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I. In Language: Systematic study of the Latin language, with
oral and written exercises in prose composition. One hour
a week.
II. In Literature: Reading of authors in culture-historical series.
Two hours a week.
III. In Life: Systematic study of Roman culture-history in English,
hand in hand with the study of the Latin authors.

Students may enter any of the courses in Latin at the beginning of
any term of the session, and will receive full credit for the course on
completing subsequently the work of the remaining term or terms of the
course in question.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2, or the equivalent of both, prerequisite.

I. In Language: History of the Latin Language (Whitney's Language
and the Study of Language, Bennett's Latin Language), with oral
and written exercises (Moore, Bennett, Nettleship).

II. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Annals and
Cicero's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Captivi, Terence's Phormio,
and Horace's Satires and Epistles, with study of the meters of the
drama—critical, Cicero's De Oratore and Orator, and Tacitus' Dialogue on
the Orators.

III. In Life: The literary life of the Romans (Duff's Literary History
of Rome and Laing's Masterpieces of Latin Literature).

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1. Cabell Hall. Professor FitzHugh,
Adjunct Professor McLemore.

Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2, or the equivalent of both, prerequisite.

I. In Language: History of the Latin Language (Whitney's Life
and Growth of Language, Grandgent's Vulgar Latin), with oral and written
exercises (Moore, Bennett, Nettleship).

II. In Literature: Historical and epistolary, Tacitus' Histories and
Pliny's Letters—dramatic and satirical, Plautus' Mostellaria, Terence's Andria,
and Juvenal's Satires, with study of the meters of the drama—philosophic,
Lucretius, De Rerum Natura and Cicero's De Natura Deorum.

III. In Life: The philosophic life of the Romans (Mackail's Latin
Literature, Mayor's History of Ancient Philosophy from Thales to Cicero,
and Pater's Marius the Epicurean).

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-1. Cabell Hall. Professor Fitz-Hugh,
Adjunct Professor McLemore.

For Graduates.

Latin D1: Latin C1 or C2, or the equivalent of either, prerequisite.—
This course extends through three years and is intended for those who
desire to specialize for one, two, or three years in classical philology. It
contemplates especially the needs of those who choose Latin as their major
elective for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Roman civilization is
the vital link between the Hellenic and the Romanic, and hence Latin
philology, which is the science of Roman civilization, has vital points of
contact with Greek philology on the one hand and with Romanic on the
other. If the candidate's major elective be Latin, a respectable familiarity
with Greek is required, since the language, literature, and life of the
Romans are saturated with Greek influence. If the candidate's major
elective 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, the common source of the Romanic tongues, and into
an acquaintance with the authors illustrating the Vulgar Latin in literature.

Plan of Work.—It is the aim of this course, as far as the teaching
force and resources of the School permit, 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 (Giles, supplemented
by Hirt and Sommer on Sounds and Inflections and by Brugmann
and Schmalz on Syntax)—introduction to Latin historical grammar
(Lindsay, supplemented by Landgraf)—systematic grammar (Kühner)
with stylistic exercises, oral and written, in conjunction with Cicero's De
Oratore—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
palæography (Johnston, supplemented by Thompson), epigraphy (Lindsay,
supplemented by Egbert and Cagnat), numismatics (Gnecchi, supplemented
by Hill), topography and remains (Platner, Petersen, Huelsen,
Mau. Strack, Furtwængler).

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 (Philippson, Nissen,
Mommsen, Marquardt-Mommsen, Wissowa, Preller-Jordan, Springer-Michaelis
and Winter, Schanz, Windelband, Sandys).

Friday, Saturday, 12-2. Cabell Hall. Professor FitzHugh, Adjunct
Professor McLemore.

Aids.—For the sake of first-hand access to important modern authorities
in Latin philology, the candidate is urged to acquire a good reading
knowledge of German, French, and Italian. Such a mastery of German
and French is imperative.