CLAS 101 C: Latin and Greek in Current Use

Welcome To Classics 101

Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)

Email: kch1@uw.edu

Mailbox: Classics Dept. Office, Denny 262

Office: Denny Hall 400K

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 am- 12:20 pm or by appointment

Syllabus

Schedule:

Week 1:

Tuesday, January 6^th - Syllabus Overview

• Look over Syllabus

Thursday, January 8^th  – Introduction to Language History and Word Building

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 1: Word Building Basics

Week 2:

Tuesday, January 13^th   –Word Building

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

Thursday, January 15^th – Mythology

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

Week 3:

Tuesday, January 20^th – Mythology

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

Thursday, January 22^nd – Mythology

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

Week 4:

Tuesday, January 27^th   – Test 1

Thursday, January 29^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, February 3^rd  – Roman History

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

Thursday, February 5^th – Greek Law and Politics

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

Week 6:

Tuesday, February 10^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, February 12^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, February 17^th – Test 2

Thursday, February 19^th  – Medicine

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

Week 8:

Tuesday, February 24^th  – Medicine

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

Thursday, February 26^th  – Philosophy

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

Week 9:

Tuesday, March 3^rd – Psychology

• Echo and Narcissus Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 206- end, Psyche- end)
• Homework 3 Due

Thursday, March 5^th – Literature: Love Poetry

• Selected Sappho and Catullus Poems (Canvas)

Week 10:

Tuesday, March 10^th  – Test 3

Thursday, March 12^th  – Final Exam Review

FINAL EXAM

Section C: Monday March 16^th 10:30 – 12:20 PM MEB 248

*I reserve the right to modify the syllabus at any time