SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES
I. Greek
Greek A1: For beginners: Elementary grammar, composition and selected
readings. Five hours a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours for those who
have offered less than 2 units of Greek for entrance.)
Mr. Constantine.
Greek A2: Greek A1, or Greek A and B of the entrance requirements, prerequisite.—Plato,
Apology, Crito, and selections from Phaedo; Homer, Iliad
selections. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek B1: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek Drama; Euripides, Sophocles
and Aristophanes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek B2: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek prose: Herodotus, Thucydides,
Demosthenes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek C1: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Aristophanes.
Professor Webb.
Greek C2: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Sophocles. (Not offered in
1935-36.)
Professor Webb.
Greek D1: Greek Literary Criticism: Aristotle, Longinus, Dionysius of
Halicarnassus.
Professor Webb.
Greek D2: Greek Epigraphy: A study of the inscriptions of the ancient
Greeks.
Associate Professor Fraser.
II. Latin
Latin A1: Latin A and B of the entrance requirements prerequisite—
Cicero's Orations (6), with grammar, composition, and Roman Life; Vergil's
Æneid, Books I-VI, with grammar, composition, and parallel readings. (Five
hours weekly, credit 3 session-hours only upon completion of Latin A2. Open
only to students offering two entrance units in Latin.)
Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.
Latin A2: Latin A, B, C, and D of the entrance requirements prerequisite.—In
Language: General grammar, with oral and written exercises. II. In
Literature: Sallust, Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline; The Elegiac
Poets; Selected Letters of Cicero. III. In Life: The public and private life of
the Romans. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.
Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B1: Latin A2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Book I and Tacitus,
Germania; Catullus, and Horace's Satires; Terence, Andria and Suetonius,
Julius. III. In Life: The Literature and Art of the Romans. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B2: Latin A2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Books XXI and XXII, and
Tacitus, Agricola; Horace, Odes Books I-IV, and Epistles; Plautus, Miles
Gloriosus and Suetonius, Octavius. III. In Life: The Religion of the Romans.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.
Latin C: Both B courses prerequisite.—Courses leading to the degree of
Master of Arts. The requirements lie only in the School of Ancient Languages.
If the candidate's major work be in Latin, Greek B1 and B2 are the minimum
requirements.
Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Tacitus, Annals; Pliny, Letters and Petronius,
Satiricon; Juvenal, Satires and selections from other satirists. III. In Life: The
economic life of the Romans. (M.A. credit, 3 session hours.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C3.
Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.
Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite. I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Tacitus, Histories; Seneca, Moral Essays and
Tragedies; Lucretius, De Rerum Natura. III. In Life: The philosophical life of
the Romans. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Latin
C4.
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Constantine.
Latin C3: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Latin Literature from the fifth century on, with
special emphasis on the Latin of the Middle Ages. III. In Life: The literary life
of the Romans in the Silver Age. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C1. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.
Latin C4: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Selections from Patristic Literature from Tertullian
to Gregory the Great. III. In Life: The literary life of the Romans
through the Golden Age. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C2. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Constantine.
Latin D: All C courses prerequisite.—A course leading to the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy. The requirements lie only in the School of Ancient
Languages. If the candidate's major work be in Greek, the completion of two
courses in Latin C will be the minimum requirement. If in Latin, the completion
of Greek C1 will be the minimum requirement.
It is the purpose of this course to prepare the candidate for independent
investigation of the sources of knowledge of the language, the monuments
(literary and objective), and the life of the Romans. The following is an outline
of the course:
Latin D1: Early Roman Comedy, Plautus, and Terrence: Two hours
weekly, each term.
Professor Montgomery.
Latin D2: The History of Latin Satire, with Readings from Representative
Authors: Two hours weekly, each term.
Professor Lehman.
Latin D3: The Roman Historians: Two hours weekly, each term.
Professor Lehman.
Latin D4: The Roman Epic: Two hours weekly, each term.
Professor Montgomery.
Latin D5: Latin Epigraphy: Three hours weekly, each term.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Latin D6: Latin Palaeography: One hour weekly, for two terms.
Professor Lehman.
Latin D7: Historical Latin Grammar and Vulgar Latin: Two hours
weekly for one term, and one hour weekly for two terms.
Professor Montgomery.
Latin D8: Comparative Philology: Two hours weekly, for one term.
Professor Lehman.
Sandys' History of Classical Philology will be required throughout the entire
D course.
III. Archaeology
Archaeology B1: Survey of Greek Civilization: No previous knowledge
of Greek required.—A sketch of the history of the Greek people, with some consideration
of the geography of Greek lands, Greek language and literature, and
the attainments of the Greeks in philosophy and art. Various modern institutions
will be traced to Greek origins. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in
alternate years with Archaeology B3. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B2: Greek and Roman Archaeology: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.—Introduction
to the science of Archaeology. A sketch of pre-Greek, or Aegean, culture, Greek
and Roman pottery, sculpture, architecture, and coins. Illustrated by lanters
slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate
years with Archaeology B4. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B3: Survey of Roman Civilization: No previous knowledge
of Latin required.—This course will follow the scheme of Archaeology B1.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Archaeology
B1.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology B4: Greek and Roman Private Life: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.—The topography
and chief monuments of ancient Athens and Rome; Greek and Roman
education, food, clothing, household-arrangements, religion, and amusements.
Illustrated by lantern slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Given in alternate years with Archaeology B2.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology C1: Classical Sculpture: Prerequisite for undergraduates,
Archaeology B2.—Advanced study in Greek and Roman sculpture. Given in
alternate years with Archaeology C2. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology C2: Greek Vases: Prerequisite for undergraduates, as for
Archaeology C1.—Advanced study in Greek pottery. Given in alternate years
with Archaeology C1.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology C3: The Homeric Age: Prerequisite for undergraduates,
Greek A2 and Archaeology B1, B2, or B4.—A study of the geography, archaeology,
and antiquities of the Homeric Age. (Not offered in 1935-36.)
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology D1: The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Athens.
Associate Professor Fraser.
Archaeology D2: The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome.
Associate Professor Fraser.
