Beginning grammar, prose composition, and simple Latin readings. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.
In this course we read the selection of letters of the younger Pliny that are found in the edition by Sherwin-White. Pliny is one of the clearest and most stylish …
Why are many scientific and legal terms so complex, difficult to pronounce, and hard to remember? Blame it on the ancient Greeks and Romans! We will investigate how thousands of …
Reading of a comedy and a related prose work. Weekly exercises in writing Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/. Prerequisite: GREE 2020.
In a biography that chiefly covers his father-in-law Agricola's time as governor of Britain, the bracingly caustic historian Tacitus suggests that maybe not everything the Romans did in the provinces …
Independent research under direction of a faculty member leading to writing of a Distinguished Majors thesis or comparable project
Readings in the Histories. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.
Demosthenes has long enjoyed a reputation as the best of the Greek orators - a view found, for instance, in Cicero, who knew a thing or two about giving a …
This course is designed to introduce students to the work of Seneca. The main focus of the course will be on Seneca's political thought. We will be reading selections from …
New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.