Courses in Classical Languages:

LAT 1351 … Latin I.  This is the first course in the initial three-semester sequence in which the student undertakes the mastery of basic Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary.  The analytic approach of forms and syntax is retained, with attendant English-to-Latin composition, while attention to the comprehension of Latin sentences and connected prose is not neglected.  Wheelockís is the text that provides the base of study; this course covers topics through pronouns.

LAT 1352 … Latin II.  This is the second course in the initial three-semester sequence in the study of basic Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary.  The method of study pursued in Latin I is continued in this course; Wheelockís Latin remains the text.  The semester concludes with the formation and basic usage of the subjunctive.

LAT 2351 … Latin III.  This is the final course in the initial three-semester sequence in the study of basic Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary.  The first half of the course comprises a study of the concluding chapters of Wheelockís Latin, as well as a review of the topics covered in the previous courses.  The second half of the semester is devoted entirely to the reading of selections of unaltered Latin, in order that the student might begin to attain accuracy and felicity in translation.

LAT 2352 … Latin IV.  The entire semester is employed in the reading of selections from Augustineís Confessions to enable the student to acquire the faculty to translate and comprehend Latin prose.  The Latin forms and syntax in the text continue to be scrutinized so that the basic understanding of the language is habitually reinforced.  Augustineís abundant use of standard classical rhetorical devices provides the opportunity for concentrated attention to the formal aspects of Latin style.

GRE 1361 … Greek I.  This course is structured according to the order of lessons in the text, Clyde Pharrís Homeric Greek (rev. by John Wright).  The Greek alphabet and the pronunciation of classical Greek is introduced straightway.  The declension of nouns and adjectives and the conjugation of regular verbs are studied systematically.  Vocabulary lists are introduced in each lesson and are reinforced by the translation of both Greek to English and English to Greek sentences.  By the end of the semester, the readings in the lesson are centered on unaltered passages from Book I of the Iliad; thus, a serious literary text is the basis of study from the very first course.

GRE 1362 … Greek II.  This course continues to follow the plan of Clyde Pharrís Homeric Greek; unaltered passages from Book I of the Iliad are the center of each lesson.  Additional forms and syntactic principles are introduced to complete the basic examination of the Greek language (pronouns, verbs, third declension adjectives, and irregular verbs).  Thus by the end of the semester the essential properties of the language have been covered.

GRE 2361 … Greek III.  The remainder of Book I of the Iliad that was not translated in Greek I and Greek II provides the text for this course.  Grammar and forms are systematically reviewed throughout the course, and time is usually available for the reading of some noteworthy selections from other books of the Iliad. 

GRE 2362 … Greek IV.  Platoís Apology provides the text for this course.  Pertinent features of Attic Greek are introduced, as the student begins the translation of Greek prose.  The major aim of the course is for the student to build confidence in understanding an ancient text.  Attention continues to be directed to the basic features of the language in order to build a solid foundation for future work.

LAT JS391 or GRE JS391 … Text Courses.  A text in Greek or Latin is chosen for each seminar with a view to its relevance to the discipline of theology, philosophy, and literature rather than for its philological interest.  In addition to the reading of the text each student will deliver a seminar presentation on pertinent secondary scholarship or other classical works in translation.  The primary aim of the course is for the student to begin to appreciate the sensibility of the text in the original language and to begin to heed the import of that exact meaning for its significance in its own particular discipline.  The student may repeat the text seminar any number of times as the texts change.

The following are Text Courses that have been offered as well as prospective courses:

Aeschylus, Agamemnon

Anselm, Cur Deus Homo

Aristophanes, The Frogs

Aristotle, Metaphysics, XII

St. Augustine, Enchiridion

Boethius, On the Consolation of Philosophy

Catullus, Carmina

Cicero, The Dream of Scipio, De Officiis

Descartes, Meditations

Dun Scotus, selections from Opus Oxoniense

Euripides, Medea

Herodotus, selections from Historiae

Hesiod, Works and Days

Homer, selections from The Iliad

Horace, Odes and Epodes

St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistulae

Livy, selections from Ab Urbe Condita Libri

Lucretius, selections from De Rerum Naturae

Ovid, selections from  Metamorphoses

Plato, Euthyphro

Plautus, Miles Gloriosus

Pliny the Younger, Epistles

Plotinus, Enneads, IV

Plutarch, Parallel Lives

Seneca, De Beneficiis

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

Tacitus, selections from The Annuals

Terence, Adelphi

St. Thomas Aquinas, Questions on Truths

St. Thomas More, Utopia

Virgil, Eclogues