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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, 1 course for those
who have offered less than 2 units of Greek for entrance.)

Mr. Constantine.

Greek A2: Greek A1, or two units of Greek of the entrance requirements, prerequisite.—Plato,
Apology, Crito, and selections from Phaedo; Homer, Iliad selections.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.)

Professor Webb.

Greek B1: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek Drama; Euripides, Sophocles and
Aristophanes, selections. (B.A. credit, 1 course.)

Professor Webb.

Greek B2: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek prose: Herodotus, Thucydides,
Demosthenes, selections. (B.A. credit, 1 course.)

Professor Webb.

Greek C1: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Aristophanes. (Not offered in
1936-37.)

Professor Webb.

Greek C2: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Sophocles.

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

No student will be admitted to this course who has had 2 years of high-school
Latin.

Latin A1: For Beginners: Elementary grammar, oral and written
composition, graded selections from Caesar, Nepos, and other representative
authors. Five hours a week. (Credit, 1 course for those who have offered
less than 2 units of Latin for entrance, and only upon completion of Latin A2.)

Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

No student will be admitted to this course who has had 4 years of high-school
Latin.

Latin A2: Latin A1, or Latin 2 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. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Open only to students completing
A1, or offering two entrance units in Latin.)

Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

Latin B1: Latin A1 and A2, or Latin 4 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, 1 course.)

Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

Latin B2: Latin B1 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,
1 course.)

Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

Latin B3: Latin B1 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, 1 course.)

Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.

Latin C: Two 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, or B3 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, 1 course.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C3. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.

Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2, or B3 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced
prose composition. II. In Literature: Tacitus, Histories; selections from
Cicero's Philosophical Works;; Lucretius, De Rerum Natura. III. In Life: The
philosophical thought of the Romans. (M.A. credit, 1 course.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C4. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

Professor Montgomery.

Latin C3: Latin B1 and B2, or B3 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, 1 course.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C1.

Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.

Latin C4: Latin B1 and B2, or B3 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, 1 course.) Given in alternate years
with Latin C2.

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 Terence: 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, 1 course.) Given in
alternate years with Archaeology B3.

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 lantern
slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 course.) Given in alternate
years with Archaeology B4.

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, 1 course.) Given in alternate years with Archaeology B1. (Not
offered in 1936-37.)

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, 1 course.) Given in
alternate years with Archaeology B2. (Not offered in 1936-37.)

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.

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.

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.

Archaeology D3: Classical Sites in Greece: A study of the existing
remains at Olympia, Delphi, Corinth, and other Classical sites.

Associate Professor Fraser.

(A total of three graduate courses in Archaeology will be offered annually.
These will be selected from the C and D courses, together with
Greek D2 (Greek Epigraphy) and Latin D5 (Latin Epigraphy). The choice
will be determined largely by the number of registrants for each graduate
course.)