Ancient Civilisations 1A: Gender and Politics in Classical Literature

HTC Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002

Ancient Civilisations 1A: Gender and Politics in

Classical Literature

Enrolment code: HTC101

Offered: Hobart: semester 2

First-year Ancient Civilisation units examine the civilisation of ancient Greece and Rome, especially Athens and Augustan Rome. The unit presents a wide variety of texts (epic and didactic poetry, tragedy, philosophy) and concentrates on gender representation in Greek literature and politics in Roman literature.

Staff Assoc Prof PJ Davis (Coordinator)

Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)

Mutual exclusions HTC100

Assessment mode 2,000-word tutorial paper (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)

Required texts etc

[p/b] Homer, The Odyssey, tr Lattimore, ISBN 0060904798

[p/b] Euripides I, Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus, tr Grene and Lattimore, ISBN

0226307808

[p/b] Plato, Symposium, tr Waterfield, ISBN 0192829084

[p/b] Virgil, The Aeneid, tr Day Lewis, ISBN 019283584X

[p/b] Ovid, The Erotic Poems, tr Green, ISBN 0140443603

Majors HTC

Courses [R3A]

Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>

Ancient Civilisations 1B: Introduction to Greek and

Roman History

Enrolment code: HTC102


Examines the economic, political and social history of the Greek and Roman societies with particular attention to the development of empire and imperial ideology. The approach is primarily through literary sources in translation, although other types of evidence are introduced when relevant.

Staff Dr PA Gallivan (Coordinator), Dr R Evans

Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)

Mutual exclusions HTC100

Assessment mode 2,000-word tutorial paper (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)


[p/b] Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, tr Warner, ISBN 0140440399

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[p/b] Plutarch, The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, tr Scott-Kilvert, ISBN

0140441026

[p/b] Cassius Dio, The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus, tr Scott-Kilvert, ISBN

0140444483

Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, tr Graves, ISBN 0140440720

Majors HTC

Courses [R3A]


The Pursuit of Empire: Philip, Alexander and Rome

Enrolment code: HTC200 or HTC300

Offered: Hobart: semester 1, Launceston: semester 1 [by video-link]

Special note: may be taken as a history unit

Concentrates on the rise of Macedon and its expansion under King Philip II and his son

Alexander the Great. The unit examines the means employed to acquire and maintain empire and gives special attention to the life and conquests of Alexander. It also treats the rise of Rome as an imperial power tracing its ambitions down to c. 146 BC. The approach is primarily through the major literary sources for the period but additional evidence from numismatic and epigraphic material is introduced where relevant.

Staff Dr PA Gallivan

Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial fortnightly (13 wks)

Prerequisites 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv

Assessment mode 3,000 words written work (50%), 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)


Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, ISBN 0140442537

Plutarch, Age of Alexander, ISBN 0140442863

Curtius Rufus, The History of Alexander, ISBN 0140444122

Livy, War with Hannibal, ISBN 014044145X

Livy, Rome and the Mediterranean, ISBN 0140443185

Plutarch, Makers of Rome, ISBN 0140441518

Majors HTC HTA

Courses [R3A]


Roman Republic 133 –31 BC


Offered: not offered in 2002

Special note: may be taken as a History unit

Covers the Roman Republic from the period of Roman expansion in the Mediterranean to the end of the civil wars. The unit will concentrate on the political and social structures

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HTC Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002 underlying this process, with particular emphasis on the Roman aristocracy, the individuals and forces which led to the fall of the Republic.


Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly

Prerequisites 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations

Assessment mode 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)

Majors HTC HTA

Courses [R3A]


Roman Empire: Tiberius to Hadrian




Examines the institutions, organisation and society of the Roman Empire during the first century AD to the beginning of the second century. The approach to the period will be primarily through literary sources in translation, including especially Tacitus and

Suetonius.


Unit weight 12.5%



Assessment mode 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%)


Pliny, Letters of Pliny the Younger, tr Radice, ISBN 0140441271

Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, tr Graves, ISBN 0140440720

Tacitus, Complete Works of Tacitus, tr Church and Brodribb, ISBN 0075536390

Majors HTC HTA

Courses [R3A]


Roman Imperial Society




Deals with the social, economic and administrative structure of the Roman imperial system during its full period of development from the end of the first century to the mid-third century AD. The unit concentrates on topics such as social structure, slavery, the role of cities, agriculture, the Roman imperial army, and elite careers. The approach is thematic and does not include a continuous narrative of historical events. The sources

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HTC Unit Details as at 13th June, 2002 used will be predominantly documentary, including inscriptions, coins and, where appropriate, archaeological material, but will also include a wide range of literary sources.


Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 1 tutorial fortnightly


Assessment mode 2x1,500-word essays (50%) 2-hr exam (50%)


Lewis N and Meyer R, Roman Civilization: Selected Readings, ISBN 0231071337

Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires, tr. Green P, ISBN 0140447040

Majors HTC HTA

Courses [R3A]


Uncovering the Past



Special note: may be taken as a History or Tourism unit

Examines the process of Greek and Roman archaeology as well as the various meanings invested in the material remains through the ages. Greco-Roman styles have had a significant impact on the art of Europe and beyond, often denoting cultural, imperial and intellectual dominance. The influence of antiquity has involved both the transferral of artefacts from their place of origin, as well as the conscious adoption of classical aesthetics.

This course investigates the successive waves of archaeologists, tourists, plunderers and architects who have sorted through the rubble, and asks: why did they do it? what were they looking for?

Staff Dr R Evans

Unit weight 12.5%

Teaching pattern 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly


Mutual exclusions HTC208/308

Assessment mode 2,000 word essay (50%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%)


Course reader available from School of History and Classics

Majors HTC HTA HGT

Courses [R3A] [R3J]


Love and Politics in Augustan Literature


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Special note: may be taken as an English or Women’s Studies unit

Examines the responses of major writers (Virgil, Horace, Propertius and Ovid) to

Augustus’ transformation of the Roman state, concentrating on their reaction to the emperor’s moral and social program and increasingly autocratic government. A wide variety of texts will be studied, including love elegy, didactic, lyric and narrative poetry.

Staff Assoc Prof P Davis

Unit weight 12.5%


Prerequisites 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or English

Mutual exclusions HTC222/322

Assessment mode 2,000 word essay (50%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%)


[p/b] Virgil, Eclogues and Georgics, tr Day Lewis, ISBN 0192816438

[p/b] Horace, The Complete Odes and Epodes, tr West, ISBN 0192832468

[p/b] Propertius, The Poems, tr Lee, ISBN 0192831984

[p/b] Ovid, Fasti, tr Boyle, ISBN 0140446907

Majors HTC HEA HAF

Courses [R3A]


The Later Roman Empire




Deals with selected aspects of the history of the Roman Empire during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Particular attention is given to the following topics: the ‘crisis’ of the

3rd-century; Diocletian; Constantine; the rise of Christianity; religion and society; theories of decline and fall. The source material used is based on both literary and documentary evidence. Materials not readily available will be supplied as required.


Unit weight 12.5%




Majors HTC HTA

Courses [R3A]


Monuments of Rome: Image and Ideology


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Special note: may be taken as a History or Tourism unit

Introduces students to the major buildings and monumental structures of ancient Rome from the origins of the city to the Late Empire, relating them to historical and cultural context. The unit aims to give students an introduction to the major artistic movements of ancient Rome, to analyse the relation of monuments to social and historical events and to read material culture as an index of self-perception and representation.

Staff Dr R Evans

Unit weight 12.5%



Assessment mode 3,000 words written work (50%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr exam in

June (40%)


Pollitt JJ, The Art of Rome c. 753 BC–AD337, Sources and Documents, ISBN 052127365X

Recommended texts etc

Ramage NH and A, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine, ISBN 1856692124

Majors HTC HTA HGT

Courses [R3A] [R3J]


Greek and Roman Epic



Special note: may be taken as a English unit

In the classical world epic poetry was not only the most prestigious literary form, but also a major medium for the examination of moral and political issues. The unit examines

Homer’s Iliad, the first work of the western canon, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, an extraordinary poem which encompasses the entire world of Graeco-Roman mythology, Lucan’s Civil

War, a powerful denunciation of the Roman imperial system and Statius’ Thebaid, a mythological epic which tells the tale of Thebes in terms suggestive of Roman experience.

Staff Assoc Prof PJ Davis

Unit weight 12.5%



Assessment mode 3,000 words written work (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)


[p/b]Homer, Iliad, tr R Lattimore, ISBN 0226469409

[p/b] Ovid, Metamorphoses, tr R Humphries, ISBN 0253200016

[p/b] Lucan, Civil War, tr S Braund, ISBN 0192839497

[p/b] Statius, Thebaid, tr AD Melville, ISBN 0192824538

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Majors HTC HEA

Courses [R3A]


Greek Tragedy




Consists of a study of major tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Particular attention is paid to the development of the tragic form and the change in the nature and characteristic concerns of tragedy in 5th-century Athens.


Unit weight 12.5%





[p/b] Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, eds

Grene and Lattimore, ISBN 0226307948

[p/b] Aeschylus, Oresteia, tr R Lattimore, ISBN 0226307786

[p/b] Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, eds Grene and Lattimore,

ISBN 0226307921

[p/b] Sophocles, Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, eds Grene and Lattimore, ISBN

0226307867

[p/b] Euripides, Cyclops, Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen, eds Grene and Lattimore, ISBN

0226307816

[p/b] Euripides, Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, eds Grene and Lattimore, ISBN

0226307840

Majors HTC HEA

Courses [R3A]


Classical Tragedy: Euripides and Beyond



Special note: may be studied as an English unit

Examines the handling of Greek myth in Euripides, Seneca and Racine. The unit starts with a number of fifth century Greek tragedies which have proved particularly influential in European culture and then examines how they have been rewritten by tragedians in the classical tradition.


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Unit weight 12.5%



Assessment mode 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%)


Euripides, Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus, Grene D and Lattimore R (eds), ISBN

0226307808

Euripides, Hecuba, Adromache, Trojan Women, Ion, Grene D and Lattimore R (eds), ISBN

0226307824

Seneca, Four Tragedies and Octavia, tr Watling, ISBN 0140441743

Racine, Andromache, Britannicus, Berenice, tr Cairncross, ISBN 0140441956

Racine, Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah, tr Cairncross, ISBN 0140441220

Majors HTC HEA

Courses [R3A]


Latin 1


Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2


As a level 200/300 unit, has the same objectives as HTL100.

Staff tba

Unit weight 25%

Teaching pattern 4x1-hr lectures weekly (26 wks)


Mutual exclusions HTL100 and HTC315

Assessment mode weekly language and unseen exercises (40%), 2x3-hr exams in Nov (60%)


Jones P, Sidwell K, Reading Latin, 2 vols, ISBN 0521286239 & 0521286220

Majors HTC HEA

Courses [R3A]


Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity



Special note: may be taken as a History or Women’s Studies unit

Approaches the history of women in the ancient Mediterranean world through diverse sources including literary, historical, medical and legal texts, letters, inscriptions and material culture. The unit looks at the evidence on women from archaic Greece to the

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Roman Empire, concentrating on issues of legal rights, class status, gender roles, and religious participation, and examining expectations and representations of women in a variety of ancient cultures. The unit also raises such questions as: What is women’s history? Why is it important to study it? How do we deal with the overwhelming extent of male-authored texts as opposed to the small number of female voices? What difference can class and ethnicity make?

Staff Dr R Evans

Unit weight 12.5%



Mutual exclusions HAF221/321

Assessment mode 2x1,000-word essays (50%) 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)


Lefkowitz MR and Fant MB Women’s Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation,

Duckworth, 1988

A class reader to be obtained from the School.

Majors HTC HTA HAF

Courses [R3A]


Greek and Roman Mythology



Special note: may be taken as an English unit

Is a study of the role of myth in Greek and Roman culture through literary texts and ancient art, including an exploration of the relationship between mythological narratives and religious ritual. This unit also traces developments in the depiction of the gods and heroes as a mirror of social and political change, and addresses the functions of classical myth in modern society.

Staff tba

Unit weight 12.5%



Assessment mode 2,500-word essay (50%); 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%), tutorial participation (10%)


Hesiod, Theogony andWorks and Days, tr West ML, ISBN 0192839411

The Homeric Hymns, tr Athanassakis A, ISBN 0801817927

Aeschylus, Oresteia, tr Lattimore R, ISBN 0226307840

Euripides, Electra, the Phoenician Women, the Bacchae, tr Grene D and Lattimore R, ISBN

0226307840

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Ovid, Metamorphoses, tr Humphries R, ISBN 0253200016

Livy, The Early History of Rome, tr De Selincourt A, ISBN 0140441042

Majors HTC HEA

Courses [R3A]


Ovid and Chaucer

Enrolment code: HEA227 or HEA327

Offered:

The English unit HEA227/327 is taught jointly by Classics and English staff. See page C-xx for details.

Majors HEA HTC HAF

Courses [R3A]


Classics 4 (Honours)

Full time/Part time


Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2

Special note: full-time students enrol in HTC400 (100%), part-time students in HTC401 (50%)

Consists of two semester-length units of coursework on topics to be determined plus a special reading course and a thesis.

Staff Assoc Prof PJ Davis (Coordinator)

Unit weight 100%/50%

Teaching pattern 2-hr seminar weekly (26 wks) and 2x1-hr reading classes weekly (13 wks) in one semester.

Prerequisites Major in Ancient Civilisations (including Latin 1 – HTL or equivalent) OR a

Major in Latin and satisfaction of the Faculty GPA

Assessment mode essays as prescribed in each unit of coursework, 3-hr exam in June, 3-hr exam in Nov, 3-hr exam in either June or Nov, a thesis (maximum 15,000 words)

Courses [R4A]


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Ancient Civilisations 1A: Gender and Politics in Classical Literature

Ancient Civilisations 1A: Gender and Politics in

Classical Literature

Ancient Civilisations 1B: Introduction to Greek and

Roman History

The Pursuit of Empire: Philip, Alexander and Rome

Roman Republic 133 –31 BC

Roman Empire: Tiberius to Hadrian

Roman Imperial Society

Uncovering the Past

Love and Politics in Augustan Literature

The Later Roman Empire

Monuments of Rome: Image and Ideology

Greek and Roman Epic

Greek Tragedy

Classical Tragedy: Euripides and Beyond

Latin 1

Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Greek and Roman Mythology

Ovid and Chaucer

Classics 4 (Honours)

Full time/Part time

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