LATIN

reached Grade C or higher

in

that examination,

Every student taking

a

subject

in L

^{English lexicon}

and a

Latin

grammar.- Students who

p

^one subiect in

Latin

should have Lewis and Sho¡t, L¿

AC0l. ^Latin

^L

The subject

is

dívided

into

two parts:

(a)

The study of th¡ee works of Latin literature:

Ytgfl., Aeneid.

lV,

ed. Austin (O.U.P.).

Sallust, Cøtìlàrw, ed. Summers ( C,U.P. ),

Horace, Od.es

I,

^ed. Gould and Whiteley (Macmillan),

in

one term. The works may

from

them are set

for

trans- tions, to be ansrvered

in

essay

ffiifË'";å":åt,iå,tuff,i"ff "å#ìïi:i :åsru:"îilx

e

yeat, There

will

be weekly written work and a weekly

4C02. Latin II.

The subject

is

divided

into

three partsr

(a)

The study

of

three works

of

Latin literature:

Propertius, ELegies

IV,

ed. Camps (C.U.P.).

J.

D. Dufi ^(ed.),

lutsenal,

eil.

Cofiey (C.U.P.).

A

book of

Latín

letters, ed. Levers (Methuen).

The works may be examined separateþ during ttre year.

(b)

Practical criticism

of

^passages from

Latin

literature. The materíal

to

be used

will

^{be issued} during the year: there

will

^be weekly written work and a weekly tutorial.

Unseen t¡anslation

will

also be practised.

(c)

æ2

SYLLA-BUSES_

CL.A.SSICS

FÀCULTY OT'ARTS

,{'C03. Latin IIL

The subject

is

divided

into four

parts:

(a)

The study of four works

of Latin

literature:

Tacitus, Annals

I,

ed.

Miller

^(Methuen),

in

addition

to the

works prescribed

for Latin II.

The

worls may

be examined separately during the year,

(b)

Practical c¡iticism

of

^passases from

Latin

literature. The material

to

be used

will

be issued

during-tle

year: _there

will

be weekly

written

work and a weekly tutorial.

Unseen trarslation

will

also be practised.

(d) '

reading ttre Roman society foilowing

of the

bool<s

late

areiecommended:Republic

and early

Empire.

For

special Cowell,

F.

R., Clcero and

the

Roman Republíc (Pelican); or

Cowell,

F,

R., Eoergdag

life

àn ancìent Romø (Batsford),

Carcopino,

I.,

^Daì.Ia

^{life in}

ancient Rome

at

the height

of

the Empire

( Pelican ) .

4C89. Latin for

the Honou¡s Degree

of

B,A.

Pre-requisite subjects;

Latin I, II

and

III;

Greek

I

or IIIS.

The formal work of the ffnal Honours vear consists mainlv of weeklv essavs and hrtorials, Essays

in

one term are devotód

to

literahrre, aod

in

the óther

irvo

to history and society, Unseen translation

is

also practised.

The examination consists of the following tlree-hour papers:

(a)

_Passages

_for

hanslation into English f¡om

Latin

prose authors.

(b)

Passages

for

t¡anslation into English from

Latin

poets,

(c)

Latin literature,

Twelve questions are set on the works

of Latin

authors, and candidates are required

to

^attempt four.

(d)

Roman history: the Age

of

Augustus.

Twelve questions are

set on the perioil,

and candidates are required to aüempt four.

( e

)

Roman society,

tlought

and religion.

Twelve questions are

se!

and cãndidates are required

to

attempt four.

GREEK

Greek at

tÏe

Matriculation Examination,

or

a pass

in

G¡eek IA.

Every shrdent taking

a

subject

in

G¡eek shoulil hav and

a

Greek grammar. Students who propose

to

^take

Greek should have

Liddell and

Scott, Gieek-Englßh Jones (O.U.P.).

603

F,A'CULTY OF ARTS SYLLABUSES- CLASSICS

4C71.

Greek IA.

give students

with

no previous knowledge -of the langua-ge

a

fclassical Greek

in

onè year'.

It

^is countable as one

of

the

re

^towards

^the

^{Ordinary degree.}

It

occupies

fou¡

hours of fo

Students

who

pass

in the

examination

at the enil of this

subject

will

^be

ex¡rected to take Greek

I in

a subsequent ^year.

The following books

will

be used:

'Walters, W. C. F., and Conway,

R.5.,

Deigrna (Murray)' Herodotus, Book

VI,

ed, Shuckburgh (C.U.P.).

Euripides, Medea, ed, Bayffeld (Macmillan), lines 1-356'

ACff.

^Greek

^I.

The subject

is

divided into two parts:

(a)

The study of three works of Greek literature:

Homer,

llißd Vl, in M. M.

Willcock,

A

commentarg on Homer's lliad, Books

I-Yl

(Macmillan).

Herodotus, Book

II,

ed. Waddell (Methuen).

Euripides, Hel,en, ed.

Dale

(O.U.P.).

Each work is the subject

of

^{ne term, The works m¡y}

be examined

separately-during

them are set

for

transla-

tion,

short passages

ãre

set

J

^ons,

^to be

answered in essay form, a¡e asked on tlreir

(b) Addi

^of tìemes d¡awn

' from ^{rial that}

^students

will ^{ing the year. It}

involves weekly written work a

AC77,

Greek IfS.

This

sub

^{ave been} accepted as Honours

sfudents

in

give students

with

no previous

loowledge ^of

classical Greek

in

one year.

It

^occupies

The books used are ^as set out

in

the syllabus

for

Greek IA.

4C12.

Greek

II,

The subject is divided into three parts:

(a)

The study

of

th¡ee works

of

Greek literature:

Thucydides,

BookYI,

ed. Dover (O,U.P.).

Sophocles, Antigone, ed. Shuckburgh (C.U.P')' Aristophanes, Birds, ed.

Merry

^(O.U.P,).

The works may be examined separately during the year'

(b) The

history

of

Greece (600-404 _B.C.).

History for tlre

^content

of the

lectures necessâry. The lectures

will

be given, and

the thirã

term. Students should- obtain E Socrates (Methuen University Paperback).

(c) ' _will

Greek unseen

_be

trarslation, and the studv

of

a literary genre: epic' There weekly written

-work

and

a -weekly

tr¡torial

in ^the _trst

^and

second terms.

ihe

material to be used

by

students

will

be issued during those terms.

SYLLASUSES_

FACULTY Of CLÄSSICS

4C78.

^Greek

IIIS'

Pre-requisite subject: Greek IIS'

This

subject

i, urr"il"i-b þ

^{to. t-hose who} have been accepted as Honours

rt"ãLît-m'Classical

^{Studies or Latin'}

The syllabus is as set out

for

Greek L

4C13.

^Greek

fll'

The subject is clivicled into three parts:

(a)

The studY of four works of

'{.eschylus,

agi"**non, "d' ^(O'U'P')'

in

^addition

^to

^{the works Pre}

The works may be examined

separat ^r'

(b)

For

Greek society the following books are recommenderl:

Zimmern,

L' E'-'-ä"

Greek Comn'tonuealth

(o'U'P')'

Jones,

A.

^W'

^U",

¡tt''nnìan ^demouacg (Blackwell)'

(")iïfi

"'ÌiJ+"""å#;i',rft

Hf."f,å"l¡å:f,':""'Js"uå-þJ\î#i'å'i:'î$"','J.iF"å

during those terms'

CLÄSSICAL ^STUDIES

Inthesesubjectsclassicalliteratureisshriliedintranslation,andnoknou'ledge

ofîtå"Ëot ^Látin

^{is required'}

A student mav not

"oi"t "'

^{ly]rjects towarcls} t}te degree both Classical Studies

I

"'ä ãitt'"i

Greek

tI

^{or Greek}

^III'

AC3l.

Classicaf Studies

I'

ed seParatelY during the Year' General books

for

the whole subject'

¡rhich

students should obtain:

Finley,

M' I.,

^The ancíent Greelcs (-Pefic,ä)iru

<W.iAenfeld Coldback or

-B;t"*.

C' M',

^Landmarks

in

Greek ^I Petióan ) '

605

I'ACULTY OF AI.TS

Books

for

the individual genres studied:

1.

Ep¡c.

SYLLASUSES- CL.A,SSrCs

Texts which students should obtain;

The

Ilia

Chicago U.p.).

Homer,

(Panther paperback),

Apolloni f

^Argo,

^tr.

Rieu (penguin).

Recommended bools:

Reference book;

Wace, A. _J,

8.,

and Stubbings, F. H., Companion to Homer (Macmillan).

2.

Dn¡ru¡..

Preliminary reading:

Kitto,

H. D. F., G¡eek ack).

or

Lesþ

A,., Histont

ol C

or

Lesþ,

A'., Creek Trage

Prescribed texts:

Aeschylus: Agamemnon Libation Bearers Eumenides Sophocles: Oedipus the King

Antigone Elpctrø Euripides: _Hippolgtus

Bacchae

All in

^Grene

and

Lattimore, Greek

Tragedíes,3

volumes

(univ.

_chicago

Phoenix paperbacks).

Aristophanes: Clouds,

tr,

Arrowsmith (Mentor paperback).

Frogs,

tt,

Lattimo¡e (Mentor paperback).

Menander: The ₍ Penguin),Bad-Tempered Man,

in

Mãnander, ^pr,ags ancr fragments Recommended reading:

SYLLASUSES_

CLASSTCS

Få,CULTY OT'ARTS

Waldock, A. _1., Sophocles the D¡amatisr (C.U.p.).

3,

Prm.osoprrs.

Preliminary reading:

9g-fo_t_¿,_e. N!.,_B-efory

afd gftq

Socrates (C.U.p. paperback).

Kitto,

H. D. F.,

The Greeks (Pelrcan).

Texts which shrdents should obtain:

Plato, The ^las-t dngs of Souates,

tr.

Tredennick (penguin).

Plato, Republic,

tr.

Lee (Pengriin).

Recommended commentary

on

Republít:

Cross,

R. C., _?14

W-o.ozlgV,

A. D,

^pl¿to's

Republic: a

phìlnsophícal comnxentary ( Macmillan),

Books

for

reference:

Arístophanes, Clnuds (Mentor paperback),

Copleston, F., Hístorg

of

phílnsophg, vol.

I

(Image paperback).

Crossman, R.

H.

S., Plato todag (Unwin paperback).

Field, G.

C., Philos

niversity Library).

Guth¡ie,

W. K. C.,

(Methuen).

Stacg

W. T., Crìtìc

sophg (Macmillan).

y'.:C32, Classical Studies

If.

Pre-requisite subject: Classical Studies L

Parts of the syllabus may be examined separately during the year, Gene¡al book

for

the whole subject, which students should obtain:

Barrorv, R.

H.,

Tha Romnns (Pelican).

Recommended reading:

Arnott, P. D.,

An

ìntroduction to the Roman

toorlil

(Macmillan).

Balsdon, J. P.

V. D. ^(ed.),

Romnn cíoíIization (Pelican).

Duff,

_J..

Wight., A

literarg hìstorq

of

Rome

in the

golden

age

(Benn paperback ).

Dufi, J. ^Wight,, A literarg

hìstorg

of

Rome

in the silner age

(Benn paperback ₎ ,

Grant,

M,,

Roman literature (Pelican).

Hig_ginbotham,

J.

^(ed,), _.Greek

^anil

^Latín. literature,

a

comparatioe studg

( University paperback ).

Williams,

C.,

The nøture

of

Roman poetnJ

(OÅord

paperback).

Books

for tlle

literary studies,

within

the following periods:

].

E¡nr-v

Lerrw Lrrrnertrne:

Corvr¡oy, Texts which students should obtain:

Plautus, Pseud.olus,

in

Th,e pot

of

gold. and. other plags (Pengorm).

Terence, The

gíil

_from Andros,

in

Phormio and other plays (penguin),

ñ7

FÁCULTY OF A.RTS SYLLASUSIS_

cl-Àssrcs

Recommended books:

Romnn drøma (RourJedge anil e and Kegan PauI).

comed,g (Princeton).

2, ^L¿r¡.

^Rrprmr-rc.

Texts which students should obtain:

The

po

^Whigh

Lucreti

^are,

lr.

U.P. PaPerback)'

Caesar,

^aul,

^tr.

Sallust, consPi

ndford (Pengrin)'

Cicero,

^Grant

Recommended reading:

3.

^E¿¡¡-v PnrNcrperr.

Texts which students shoulcl obtain:

Th Th

Oo

Th l, tr.

^DaY

Lewis (Oford

paperback ₎ .

Licaln, Pharsalia,

t.

Gtaves (Penguin).

4C33.

Classical Studies

III.

Pre-requisite subjectsr Eith,er classical studies

II or both

classical studies

I

and Ancient HistorY.

Thp srrhiect

is

concerned-

in

the ûrst

two

terms,

with

comparative studies of and Rorne: pastoral, satire,

the

novel, and Rome: pastoral, satire,

the

novel,

.

is of the literature

of

the later Roman Pãrts

of

the syllabus may be examined separately during the year'

I.

Pasron-tr,, Serrn¡, ÀND TrrE NovBr-.

(a)

Pastoral.

Texts which students should obtain:

tl. Mills

^(Purdue),

Eclogues, Georgícs and Aeneid

oÍ

Yireíl,

tr.

Day ack).

SYLLABUSES_ F'ÀCULTY OF' ARTS CLASSICS

Recommended reading:

Higginbotham,

J. ("d,),

^{Greek and}

^Latín

literatute,

a

com,p&î&ti,oe studg

( University paperback).

Lawall, G., Tlpocrítus' Coan pastorals (Harvard _U.P.).

Putnam,

M.

C,, Virgil's pa.storal ørú (Princeton U.P,), Rose, H. J., The Eclogues of

Virgìl

⁽ California U.P. ₎ .

Rosenmeyer,

T,,

The gteen cabínet (Califomia _U,P.),

(b)

Satire.

Texts which students should obtain:

Theophrastus, Tlrc. characters,

in

Menander, Plags and fîagm.entq

tr.

Vel- Iacott (Penguin).

Lucian, Satiricøl sketches,

tr,

Turner (Penguin).

The complete uorks of Horøce, ed. Kraeme¡ (Moilern Library, New York).

Juvenal, The síxteen satires,

tr.

Green (Penguin).

Recommended reading:

Highet,

G,

luoenal the satìrìst (O.U.P.).

Rudd,

N.,

The satbes

of

Horace (C.U.P.).

Sulliv_an, J. P,

(ed.),

_{Crìtical essags} on Romnn lí,teratutet Søfire (Routledge and Kegan Paul).

Witke, C.,

Latin satile

^(Leiden,

Brill).

(c)

The novel.

Texts which students should obtain:

Longus, Daphnis and, Chloe,

tr. Turner

(Penguin).

Petronius, The satgricon and the fragments,

tr.

Sullivan (Penguin).

Apuleius, Th,e golden ass,

tr.

Graves (Penguin).

Recommended reading;

Perry, B.

8.,

The ancient roînnnces (California U.P.).

Sullivan, J. P., The satgricon of Petronius (Faber).

Trenkner, 5., The Creek nooella

in

tLw classìcal períod (C,U,P.).

Walsh, P. G., The Romnn nooel (C.IJ.P.).

2. Gn¡x

ewo Ro.lrem Hrsromocruprrv.

Texts rvhich students should obtain:

Herodotus, The histories,

tr.

de Selincourt (Penguin),

Thucydídes, Th,e histotg of tlæ Peloponnesian usar ⁽ Everyman or Penguin ₎ .

Sallus! The lugurthine

uar

and

the

conspbacg

of

Catiline,

tr,

Handford (Penguin).

Tacitus, On imperial Rome,

E.

Grant (Penguin),

Robinson,

C. A. (ed.),

Selections

from the

Greek and, Romnn hktoríans

(Holt,

Rinehart and Winston).

The

abo art of a

course

in the

general develop- ment

of hi

work

of

Polybius and

Livy,

and Grecõ-

Roman

bio

and Plutarch,

Recommended reading:

General:

Usher, S,, The hístoríøns

of

Greece and Rom¿ (University paperback).

Bury, J.

8.,

Thp ancient Greek historians (Dover, New York), Dorey,

T. A. (ed.), Latin

historians (Routledge

anil

Kegan Paul), Dorey,

T. A. (ed.), Latin

bìographg (Routledge).

Laistner,

M. L, W.,

The greater Romnn hístoríans (California _U.P.).

Jones, C. P., Plutarch and. Rorne (O.U.P.).

600

FACULTY OF ^ÁRTS SYLLABUSES_

CLASSICS

Books on individual authors:

Fornara, C. W., Het'odota¡ (O.U.P').

Finley, J.

H.,

Tlwcgdides (Michigan U'P.).

Earl,

D.

C., The political thought

of

Sallust (Amsterdam, Hakkert).

Walsh, P. G.,

Lios

^(C.U.P.).

Walker,

8.,

The annals

of

Tacihn (Manchester U'P.).

3. Træ

L,lrm

^{RorrreN Err,rPmn.}

Books which students should obtain:

Downey, G,, The late Rommt empíre

(Holt,

Rinehart

anil

Winston).

St, Augustine, Ci.tg of God', ablid. Bourke (Doubleday Image), Recommended reading:

Chambers,

M. (ed.), Fall of the

Roman ent'píre

(HoIt,

Rinehart and Winston).

Chitty,

D.

_{1., The} d.esert

a

cítg: an íntroduction

to

the studg-of Eggptian anil' Paleitinian monastícísrn-under the Christian empire (Blackwell), Jones,

A. H, M.,

The decline

of tlw

ancient usorld. (Longmans).

Lietzmann, H.,

Ahistorg

of the eadg church, vol,

2

(Meridian),

Momigliano, A,., The conflict betaeen pagønism

and

Chrßtianítg

in

the fourth centurg (Clarendon).

Versfeld,

M.,

Guíd.e

to

the cìtg of God'

(Femhill).

A

further reading

[st will

^be issued during

the

^year.

ÂC79,

Classical Studies for the Honours Degree of B.A'

Pre-requisite subjects: Classical Stuilies

I;

Classical Studies

II o¡

Ancient History; Classical Studies

III;

^either

^Latin I, II

and

III or

Greek IIIS.

The work of

the

final

Honours year

will be

int¡oducecl

in

^1974.

It rvill

be concerned

with

studies

in

the drama and the íntellectual and social history of the Greek and Roman world, as follows (except where stated otherwise, the works studied

will

be

in

English translation):

(

a)

^Sophocles,

Seneca.

In

"tffu'iiåg:ï (b)

Ancient philosoph5' and political thought: t]re period covered

will

be from

tJre pre-Socratics

to

Cicero.

(c)

Studies

in

Greek

and

Roman society: special topics

will be

education, religion, slavery.

The

ffnal

examination

will

include six tl¡ee-hour ^papers,

two on

each

of

the above three sections. There

will

also be an examination on the plays studieil in

tlle

original:

it

may be held during the year.

6r0

F.{CIJLTY OF ^ARTS

SfLLÄ3USES-

be ^examinecl separately during the ^year'

d

^obtain:

to

^{So Ú ates' ( lvlethuen} University ^Paperback

)'

(Macmillan)

oro

(Methuen University Paper- Gracchi to

Some

useful

^books:

nÍeld and Nicolson)' Nicolson) '

art and Winston)'

;';;;; ^(world

^universitY

ìCornell

U'P')'

aìmillan) '

.u.P.).

ics) '

ThucYdides'

tra

^Classics)'

Herodotus' tra

froman

RePublic rI-II1 (c'U'P')'

Heitland,

W.

and Windus),

'of the

^emPire

l'ic

^(Pelican)

"irìeä'r' u'i''l'

Balsdon' J'

P' _ln,. : _'

n

PaPer-back) '

Ciceto'

Løtt

(Blackwell)'

Badían,

E.,

_(Columbia U.P.).

Dickínson,

J ^{n' vol'}

¹

Lewis'

N" a

⁶¹¹

¡'ACULTY Ol' ,{.RTS

Roman Empire:

SYLL¡.BUSES_

CLASSICS

SYLLA.BUSES_

cl-Ässrcs

lc)

Greek and Latin literatu¡e.

'-' i;"tt;

q"uttioos ate set on the works-

of

G¡eek and

l-atin

authors,.and candidätes

must attempt four, taking two

^questions

frorn

eíther section of the paper.

(d) '

_Twelve Greek and questions are set Roman history:

on I

^{ates A'ge must}

^of

^{Augustus.attempt}

four, taking two

questions

^e Paper.

(e)

^{and religion.}

idates

muit

attempt four, taking two the paper.

Classícs

for

the Degree

of

M.A'

A

^candidate

^for

^the degree must:

(a) ' _6y

present the Faculty a thesis

of of

Arts;not more than 20,000 words on a subject approved

(b)

present himseU

for

exarnination

in a

portion

of

work approved

bv

the Faculty

of

A¡ts.

The

qualiûcations required

of

applicants _^to-

be

^admifted

^as

candidates for

thJ á"srì"

are set

out

^-in

the

Regulãtions

of

^{tÌre degree}

of

Master

of

.Arts. In

ge""r"tl a

candidate should have õbtained

a

good Honours degree

in Lalin

or Classics.

General advice

to

candidates and speciÊcations

for

^{theses are set}

^out in

the Notes and Instructions

to

Candidates

for

t-he degree

of

Master.

Potential candidates should consult

the

Head

of the

Department

of

^Classics

in

the ffrst instance,

FÀCULTY Ol. ARTS

6r3

SYLLASUSES_

ECONOTlfrCs