Course Description
Methods, history, and bibliography in philology and other areas of the classics as a background to graduate study in Greek and/or Latin.
Athena Title
PROSEMINAR
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
1. STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE METHODS BY WHICH TEXTS FROM CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED, PRESERVED, EDITED, AND EMENDED. 2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EMPLOY THE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH IN THE CLASSICS THROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE LIBRARY'S REFERENCE FACILITIES, SUCH AS L'ANNEE PHILOLOGIQUE, PAULY-WISSOWA, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSICAL JOURNALS. 3. STUDENTS WILL BECOME CONVERSANT WITH AND BE ABLE TO DISCUSS VARIOUS SPECIAL TOPICS AND AREAS OF STUDY IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD, INCLUDING THE LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND OF GREEK AND LATIN, THE USE OF INSCRIPTIONS AND PAPYRUS REMAINS, THE EVIDENCE OF COINS, THE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AS A MEANS OF UNCOVERING THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS, ETC.
Topical Outline
I. INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND PRESERVATION OF TEXTS. II. METHODS AND TOOLS OF RESEARCH: BIBLIOGRAPHIES, LEXICA, JOURNALS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS. III. SPECIAL AREAS: A. LITERARY THEORY B. EPIGRAPHY C. PAPYROLOGY D. PROSOPOGRAPHY E. ONOMASTICS F. NUMISMATICS G. CLASSICAL LINGUISTICS H. CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY