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Ancient Civilisations 1
Enrolment code: HTC100
Offered: Hbt, sem 1&2
Unit description: Combines HTC101 and HTC102 into a full-year unit. For
full details, see the individual semester-length units.
Staff: Assoc Prof PJ Davis (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual excl: HTC101, HTC102
Assess: see HTC101 and HTC102
Courses: R3A
Ancient Civilisations 1A: Gender and Politics in
Classical Literature
Enrolment code: HTC101
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Unit description: 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: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual excl: HTC100
Assess: 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
Courses: R3A
Ancient Civilisations 1B: Introduction to Greek
and Roman History
Enrolment code: HTC102
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Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Unit description: 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: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly
Mutual excl: HTC100
Assess: 2,000-word tutorial paper (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
[p/b] Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, tr Warner, ISBN 0140440399
[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
Courses: R3A
The Pursuit of Empire: Philip, Alexander and
Rome
Enrolment code: HTC200/300
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Special note: may be taken as a history unit
Unit description: 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: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, Penguin
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Plutarch, Age of Alexander, Penguin
Curtius Rufus, The History of Alexander, Penguine
Livy, War with Hannibal, Penguin
Livy, Rome and the Mediterranean, Penguin
Plutarch, Makers of Rome, Penguin.
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, History
Courses: R3A
Roman Republic 133–31 BC
Enrolment code: HTC201/301
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Special note: can be taken as a History unit;
Unit description: 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 underlying this process, with
particular emphasis on the Roman aristocracy, the individuals and forces which
led to the fall of the Republic.
Staff: Dr PA Gallivan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, History
Courses: R3A
Roman Empire: Tiberius to Hadrian
Enrolment code: HTC202/302
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Special note: may be taken as a History unit;
Unit description: 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.
Staff: Dr PA Gallivan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%)
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Required texts, etc:
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: Ancient Civilisations, History
Courses: R3A
Roman Imperial Society
Enrolment code: HTC203/303
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Unit description: 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 used will be
predominantly documentary, including inscriptions, coins and, where
appropriate, archaeological material, but will also include a wide range of
literary sources.
Staff: Dr PA Gallivan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2x1,500-word essays (50%) 2-hr exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Lewis N and Meyer R, Roman Civilization: Selected Readings, ISBN 0231071337
Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires, tr. Green P, ISBN 0140447040
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, History
Courses: R3A
Uncovering the Past
Enrolment code: HTC204/304
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Special note: may be taken as a history unit
Unit description: 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
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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: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Mutual excl: HTC208/308
Assess: 2,000 word essay (50%), tutorial participation (10%), 2-hr end-of-sem
exam (40%)
Required texts, etc:
Course reader available from School of History and Classics
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, History, Tourism
Courses: R3A R3J
Love and Politics in Augustan Literature
Enrolment code: HTC205/305
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Special note: May be taken as an English unit
Unit description: 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%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or English
Mutual excl: HTC222/322
Assess: 2,000 word essay (50%), 2-hr end-of-sem exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
[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: Ancient Civilisations, English, Women’s Studies
Courses: R3A
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The Later Roman Empire
Enrolment code: HTC206/306
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Special note: can be taken as a History unit;
Unit description: 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.
Staff: Dr PA Gallivan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Monuments of Rome: Image and Ideology
Enrolment code: HTC207/307
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: Introduces students to the major buildings and monumental
structures of ancient Rome from the period of the mid-Republic to the High
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. No prior
knowledge of ancient art is necessary.
Staff: Dr R Evans
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations
Assess: 2000-word essay (50%) 2-hr exam in June (50%)
Required texts, etc:
Ramage NH and A, Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine, Laurence King.
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, History
Courses: R3A
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Greek and Roman Epic
Enrolment code: HTC210/310
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: 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
Pharsalia, 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%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word tutorial paper (50%), 2-hr exam (50%)
Required texts, etc:
[p/b]Homer, Iliad, tr R Lattimore, Chicago UP
[p/b] Ovid, Metamorphoses, tr R Humphries, Indiana UP
[p/b] Lucan, Pharsalia, tr S Braund OUP
[p/b] Statius, Thebaid, tr AD Melville, OUP.
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, English, Economics
Courses: R3A
Greek Tragedy
Enrolment code: HTC211/311
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: 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.
Staff: Assoc Prof PJ Davis
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%)
Required texts, etc:
[p/b] Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus
Bound, eds Grene and Lattimore, Chicago UP
[p/b] Aeschylus, Oresteia, tr R Lattimore, Chicago UP
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[p/b] Sophocles, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, eds Grene and
Lattimore, Chicago UP
[p/b] Sophocles, Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes, eds Grene and
Lattimore, Chicago UP,
[p/b] Euripides, Cyclops, Heracles, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen, eds Grene and
Lattimore, Chicago UP
[p/b] Euripides, Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, eds Grene and Lattimore,
Chicago UP.
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, English
Courses: R3A
Classical Tragedy: Euripides and Beyond
Enrolment code: HTC213/313
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Special note: may be studied as an English unit
Unit description: 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.
Staff: Assoc Prof PJ Davis
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Assess: 2,000-word essay (50%), 2-hr exam in June (50%)
Required texts, etc:
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: Ancient Civilisations, English
Courses: R3A
Latin 1
Enrolment code: HTC215/315
Offered: Hbt, sem 1&2
Unit description: As a level 200/300 unit, has the same objectives as HTL100.
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Staff: tba
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching: 4 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
Mutual excl: HTL100 and HTC315
Assess: weekly language and unseen exercises (40%), 2x3-hr exams in Nov
(60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, English
Courses: R3A
Intermediate Ancient Greek A
Enrolment code: HTC216
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Special note: may not be offered in 2001
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Ancient Greek texts. Before
the beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts
are to be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should
see the Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Greek
Mutual excl: HTG216
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in June (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Intermediate Latin A
Enrolment code: HTC217
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Latin texts. Before the
beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts are to
be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should see the
Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Latin
Mutual excl: HTL217
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Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in June (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Intermediate Ancient Greek B
Enrolment code: HTC218
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Special note: may not be offered in 2001
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Ancient Greek texts. Before
the beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts
are to be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should
see the Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Greek
Mutual excl: HTG218
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in Nov (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Intermediate Latin B
Enrolment code: HTC219
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Latin texts. Before the
beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts are to
be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should see the
Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Latin
Mutual excl: HTL219
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in Nov (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity
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Enrolment code: HTC221/321
Offered: Not offered in 2001
Unit description: 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 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%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, 1 tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations
Mutual excl: HAF221/321
Assess: 2x1,000-word essays (50%) 2-hr exam in Nov (50%)
Required texts, etc:
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: Ancient Civilisations, History, Women’s Studies
Courses: R3A
Greek and Roman Mythology
Enrolment code: HTC223/323
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Special note: may be taken as an English unit
Unit description: 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%
Teaching: 2 lectures weekly, tutorial fortnightly
Prereq: 25% in level 100 Ancient Civilisations or equiv
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Assess: 2,500-word essay (50%); 2-hr end-of-sem exam (40%), tutorial
participation (10%)
Required texts, etc:
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
Ovid, Metamorphoses, tr Humphries R, ISBN 0253200016
Livy, The Early History of Rome, tr De Selincourt A, ISBN 0140441042
Majors: Ancient Civilisations, English
Courses: R3A
Advanced Ancient Greek A
Enrolment code: HTC316
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Special note: may not be offered in 2001
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Ancient Greek texts. Before
the beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts
are to be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should
see the Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 200 Ancient Greek
Mutual excl: HTG316
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in June (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Advanced Latin A
Enrolment code: HTC317
Offered: Hbt, sem 1
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Latin texts. Before the
beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts are to
be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should see the
Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
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Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 200 Latin
Mutual excl: HTL317
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in June (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Advanced Ancient Greek B
Enrolment code: HTC318
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Special note: may not be offered in 2001
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Ancient Greek texts. Before
the beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts
are to be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should
see the Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 200 Ancient Greek
Mutual excl: HTG318
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in Nov (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
Advanced Latin B
Enrolment code: HTC319
Offered: Hbt, sem 2
Unit description: Consists of a study of selected Latin texts. Before the
beginning of the semester, intending students will be notified which texts are to
be studied. Texts will be provided by the School. Qualified students should see the
Head of Discipline in December 2000.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching: 2.5 hrs weekly
Prereq: 25% in level 200 Latin
Mutual excl: HTL319
Assess: 2,000-word essay (40%), 3-hr exam in Nov (60%)
Majors: Ancient Civilisations
Courses: R3A
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Classics 4 (Honours)
Enrolment code: HTC400/401
Full time/Part time
Offered: Hbt, sem 1&2
Special note: full-time students enrol in HTC400 (100%), part-time students in
HTC401 (50%)
Unit description: Consists of two semester-length units of coursework on
topics to be determined plus a special reading course and a thesis.
Unit weight: 100%/50%
Teaching: 2-hr seminar weekly (26 wks) and 2x1-hr reading classes weekly (13
wks) in one semester.
Prereq: Major in Ancient Civilisations (including Latin 1 – HTL or equivalent)
OR a Major in Latin and satisfaction of the Faculty Grade-Point Average
Assess: 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