics: problems of interpretation, cultural poetics, past and present biases. We will examine both literary and visual sources. Class meets with 15GRK937.

15CLAS940. Evolution of Ancient Athens. 4 gr.cr.
History of the economic, social and urban development of the city of Athens and its interrelationship with Greek urban development.

15CLAS942. Greek Vase Painting. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS943. Houses and Households in Ancient Greece. 4 gr.cr.
Examination of archaeological and literary evidence for ancient Greek domestic life. Will include discussion of architecture, material culture, iconography, women's roles in the home and the "family."

15CLAS944. Archaeological Theory. 4 gr.cr.
Seminar in classical and pre-classical archaeology. Review and critique of modern archaeological theory as relevant to Mediterranean archaeology. Prereq.: Perm. of instr.

15CLAS945. Archaeological Field Methods. 4 gr.cr.
Principles of archaeological fieldwork in the Mediterranean, both excavations and survey.

15CLAS946. Regional Studies and Prehistory. 4 gr.cr.
This seminar examines the development of techniques of surface archaeological survey and other methods of regional reconnaissance, as they come to be practiced in Greece. Participants in the seminar evaluate the success of these research programs as they pertain to the study of Greek history. What have they contributed to our understanding of the Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age of Greece? Prereq: Perm. of instr.

15CLAS947. Roman Warfare. 4 gr.cr.
A seminar dealing with various topics on the development of Roman warfare, such as tactics, strategy, social and economic effects and institutional development.

15CLAS950. Greek Sculpture 1. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS951. Greek Sculpture 2. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS952. Problems in Greek Dark Age Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
Designed for graduate students interested in studying the Early Iron Age and Early Archaic periods in Greece and Rome. Questions involve change and continuity from the Late Bronze Age; problems in the reconstruction of social history; pre-polis evolution.

15CLAS954. Bronze Age, Cyprus. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS955. Mycenaeans Abroad. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS956. Coming of the Greeks. 4 gr.cr.
Research seminar examining the Greek Early Bronze Age including archaeological and linguistic evidence for cultural continuity. Prereq.: Perm. of instr.

15CLAS957. The Symposium and Symposium Literature. 4 gr.cr.
Archaic and Classical poetry and its meta-sympotic elements; archaeological material and visual evidence in Archaic and Classical Greece with a focus on the socio-cultural function of communal drinking. Joined with 15GRK957.

15CLAS958. The Aegean. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS959. Phoenicians, Italians and Greeks. 4 gr.cr.
An examination of the interaction between Phoenicians, Greeks and Italian peoples in the Western Mediterranean during the first half of the first millennium BC. We will explore cultural exchanges in the areas of religion, social institutions and artistic and craft traditions.

15CLAS960. Greek Architecture. 4 gr.cr.
Intensive study of 5th-4th century temple construction techniques from the archaeological and epigraphical evidence.

15CLAS961. Art and Myth. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS962. South Italy: Greek Colonists and their Neighbors. 4 gr.cr.
An examination of the evidence for interactions between Greeks and indigenous populations in Italy during the 5th to 3rd centuries BCE. A particular focus will be on figure decorated pottery, its iconography and markets.

15CLAS963. Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
Purpose of this seminar is to examine critically the assumptions of Landscape Archaeologists, as well as the history of this subdiscipline. Case studies will focus particularly on the archaeology of historical periods, particularly of Roman times.

15CLAS964. Pompeian Archaeology. 4 gr.cr.
An intensive study of the art and archaeology of Pompeii and other sites around the Bay of Naples, with a concentration on cultural and urban development.

15CLAS968. Greek and Roman Warfare. 4 gr.cr.
A detailed look at weaponry, tactics, and logistics, and the interaction of societies and armies.

15CLAS970. The Greek House. 4 gr.cr.

15CLAS971. Doctoral Dissertation Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15CLAS972. Readings in Ancient History. 1-15 gr.cr.
Directed readings on various topics in ancient history with either an exam or paper. Perm. of instr.

15CLAS984. Roman Constitution. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the history of Roman Public Law dealing with the historical development of magistracy, Senate and assemblies.

15CLAS986. Early Empire. 4 gr.cr.
A concentration on the Julio-Claudian period with special emphasis on the reign of Augustus and the formation of the new political and social structures that accompanied the inception of the empire.

15CLAS988. Late Empire. 4 gr.cr.
Intellectual and institutional history from the time of Commodus to Theodosius, with emphasis given to source criticism and methodological problems.

15CLAS990. Ancient Numismatics. 4 gr.cr.
History of coinage in the Greco-Roman world.

15CLAS992. The Hellenistic World. 4 gr.cr.
Discussion and examination of the epigraphic, papyrological and numismatic evidence for the Hellenistic Near East.

15CLAS993. Hellenistic Syria. 4 gr.cr.
An intensive study of the literary, epigraphic, papyrological and numismatic evidence for Syria in the Hellenistic period.

15CLAS994. Hellenistic Palestine. 4 gr.cr.
The seminar will examine the available evidence - literary, epigraphic, papyrological and archaeological - for Hellenistic Palestine.

15CLAS999. Directed Readings in Archaeology. 1-15 gr.cr.

GREEK

15GRK571. Lyric. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK573. Thucydides. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK577. History of Greek Prose. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK581. Sophocles. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK583. Euripides. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK584. Aristophanes. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK585. Epic Poetry. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK586. Hellenistic Poetry. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK587. Philosophical Prose. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15GRK601. Special Readings 1. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15GRK602. Special Readings 2. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15GRK603. Special Readings 3. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15GRK701. Latin-Greek Grammar. 4 gr.cr.

15GRK850. Greek Dialects. 4 gr.cr.
Readings in Greek dialects emphasizing literary dialects with a view toward Linear B.

15GRK870. Greek Historical Sources. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the major sources and problems in Greek history with emphasis on the epigraphic and papyrological evidence.

15GRK871. Master's Thesis Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15GRK892. Topics in Greek Literature. 4 gr.cr.

15GRK895. Ecphrasis. 4 gr.cr.
Analysis of Greek ecphrasis (texts that ask the audience to visualize a work of art) from Homer to Philostratus. Prereq: Three 500-level Greek courses or perm. of instr.

15GRK921. Literary Papyri. 4 gr.cr.
Introduction to the Greek literary papyri, with detailed examination of selected topics, requiring good facility in ancient Greek and its literature.

15GRK922. Hesiod. 4 gr.cr.
Study of the text and scholarship of Hesiod's poetry.

15GRK923. Theocritus. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the poetry of Theocritus with particular regard to the formation of the pastoral genre and the connections between Theocritus' pastoral poems and other Idylls.

15GRK925. Lyric Poetry. 4 gr.cr.
The new papyrus discoveries and new literary approaches to the Lyric Age of Greece.

15GRK927. Libraries in Greece and Rome. 4 gr.cr.
Detailed examination of current topics in the study of ancient libraries and readers. Requires good facility in Greek and Latin.

15GRK930. New Comedy. 4 gr.cr.
Study of Memander plays and comic technique, with comparison to other Hellenistic performance forms.

15GRK931. Documentary Papyri From Alexandria. 4 gr.cr.
Reading of contracts and letters surviving on papyri found in Alexandria and elsewhere in Egypt. Subjects in these documents range from debt to divorce among Alexandrian Jews and Christians. Prereq: advanced knowledge of ancient Greek

15GRK933. Ancient Literary Criticism. 4 gr.cr.
Readings and discussion of selections from Plato, Aristotle's, Poetics, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, "Longinus," and other works of literary criticism. Prereq: Three 500-level Greek courses or permission of instructor

15GRK937. Sexuality in Greece and Rome. 4 gr.cr.
This seminar examines the cultural construction of sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. The emphasis is on hermeneutics: problems of interpretation, cultural poetics, their biases and our. We will examine both literary and visual sources. Class meets with 15CLAS937.

15GRK939. Homeric Poems. 4 gr.cr.
Scholarly research on the Homeric poems

15GRK941. Epigraphy. 4 gr.cr.
Introduction to ancient Greek texts perserved on stone. Students learn how to read the physical objects and their representations, how to record and publish the texts, and how to write documentary history. Focus is on site in the "classical" Greek world of 4th & 3rd century BC. Prereq: Advanced knowledge of Greek

15GRK949. The Pre-Socratics. 4 gr.cr.
Study of the fragments, queries, and doctrines of selected Pre-Socratic thinkers, in the context of their own times, the ancient traditions which preserved our evidence, and modern research.

15GRK950. Plato. 4 gr.cr.
Analysis of several Platonic dialogues with an emphasis on the intersection between philosophic and literary problems.

15GRK953. Prometheus. 4 gr.cr.
The controversy over Aeschylus' Prometheus will be used to explore the tragic genre as a whole; reading will involve the Prometheus as well as the Persians and one other non-Aeschylean play.

15GRK955. Aeschylus. 4 gr.cr.
The seminar will involve the study of Aeschylus' drama Agamemnon. Topics to be discussed may include textual problems, the use of the chorus and lyric, management of actors' roles, dramatic structure, imagery and stage presentation.

15GRK957. The Symposium and Symposium Literature. 4 gr.cr.
Archaic and Classical poetry and its metasympotic elements, and archaeological material and visual evidence in Archaic and Classical Greece, with a focus on the sociocultural function of communal drinking. Joined with 15CLAS957.

15GRK971. Doctoral Dissertation Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15GRK975. Prose Composition. 4 gr.cr.
Study of Attic prose style and practice in writing prose in various styles.

15GRK979. Herodotus. 4 gr.cr.
Emphasis will be on issues of historiography in Herodotus.

15GRK980. Apollonius. 4 gr.cr.
Reading and advanced study of Apollonius' Argonautica.

15GRK985. Topics in Greek Literature. 4 gr.cr.

15GRK999. Directed Readings. 1-15 gr.cr.

LATIN

15LATN501. Cicero. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN502. Lucretius. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN503. Roman Comedy. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN504. Tacitus. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN505. Horace. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN506. Satire. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN507. Historians: Livy and Sallust. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN508. Virgil: Eclogues and Georgics. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN509. Silver Latin. 4 gr.cr. BoK:LT.

15LATN601. Special Readings 1. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15LATN602. Special Readings 2. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15LATN603. Special Readings 3. 4 gr.cr. BoK:HU.

15LATN850. Cicero 1. 4 gr.cr.

15LATN851. Cicero 2. 4 gr.cr.
Rhetorical and historical investigations stemming from readings in 15LATN850. Prereq.: 15LATN850.

15LATN857. Lapidary Poetry and Prose. 4 gr.cr.
Reading Latin inscriptions from the Republic to late antiquity on historial events, imperial government, the army, urban life in the Roman west and other social, economic and cultural phenomena. Advanced knowledge of Latin required.

15LATN871. Master's Thesis Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15LATN896. Topics of Latin Literature. 4 gr.cr.
Topics of Latin Literature

15LATN921. Cult, Myth and Reality in Ovid's Fasti. 4 gr.cr.
Ovid's Fasti, a didactic peom in the form of a calendar, reflects the political, cultural and religious tendencies of the Augustan Age. In this seminar we examine, apart from philological issues (genre and Greek models), the historial and religious context of this exciting oeuvre.

15LATN971. Doctoral Dissertation Research. 1-15 gr.cr.

15LATN973. Pliny the Younger and the Construction of Culture. 4 gr.cr.
This seminar will be a group exploration into the details of how the Younger Pliny constructs his ideal of the Roman cultural elite, with special attention to what Pliny tells us about the social uses of literature and to Roman ideas of the public and the private.

15LATN974. Statius. 4 gr.cr.
The goal of this seminar is to introduce students to the major issues in contemporary studies in post-Augustan Latin literature by reading extensive passages from Statius' Silvae and the Thebaid.

15LATN975. Early Latin. 4 gr.cr.
A study of pre-classical Latin literature: Elder Cato to C. Gracchus; Livius Andronicus-Lucilius.

15LATN977. Prose Composition. 4 gr.cr.
Graduate level class concentrating on developing the student's Latin style and command of grammar and syntax.

15LATN979. Julio-Claudians. 4 gr.cr.
The political, economic and social history of the period between Augustus and the death of Nero. Particular attention is paid to the internal dynamics of the imperial family and the question of succession, provincial administration and the imperial bureaucracy.

15LATN980. Virgil. 4 gr.cr.

15LATN981. Ovid's Metamorphoses. 4 gr.cr.
Reading and advanced study of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

15LATN983. Virgil: Aeneid. 4 gr.cr.

15LATN984. Literature. 4 gr.cr.

15LATN986. Roman Popular Culture. 4 gr.cr.
A study of the Late Republic and Early Empire culture of Roman lower socioeconomic classes.

15LATN987. Palaeography. 4 gr.cr.
A survey of the field of palaeography and the principles of textual criticism.

15LATN999. Directed Readings. 1-15 gr.cr.