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FOREIGN LANGUAGES
ANCIENT LANGUAGES
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.—Lysias
selections; Plato, Apology; Euripides, Alcestis. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Webb.
Greek B1: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek Epic and Drama: Homer,
Euripides, 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
1931-32.)
Professor Webb.
Latin
Latin A1: Latin A, B, C, and D of the entrance requirements prerequisite.—
I. In Language: General grammar, with oral and written exercises. II. In
Literature: Sallust, Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline; Virgil, Æneid,
Books VII-XII, and selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses and Tristia; Cicero,
Old Age and Friendship. III. In Life: The public and private life of the
Romans. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B1: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Suetonius, Lives of Julius and
Octavius; Cicero, Selections from The Letters and Philosophical Works; Caesar,
Selections from The Gallic Wars, Books V-VII, and The Civil Wars; The Elegiac
Poets. III. In Life: The Religion of the Romans. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.
Latin B2: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Books I and XXI; Selections
from The Annalists and Early Historians; Plautus, Two Plays; Terence, Two
Plays; Selections from Horace, Odes and Epodes. III. In Life: The Religion of
Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.
Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Historical development
of the Latin Language, with oral and written exercises. II. In Literature:
Selections from Seneca, Petronius, and Pliny's Letters; from Tacitus' Histories
and Annals; from Juvenal; from Quintilian; and from selected authors
down to Boethius. III. In Life: The life and philosophic thought of the Roman
Empire. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery or Professor Lehman.
Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Comparative
study of the successive periods of the Latin language, with oral and written
exercises. II. In Literature: Reading from selected authors in provincial, Christian,
and medieval Latinity. III. The elements of Roman epigraphy and archaeology.
IV. In Life: The struggle between pagan and Christian life and philosophy.
(M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Montgomery or Professor Lehman.
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 1931-32.)
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, 3 session-hours.) Given
in alternate years with Archaeology B4. (Not offered in 1931-32.)
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 and Vases: Archaeology B2 and
one other B course in Archaeology prerequisite.—A more detailed study of these
subjects than is possible in Archaeology B2.
Associate Professor Fraser.
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