Readings in Latin poetry and prose with related exercises in grammar and composition intended to prepare students to read Classical and Medieval Latin.

Further readings in Latin poetry and prose with related exercises in grammar and composition intended to prepare students to read Classical and Medieval Latin.

Further readings in Latin prose and poetry with related exercises in grammar and syntax as continued preparation for the reading of Classical and Medieval Latin. Students may not hold credit for both LATN 2700 and the former LATN 1320.

Readings from among the comedies of Plautus and Terence, the shorter poems of Catullus, and the Metamorphoses of Ovid.

Readings from among the works of Livy and Caesar and the letters and philosophical writings of Cicero.

Assignments in writing Latin prose and practice in the techniques for effective reading of poetry and prose at sight.

A survey of the language from its Indo-European pre-history to its position as the matrix of the Romance languages. Phonological, morphological and lexical aspects of the language are investigated in the light of Latin documents and some comparative evidence from cognate languages.

Selections of prose and poetry written after the beginning of the fourth century after Christ.

Reading of at least two plays from among the comedies of Plautus and Terence.

Reading of at least two complete speeches from among the political and forensic works of Cicero.

Reading of selected Satires of Horace and Juvenal and of excerpts from the Apocolocyntosis of Seneca and the Satyricon of Petronius.

Selected Odes and Epodes of Horace and amatory elegies of Propertius, Ovid and Tibullus.

Reading of at least three books of the Aeneid.

Reading of the Eclogues in their entirety and at least two books of the Georgics.

Reading of selected passages from the works of Livy, Caesar, Sallust and Tacitus.

Reading of one or two tragedies of Seneca with selections from the works of Martial, Statius or Lucan.

Readings in a particular genre such as philosophy, history, or rhetoric with substantial reading in secondary critical or interpretive literature. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.

Readings in a particular genre such as epic, lyric, comedy or elegy with substantial reading in secondary critical or interpretive literature. The course content may vary. Students can earn multiple credits for this course only when the topic subtitle is different.