24 courses in the 1983–84 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department
P. Forsyth, AB (Mount Holyoke), MA, PhD (Toronto) Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Officer
S.B.P. Haag, BA, MA (Queen's), MA (Waterloo), MPhil (Toronto)
Professors
P. Keresztes, MA (Toronto), PhD (Graz)
D.C. Mackenzie, BA, MA, PhD {Princeton}
Assistant Professors
R.L. Fowler, BA, MA (Toronto), DPhil (Oxford)
R.L. Porter, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Assistant Professor (Part-Time) J.A. Rosner Siegel, BA, MA (City U of New York}, PhD (Toronto)
Participating Faculty in Classics at Wilfrid Laurier University
H.A. MacLean, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Wisconsin)
O.W. Roller, 8A, MA (Oklahoma), PhD (Harvard)
G.P. Schaus, BA, MA (Dathousie), PhD (Pennsylvania)
G.R. Vallillee, BA, MA {McGill}, PhD (Chicago)
J. Zeyl, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
Course Descriptions
Classical Civilization (Courses in Translation)
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Greece through some of its most prominent figures.
Course Descriptions
Classical Studies
Each year two of the following will be featured: Theseus: The Minoan- Mycenaean Age of Bronze; Pericles and the Rise of Democracy; Socrates, Man and Martyr; Alexander the Great and The Age of Expansion.
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Rome through some of its most prominent figures. Each year two of the following will be featured: Julius Caesar and the Collapse of the Republic; Augustus: The Empire Rises; Nero and the Corruption of Power; Hadrian and the Imperial Machine.
A survey of the civilization of Classical Greece, featuring such topics as the individual (mate and female), political institutions, art, religion, philosophy, literature, social life and leisure activities.
A survey of the civilization of the Roman Republic and Empire, featuring such topics as the individual {male and female), political institutions, art, religion, philosophy, literature, social life and leisure activities.
A survey of ancient Greece, emphasizing its political, military, social and economic aspects.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department.
A military, political, social, economic survey of Rome from earliest times to the Empire's fall.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department.
Classical Studies accepts HIST 238 for Classical Civilization credit, but a student may not take both HIST 238 and C CIV 262.
A study of medieval literature, art, architecture, music and other expressive forms. The period from late antiquity to the high middle ages will be studied.
This course examines ancient epic through the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Argonautice of Apollonius Rhodius and the Aeneid of Vergil. The evolution of the epic genre is traced in lectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
CcCciV 266 W 3C 05
Ancient Tragedy In Translation
This course focuses upon the dramatic literature of the classical age in Athens. ~ It features the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the “Oedipus” plays of Sophocles, and the Medea, Hippolytus and Bacchae of Euripides. Roman tragedy is also studied, for comparative purposes, through the plays of Seneca. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed. Same as DRAMA 251.
A study of selected social problems in ancient Greece and Rome. Each year two of the following will be examined: women in society, slavery and the labour force, the aged and infirm, human sexuality and sexual mores, children and education, interpersonal relatiqnships, minority groups and racial prejudice.
Prereq: C CIV 201 or 202 or instructor's permission.
A study of Greek and Roman myth, including the birth of the gods, creation, the Olympians, Prometheus and the fall, the flood, the ages of man.
A study of Greek and Roman tegend, including the cycles of Troy, Mycenae, Thebes; the Argonauts, the heroes, Odysseus; and the mystery religions (with their relation to Christianity).
A survey of the art and architecture of the ancient Greek world from the Minoan to the Hellenistic periods. Same as FINE 310.
A survey of the art and architecture of the Roman world from Etruscan to Imperial times.
Same as FINE 311.
CCW 361 F 3C 05
History of Ancient Philosophy 1 From the beginnings to Plato. Same as PHIL 380.
From Aristotle to the close of classical antiquity.
Same as PHIL 381.
Horace and others; classical satire, including Horace, Petronius, Juvenal, Lucian. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Prereq: C CIV 265 or 266 or an appropriate course in literature, or instructor's permission.
Ccclv 371 F 3C 05
Christianity and the Roman Empire 1 The relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire from the beginning to 200 A.D., including the trial of Christ, the trials of Paul, the burning of Rome in 64 A.D., and the subsequent outlawing of Christianity.
A continuation of C CIV 371. Topics included are the persecutions by the Emperors Decius and Valerian, the Great Persecution and the triumph of Christianity under the Emperior Constantine.
CCN 401 W 2S 05
Atlantis: The Making of Myth
A study, through the Atlantis legend, of haw ancient myths arose and developed. Topics include: the Platonic account of Atlantis; theories of lost continents; concepts of Utopia in the ancient world; Minoan Crete as a possible prototype for Atlantis; the
Course Descriptions , . 303
Classical Studies
destruction of Minoan civilization through the eruption of Thera.
Prereq: C CIV 251 or 301 or 302 or 357 or instructor’s permission.
Senior seminar: intensive study of various problems..
Prereq: previous work in ancient history or instructor’s permission.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department (but not as a senior seminar).
Senior seminar: intensive study of various problems.
Prereq: previous work in ancient history or instructor's permission.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department (but not as a senior seminar).
By arrangement with the Department.
an individual student or a small group of
students will follow a course of study
under the supervision of a faculty
member.
Not Offered 1983-84 ~
Listed without a description.
Listed without a description.
Listed without a description.
Listed without a description.
Listed without a description.