Course Notes
John Porter, University of Saskatchewan

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• CLAS 104: The Classical Myths
• CLAS 110: Greek Civilization
• CLAS 121: Roman Culture and Civilization   [revised version of CLAS 111: Roman Civilization]
• CLAS 220: Daily Life
• CLAS 227: Comedy
• HIST 207: Greek Tragedy and the Culture of Fifth-Century Athens   [formerly CLAS 226: Tragedy]
• LATN 112/113 Notes, Worksheets, and Keys to Quizzes and Examinations
• LATN 400: Miscellaneous Notes
• Petronius, Satyricon
• GRK 112/113 Notes

CLAS 104: The Classical Myths

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Chronological Overview: Periods and Sources
• Internet Links Page
• Map Assignment Page   [password required]
• Note on Transliteration
• Some Useful Bibliography

CLAS 110: Greek Civilization

• The Mythological Background of Homer's Iliad

• Plot Outline for Homer's Iliad and List of Principal Characters

• Plot Outline for Homer's Odyssey

• The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age

• The Iliad as Oral Formulaic Poetry

• Homeric Society

• The Homeric Gods

• The Presentation of Achilles in the Iliad

• The Archaic Age and the Rise of the Polis

• The Greek Lyric Poets

• The Rise of Athens and the Athenian Democracy: From Solon to Cleisthenes (with a brief glance at Sparta)

• Greek Temple Design

• Herodotus

• Outline of Herodotus, The Histories, Books 1, 6.48ff., 7, and 8

• Greek Tragedy and the Ancient Stage

• Glossary of Terms Associated with the Greek Stage

• Introduction to Aeschylus' Persians

• Sophocles' Oedipus the King

• The Structure and Meters of Sophocles' Oedipus the King

• Euripides' Hippolytus

• Thucydides

• Aristophanes and Greek Old Comedy

• Aristophanes' Clouds

• Guide to Reading Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito

CLAS 121: Roman Culture and Civilization   [revised version of CLAS 111: Roman Civilization]

• A Brief Chronology of Roman History

• The Roman Name

• The Early Republic

• The Punic Wars and Roman Expansion throughout the Mediterranean

• Roman New Comedy

• The Late Republic: From the Gracchi to Sulla (133-79 BC)

• From the Death of Sulla to the Death of Julius Caesar

• C. Valerius Catullus

• Lucretius

• Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus

• Vergil: The Aeneid

• Ovid

CLAS 220: Daily Life

• Daily Life in Classical Antiquity - General Bibliography

• Chronological Overview

• Attic Vases

• Greek and Roman Weights, Measures, and Currency

• The Greek House
  • Images of Furniture on Greek Vases

• The Roman House

• Greek and Roman Costume
  • Images of Greek Costume

• Women in Antiquity - Bibliography

• The Greek and Roman Wedding
  • Images of the Greek Wedding

• Education in Antiquity
  • Images of Greek Education

• Food in Antiquity

• Women's Work
  • Images of Female Toil on Attic Vases

• The Ancient Symposium/Convivium
  • Images of the Greek Symposium

• Eros and Attic Vases
  • Images of Eros on the Greek Vases [password required]

• Slavery in Antiquity

• A Roman's Day

• The Roman Baths

• The Ancient Olympics and Greek Sport
  • Images of Greek Sport

• Arena and Circus - The Roman Games

• Ancient Medicine

History 207: Greek Tragedy and the Culture of Fifth-Century Athens

• Greek Drama: A Chronological Overview

• Athens: From Solon to the End of the Peloponnesian War

• Greek Tragedy and the Ancient Stage

• Greek Tragedy: Formal Elements

• Glossary of Terms Associated with the Greek Stage

• Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage

• Introduction to Aeschylus' Persians

• Mythological Background to Aeschylus' Agamemnon and the Oresteia Trilogy

• Zeus in Aeschylus

• Sophoclean Tragedy and Oedipus the King

• Mythological Background to Sophocles' Antigone

• The Structure and Meters of Sophocles' Oedipus the King

• The Sophoclean Hero and Aristotle

• Euripidean Tragedy and Hippolytus

• Mythological Background to Euripides' Medea

• Mythological Background to Euripides' Ion

• Heracles in Greek Myth

CLAS 227: Comedy

• Greek and Roman Comedy — A Brief Introduction

• Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage

• Greek Drama: A Chronological Overview

• Athens: From Solon to the End of the Peloponnesian War

• Greek Tragedy and the Ancient Stage   [general background]

• Greek Tragedy: Formal Elements   [general background]

• Glossary of Terms Associated with the Greek Stage

• Aristophanes and Greek Old Comedy

• Aristophanes' Clouds

• Background Material for Menander's The Arbitration (Epitrepontes)

• Roman New Comedy

LATN 112/113 Notes, Worksheets, and Keys to Quizzes and Examinations

• see the separate index of resources for students in LATN 112/113

LATN 400: Miscellaneous Notes   (pdf format)

• The Latin Hexameter

• The Latin Elegiac Couplet

• Meter and Style in Ovid, Amores 1.2.1-26

Petronius, Satyricon

• Some Suggested Topics for In-Class Reports on Petronius' Satyricon

• Word-List for Petronius' Cena Trimalchionis

• A Grammatical Commentary on the Tale of the Widow of Ephesus (Satyricon 110.6-113.4)

• Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesian Tale and the Greek Romantic Novel

GRK 112/113 Resources

• Greek Flashcards
• Athenaze Introduction: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze Introduction: Parts of Speech   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1A: The Greek Verb   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1A: The Cases   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1B: Greek Accentuation   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 1B: Enclitics   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 2A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 2B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 2B: Second Declension Nouns in the Singular   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 3A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 3B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 3B: Second Declension Nouns in the Singular and Plural   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4A: Overview of Verb Forms Learned to Date   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4A: Patterns of Contraction   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4A: First-Declension Nouns   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4B: Masculine 1st-Declension Nouns   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4B: 1st/2nd-Declension Adjectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 4B: The Definite Article   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 5A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 5B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 5B: Personal Pronouns   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 5B: αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 5B: Possession   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 6A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 6A: Present Middle Voice — Forms   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 6B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 6B: Greek Prepositions — A Summary Overview   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7A: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7AB: Third-declension nouns   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7A: Reflexive Pronouns   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7B: Learning Objectives   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7B: The interrogative and indefinite pronoun and adjective   [pdf format]
• Athenaze 7B: Third-declension adjectives   [pdf format]
• Verb Forms with Non-Recessive Accents   [pdf format]
• Conditions   [pdf format]

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