CLAS 101 C: Latin and Greek in Current Use

Welcome to Classics 101!

Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)

Email: kch1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Monday 2:30 pm- 3:20pm, Tuesday 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm or by appointment in Denny 400k

All class materials can be found under Modules.

The required textbook is Dominik’s Words and Ideas.

Important Dates

Full Schedule

Week 1:

Thursday, September 25^th - Syllabus Overview and Introduction

• Look over Syllabus

Week 2:

Tuesday, September 30^th  –Word Building

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 1: Word Building Basics
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 2: Word Building Tools: Greek Components

Thursday, October 2^nd  – Mythology

• Hesiod Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 75-90, stop at the Trojan War)

Week 3:

Tuesday, October 7^th – Mythology

• Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Canvas)
• Homework 1 Due

Thursday, October 9^th – Mythology

• Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 90- end) (Trojan War- end)

Week 4:

Tuesday, October 14^th  – Test 1

Thursday, October 16^th – Greek History

• Read Greek Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 3: Word Building Tools: Latin Components
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 227-235, stop at Polybius)

Week 5:

Tuesday, October 21^st  – Roman History

• Read Roman Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 236-end, Polybius- end)

Thursday, October 23^rd – Greek Law and Politics

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p.145-151, stop at the Roman Republic)

Week 6:

Tuesday, October 28^th – Roman Law and Politics

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p. 151- end, the Roman Republic- end)
• Homework 2 Due

Thursday, October 30^th – Commerce and Economics

• Read excerpt from “A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Canvas)
• Read “Zoninus Collar” (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 7: Commerce and Economics (p.169-187, the whole thing)

Week 7:

Tuesday, November 4^th – Test 2

Thursday, November 6^th – Medicine

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 105- 122, stop at Ophthalmology)

Week 8:

Tuesday, November 11^th – NO CLASS Veteran’s Day

Thursday, November 13^th – Medicine

• Reading on the Hippocratic Oath (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 122-end, Ophthalmology- end)
• Supplemental Reading on Silphium

Week 9:

Tuesday, November 18^th  – Philosophy

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 191- 206, Stop at Psyche)
• Homework 3 Due

Tuesday, November 20^th  – Psychology

• Echo and Narcissus Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 206- end, Psyche- end)

Week 10:

Tuesday, November 25^th  – Literature: Love Poetry

• Selected Sappho and Catullus Poems (Canvas)

Thursday, November 27^th  – NO CLASS Thanksgiving

Week 11:

Tuesday, December 2^nd  – Test 3

Thursday, December 4^th  – Final Exam Review

FINAL EXAM

Section C: Monday December 8 from 10:30AM – 12:20 PM RAI 116.