SCHOOL OF LATIN.
Latin A1: Latin A, B, C, and D, of the entrance requirements, prerequisite.—General
grammar, with oral and written exercises. Sallust, Jugurthine
War and Conspiracy of Catiline; Virgil, Æneid VII-XII; Ovid, Metamorphoses
XIII-XIV; Cicero, Friendship and Old Age, Tusculan Disputations and Dream
of Scipio. The geography, history, and private and public life of the Romans.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections. Professor FitzHugh,
Assistant Professor McLemore, Mr. Waddell.
Latin B1: Latin A1 prerequisite.—General grammar, with oral and written
exercises. Livy I-II; Tacitus, Agricola; Catullus, Odes; the elegiac poets;
Cicero, De Officiis; Seneca, Moral Essays. The religion and mythology of the
Romans.—(B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor FitzHugh, Assistant Professor
McLemore, Assistant Professor Lehman.
Latin B2: Latin A1 prerequisite.—General grammar, with oral and written
exercises. Livy XXI-XXII; Tacitus, Germania; Horace, Odes; Virgil, Bucolics
and
Georgics; Cicero,
De Claris Oratoribus; Quintilian,
Training of the Orator.
The art of the Romans.—(B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
FitzHugh
and Assistant Professor
Lehman.
Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—History of the Latin language,
with oral and written exercises. Tacitus, Annals; Cicero, Letters; Plautus, Captivi;
Terence, Phormio; Horace, Satires and Epistles; Cicero, De Oratore and
Orator; Tacitus, Dialogus de Oratoribus. The literary life of the Romans.
Professor FitzHugh and Assistant Professor McLemore.
Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—History of the Latin language,
with oral and written exercises. Tacitus, Histories; Pliny, Letters; Plautus,
Mostellaria; Terence, Andria; Juvenal, Satires; Lucretius, De Rerum Natura;
Cicero, De Natura Deorum. The philosophic life of the Romans. Professor
FitzHugh and Assistant Professor McLemore.
Latin D: Latin C1 or C2 prerequisite.—A three-year course for those who
desire to specialize in classical philology, especially those who choose Latin as
their major for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. If the candidate's major
be Latin, a respectable familiarity with Greek is required. If the candidate's
major be Romanic, the technical Greek requirement is waived as far as practically
possible, and he is guided into the history of the Roman popular vernacular
and into an acquaintance with the authors illustrating the Vulgar Latin in literature.
It is the aim of this course to prepare the candidate to investigate independently
the sources of our knowledge of the language, monuments (literary and
objective), and life of the Romans. The following is, therefore, an outline of
the course: I. In Language: Elements of comparative grammar; introduction
to Latin historical grammar; systematic grammar; reading of epigraphic and
literary monuments illustrating the history of the Latin Language. II. In the
Literary and Objective Monuments of the Romans: Reading of authors in
groups systematically planned to illustrate the literary life of the Romans; history
and interpretation of texts; elements of palaeography, epigraphy, numismatics,
topography and remains. III. In Roman Life: Constructive study of
Roman culture-history; reading of authors illustrating the development of Roman
civilization; study of modern authorities in Roman culture-history.—Hours by appointment.
Professor FitzHugh, Assistant Professor McLemore.
