Salve! Welcome to the Classics at Arizona State University! χαῖρε!
Just getting started? Our lower-level Classical Civilization courses (in English translation)
SLC/GRK 142: Ancient Greek Civilization (14989, 14990)
Today the Greeks are probably best known for their myths. But they gave us so much more. the concepts of justice, law, and democracy. Great art and architecture like the Parthenon, elements of which you can see even around the ASU campus today. Canonical literature like Homer and Sophocles who have deeply influenced the literary tradition. When they defeated the Persians in 479 BC, they in effect created Western Civilization as a distinct culture from the East, leading to the United States today. Come learn what else we owe to them.
iCourse 3 credits (C)
General Studies HU, H Sarah Bolmarcich
LAT/SLC 143: Roman Civilization (32290, 32234)
This course is an introduction to ancient Roman civilization from the earliest times (ca. 1200 BCE) through the fall of the Western Empire (CE 476) and the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian (6th c. CE). We will examine ancient Roman society, history, art, architecture, literature, mythology, and legends.
3 credits (C) General Studies H, HU
iCourse Paul Arena
GRK/LAT/SLC 223: Introduction to Greek and Roman Myth
Do you really know Greek and Roman mythology? Sure, you know who Zeus was and you’ve heard of Hercules and his Twelve Labors. But do you know what myths mean? What purpose they serve? How to interpret them? Do you know how myth surrounds us in the world today—and is often wrong?
Come find out.
General Studies HU
oCourse: 24052, 24055, 24056
3 credits (A) Marissa Gurtler
in-person (C): 19298, 19299, 19300
3 credits (C) Almira Poudrier
Want to learn Latin?
LAT 102: Elementary Latin (12570)
MW 10:30-11:45 am, F 10:30-11:20 am
Basic Latin grammar with an emphasis on developing reading skills. For beginning students only. Continues LAT 101.
3 credits (C) DHL 1-05
LAT 202: Intermediate Latin I (10276)
MWF 12:10-1pm + 1 hour hybrid
COWDN 218
Reading introductory Latin texts
General Studies HU
4 credits (C)
LAT 421/598: Roman Literature (19674. 10277)
MWF 10:10-11:00 am
Readings in the Latin masterpieces. Authors read change each year in accordance with needs of the class. May be repeated for credit.
3 credits (C) DHL 1-07
General Studies HU
Want to learn Latin fast?
LAT 101 (13394)
Basic Latin grammar with an emphasis on developing reading skills. For beginning students only.
4 credits (A) DHL 1-32
MWF 11:50am -1:40pm Paul Arena
LAT 102 (13396)
Basic Latin grammar with an emphasis on developing reading skills. For beginning students only. Continues LAT 101.
4 credits (B) DHL 1-32
MWF 11:50am -1:40pm Paul Arena
Our upper-level Classical Civilization courses (all in English translation)
GRK/SLC 352 (32287, 32288): The Rise and Fall of Athens
When we think of ancient Greece today, often we think of the city of Athens. Athens dominates the literary and cultural record of ancient Greece, especially in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, the “Golden Age of Athens.” This course studies that period intensively through historical, literary, and material sources and considers the following questions: What made Athens so great? What enabled her to flourish and to dominate the rest of the Greek world, culturally if not always with her military? What brought about her "fall"?
MWF 11:15-12:05 PM SCOB 150
General Studies HU, H 3 credits (C) Sarah Bolmarcich
LAT/SLC 357: Rome's First Emperor (32319, 32325)
A survey of the Augustan period of Roman history and literature. Students will engage in an in-depth exploration of the primary source material, including literary, art historical, and archaeological sources. Augustus and his family will be a focus in the course, but will not limit discussion of the literature, art, history, and culture of the end of the Roman Republic and the initial phase of the Roman Empire.
MW 1:30-2:45 pm DH 202 General Studies H, HU
3 credits (C) Britta Ager
GRK/LAT/SLC 494 and LAT/SLC 598 (26162, 26167, 26168, 26169, 26170): Greco-Roman Ideas of Leadership and Politics
Plato's Republic is the master text of ancient political thought, read and debated in every generation since it was written. We will read the whole text in its historical setting and discuss its relevance in modern times. What does this book have to say to us about ancient politics, about politics in general, and about our own time? Close reading and discussion, weekly short writing assignments.
iCourse (A) General Studies HU 3 credits James O'Donnell
SLC/GRK/LAT 344 (32284, 32285, 32286): Classics and Comics
Explores the connections between the classical tradition of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and the modern American superhero comic book tradition.
TTh 1:30-2:45 General Studies HU 3 credits (C) Paul Arena
"...and Greek as a treat." -- Winston Churchill
GRK 201: Intermediate Ancient Greek (11672)
Ancient Greek syntax and grammar, equipping the student to read the foundational texts of Greco-Roman antiquity.
MWF 9:05-9:55 am + 1 hour flipped
DHL 1-07
4 credits (C)
GRK 302: Ancient Greek Literature I (11673)
Readings in ancient Greek poetry. Planned for spring 2022: Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns.
MWF 9:05-9:55 am
DH 213
General Studies HU
3 credits (C)
Going to medical or PA school? Get a head start with our Medical Terminology course!
GRK/LAT/SLC/BIO 140: Greek and Latin Roots of Biomedical Terminology
Introduces students to the ancient Greek and Latin root words most commonly used in biological, medical, and other scientific terminology, and gives practice identifying them in context. The knowledge of these root words enables students to memorize with greater ease and increased retention the bioscientific terminology they encounter in other coursework as well as in their medical or scientific profession.
iCourse/oCourse
Session A: 23281, 23277, 23278, 23282, 23285, 23286, 23289, 23290
Session B: 23279, 23283, 23280, 23284, 23287, 23288, 23291, 23292
3 credits