Textbooks
Goals
Workload
Schedule
Policies
Additional resources: books, on-line
information, supplementary readings
Required resources:
Aeneas to Augustus: Hammond and Parry. ($26, available
in the bookstore)
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Recommended:
You will need a Latin dictionary. I have ordered the Cassell’s
dictionary ($25), but any dictionary of about the same size is acceptable.
The advantage of Cassell’s is that it also has an English-Latin section.
You should also have a reference grammar. I have ordered Gildersleeve’s
($27), but Allen and Greenough, Bennett, or Hale and Buck are also very
good. All of these are available in the library (see "Additional
resources" below).
Goals for the semester:
You will develop more fluency in reading Latin prose. In addition,
we will survey the history of Rome up to the end of the Republic and the
beginning of the Empire, we will introduce the major writers of Latin prose,
and we will review Latin grammar and syntax.
Workload and grading:
There will be two in-class exams and a final. The exams will
be one full class period (90 minutes) and will consist of some passages
of unfamiliar Latin, with comprehension questions, and some passages from
readings we have done in class, to be translated.
For each class you will have a reading assignment and a short written assignment on grammar.
The grades will be computed as follows:
| exams (2 @15% each) | 30% |
| final exam | 20% |
| written assignments | 25% |
| participation | 25% |
| total | 100% |
Schedule:
The two in-class exams will be:
| Tuesday 6 October | |
| and | Tuesday 10 November |
It's impractical to give a list of which class meetings will cover which selections from the textbook, because the pace will be determined by how quickly you can read. We will begin with the first few selections in Part I and soon go on to read Part II in parallel.
General policies:
Please bring the text to class. There will also be handouts with
supplemental reading, which you should have with you on the day they are
to be discussed.
Attendance in class is required, because your reading in class is the best demonstration of your increasing competence. On the other hand, if you must occasionally miss class for a legitimate reason, I will assume you can keep up with the work.
Written assignments will be due in the class following the one when they were assigned. Anything that I have not received by the end of the class will be late (hence "Not OK"; see above).
I call your attention to University policy against plagiarism and other forms of cheating. Please refer to the Student Handbook for details.
Please note that except in the most extraordinary circumstances, I will not give "incomplete" grades. As you know, an Incomplete means that you did not complete the work of the course, and CAS policy states that the Incomplete becomes an F if the work is not completed within one calendar year.
Additional resources:
1. Books
Hammond and Parry, Aeneas to Augustus (required textbook):
PA2095.H13 1967
Reference grammars:
Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar: PA2087.F16
Bennett, New Latin Grammar: PA2087.F181
Gildersleeve’s Latin Grammar: PA2087.E984
Hale and Buck, A Latin Grammar: PA2087.F031 (must request
from Mugar Storage)
Other works:
W. S. Allen, Vox Latina: PA2117.A5 1978
M. Beard and J. Henderson, Classics: A Very Short Introduction:
PA3009 .B4 1995
Cambridge History of Classical Literature, part 2, Latin Literature:
PA6003.L3
M. Grant, Atlas of Classical History: XG1033.G65 1994
(reference)
––––––––––––, History of Rome: DG209.G75 1978
E. Hamilton, The Roman Way: PA6019.F32
Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition): XDE5.O9 1996
(reference)
H. H. Scullard, From the Gracchi to Nero: DG254.S35 1982
L. P. Wilkinson, Golden Latin Artistry: PA6141.Z5 F63
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library.bu.edu.
Mugar Memorial Library home page: http://www.bu.edu/library/mugar-branches-home.html
Boston Public Library home page: http://www.bpl.org
2. On-line information
The Perseus Project: an evolving digital library of classical
texts and images.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
Argos: search engine for sites on antiquity
http://argos.evansville.edu
The Atrium: for devotees of ancient Greece and Rome
http://web.idirect.com/~atrium
Diotima: women and gender in the ancient world
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/gender.html
Roman Sites: a catalog of web sites on Roman antiquity
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/RomanSites*/home.html
Voice of the Shuttle: web page for humanities research
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Classical Association of New England home page
http://www.wellesley.edu/GreekandLatin/CANE/cane.html
Roman Mysteries: bibliography of mystery novels set in ancient
Rome
http://www.best.com/~heli/roman/
Fictional Rome: general historical fiction set in ancient Rome
http://www.stockton.edu/~roman/fiction/
Boston University Department of Classical Studies home page
http://www.bu.edu/classics
3. Supplementary Readings
The handouts containing historical and literary background and samples
from authors not represented in the textbook are available here.
How to Prepare a Reading Assignment
Learning Vocabulary
Quis erat Aeneas?
Kinship Terms in Latin and Related Languages