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CLA Classical Studies Courses HUM199Y Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas,
questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged
in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a
distribution requirement course; see page 44. NOTE CLA160Y1 An introduction to major themes in the development of Greek
and Roman civilization, literature and culture. CLA201H1 The study of technical and scientific terms derived from
Latin and Greek: word elements, formation, analysis. The course is designed to give
students in any field of specialization a better grasp of the derivation and basic meaning
of English words derived from Latin and Greek elements. CLA202H1 The human and social climate in which prose fiction arose;
the Greek romances of love and adventure (Heliodorus, Longus, Chariton), and the more
ironical and socially conscious works of the Roman writers (Petronius, The Satyricon, and
Apuleius, The Golden Ass CLA203H1 The first scientific traditions in the classical
Mediterranean and the Near East, with emphasis on Greek science. Discussions of early
physical science, biology, mathematics, and astronomy, and their place in ancient life and
thought, based on primary sources in translation. Designed for students in both the
sciences and humanities. CLA204H1 A survey of the myths and legends of ancient Greece (and
their extension to Rome) with some consideration of their role in ancient and modern
literature and art. CLA205Y1 The divine and heroic myths of the Graeco-Roman world, with
special attention to the use of myth and legend in literature and art, religious ideas and
practices associated with myth, and comparisons with related mythologies. CLA206H1 The rise, development, and practical applications of the
study of the heavens in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman world. CLA211H1 Greek and Latin in the development of the English language.
History of the contact between the classical languages and English. Latin and Greek roots
combining forms and inflectional patterns. Cognates, derivatives, doublets and hybrids. CLA219H1 A survey of the position of women in ancient Greece and Rome,
with focus on women's sexuality and socialization; their economic, religious, and
political roles; and their creative production in the arts. (Offered in alternate years) CLA220H1 This course studies the various images of women presented in
the literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity. (Offered in alternate years) CLA230H1 A survey of ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the
second century B.C. CLA231H1 A survey of the salient political, social, and cultural
developments in Roman history from the mythical beginnings to the third century A.D. DRM260H1 (see "Drama") CLA299Y1
CLA300Y1 Greek drama from the origins of tragedy in the sixth century
to New Comedy, with close study of selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,
Aristophanes, and Menander, and attention to Aristotle's Poetics. CLA301H1 The Iliad and the Odyssey, with comparative study of related
texts. CLA302H1 The Aeneid of Virgil and/or other Roman epics with
comparative study of related texts. CLA305H1 A detailed study of the major modern approaches to the
analysis and interpretation of myth with specific reference to their applications to
ancient Graeco-Roman myth. CLA310H1 TBA CLA331H1 An examination of the household in Greek literature and
thought, including relations of women, children, and slaves to the master of the household
and the roles of persons of different status in the community. CLA334H1 The age of Cicero, Pompey, and Caesar, dominated by the
developing crisis of senatorial government and culminating in civil war. CLA336H1 (formerly CLA336Y) 26S CLA345H1 Aspects of life in the golden age of Greece. CLA351H1 The history of the Roman Empire from the establishment of the
Principate to Commodus: political and military history, social and economic structure;
culture and religion. CLA352H1 The history of the Roman Empire from the Severi to Theodosius
the Great. The crisis of the third century, the new empire of Diocletian and Constantine,
and the world of Ammianus Marcellinus. CLA357H1 (formerly CLA356Y) 26S CLA358H1 (formerly CLA356Y) 26S CLA378H1 (formerly CLA338H) 26S CLA398H0/399Y0
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