LATIN

B.A,-SYLLABUSES

classrcs (r-ern¡) ^FACULTY

OF ANTS

^C42

Latin IIA.

,4.C02

Latin IL

The subject is diviiled into two parts:

(a)

itelev (Macmillan).

The

w

during the year.

(b) A of

selected passages: there

will

^{also be}

exercises

^aÌ

will

be issued äuring the year. There

rial

throughout the ^year.

to

enrol

fãr

the course should consult the Chairnan

of

^the

as possible

in

Tanuarv

to

discuss vacation reading.

It

is

the-set texts

in (a) ivill

have been read before

the

start

of

the ff¡st term.

AC67 Latin ^IIIS'

Pre-requisite subject: AC57

Latin

IIS.

This

subiect

is

available only

to

those rvho have

beer

acceptecl as Honours students ín

- Classical Studies.

The syllabus is as set out

for

AC42

Latin IIA.

ÄC03 Latin III.

The subject

is

divided

into

trvo parts:

rial

throughout the ^year.

to

enlol

for

the course should consult the Chaiuran

of

the as possible

in

January

to

^{discuss vacation reading.}

It

^I's

the

iet

texts

in (a)

^r'viil have been read before the start of the ffrst term.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AC89 Latin for

the

llonours

degree

of

B'A'

Pre-requisite subjects:

ÀCOl Latin I or

ACAL

l-ultl t4,AC-02^Latin II

or

AcÃzt-it¡" IIA,

^AÓ03

^Latin III; ACll

Greek

r ot

AC78 Greek IIIS.

The formal

work of the

Honours year consists mainly _-of rve-ekly .essays and tutorials. Essays

in

one te¡m are devotecl

to

literature. and

in

the other

ts'o

to

hi.ioiv

"td

society. IJnseen translation

is

also practised.

The examination ^consists of the follorving three-hour ^papers:

(a)

Passages

for

t¡anslation into English

from Latin

prose authors'

(b)

Passages for translation into English from

Latin

^poets'

(c) Latin

literatu¡e.

(d)

Roman history: the Age

of

Augustus.

(e)

Roman society, thought and religion'

A

wide choice of topics

lvill

be given

in

^papels

(.)' (d)

and

(e)'

583

F'ACULTY OF ARTS B,A._SYLLABUSES

clAssrcs

(cnrrx)

GREEK,

of

Greek at a Matriculation examination.

Every student taking a subject

in

Greek should have a Greek-English lexicon.

ACTI

Greek IÀ.

The

subject

is

designed as

a

foundation course,

and the aim is to

enable students to proceed at least to AC82 Greek

IIA in

a subsequent yeal.

The following books

rvill

be used:

Walters,

W. C. F.,

and Conrvay,

R. 5.,

Deigma (Murray).

McKay,

K. L.,

Croesus

of Lgdia

^{(A.N.U. Press).}

ACll

Greek

I.

The subject is dividecl

irto

trvo par-ts:

(a)

The study

of

three rvorks

of

Greek literature:

Homer, Odtlsseg

VI

ancl V11. ir-r Odgssetl

I-XII, ed. W. B.

^Stanford (Macnillan).

Plato, Apologg,

in

Euth,Jphro, Apologg,

Crito,

ed.

J.

^{Burnet (O.U,P.).}

Euripides, Alcestis, ed.

A. M. Dale

(O.U.P,).

The works may

be

examined separately during the year: ^passages from them are set

for

translation, short passages âre set

for

comment, and

an

essay may be set.

(b) A

course

to

^improve

the

students' knowledge

of the

language,

and

to widen

their

reading.

The nate¡ial that

students

rvill

use

will be

issued during the year.

It

involves rveekly rvritten rvork and a weekly tutorial.

AC77

Greek IIS.

This sub who

have been accepted as Honouls

students

in

aims

to

give students rvith no previous

knowledge

wledge

of

classical Greek

in

one ^year.

It occupies

^week.

The books used a¡e as set out

in

the syllabus

fo¡

AC71 Greek IA.

ÄC82

Greek

IIÄ.

Ple-requisite AC71 Gleek I-4.

The syllabus is as set out

for ACll

Greek

I, with

the addition of:

McKay,

K. L.,

^Croesus

of Ludia (A.N.U.

Press).

Those sections

of the

book not reacl

in

Greek

IA

are

to be

read befo¡e the start

of

the

first

tern.

584

B.A,-SYLLABUSIlS

clAssrcs

(cnrnx)

^{FÀCULTY OF}

ARTS

^Cl2

^Greek

^II.

students intending

to

enrol

for

the course should consult the chairn¡an

of

the Denartment

as earlî

as nossible

in

Tanuarv

to

^discuss vacation reading.

It

^is

intËnded

that

one

oÎ

^the-set texts

in-(a) ri'ill

have been read before the start

of

the first term.

.4C78

Greek IIIS.

Pre-requisite subject: AC77 Greek IIS.

This

subject

is

available

only to

^{those rvho have} been accepted as Horours shrdents

in

Classical Studies or Latin.

The syllabus is as set out

for

ACB2 Greek

IIA.

ACfS

Greek

III.

Stuclents intending

to

enrol

for

the course should consult the Chairman

of

the

l""rrt-""t-

^us

ea.li

ás possible

in

January

to

discuss vacation readin-g'

lt

is

i"Ë;d;ã ihat

o.,e

of the'set

texls

in (a) will

^fiave been read before the sta¡t

of

^tbe

^fitst

^term.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AC99

Classics

for

the

Ilononrs

^clegree

of

B.Ä'

Pre-requisite subjects: AC01

Latin 1, AC02-Latin II arcl

^AC03

Latin III;

ACll

Greek

I,

AC12 Greek

II

and AC13 Gleek

III.

The

for.nal rvork

of ^the

^{Honours year consists tuainly}

of

rveekly essays arrtl tutorjals. Essays

in

one tcrnr are der'óted

to

literature. and

in

^{the other}

t$o

ttr

history and society. Ilnseen translatíon

is

also practisecl.

The examination consists

of

the follorving three-hour ^papers:

(a)

Passages for translation into English from Greek prose authors ^{ancl poets.}

(b)

Passages for translation into Ilnglish from Latjn prose authors and poets.

(c)

Greek and

Latin

literature.

(d)

Creek and Roman history:

hrperial

Athens, and the Age

of

^Augustus.

(e)

Greek and Roman society, thought ancl religion.

A

rvide choice

of

topics

s'ill

be given

in

papers

(ç), (d)-and 1e). In

^each

paper candidates must anss'". quesfiotts

from l¡oth the

Greek and

the

Ronar sections

585

F.A.CULTY OF ARTS B.Ä.-SYLLÄBUSES cr,Assrcs (cr-essrcer- sruorrs) CLASSICAL STUDIES,

-Il

these suùjects classical literature is studied

in

translation, and no knorvledge

of

Greek or

Latin is

required.

AC3l

Classical Studies

I

is available

to

approved students rvith exemption

fron

lectu,res

in

special circunstances approved ^6y

the Chairman

of the

Department

of

Classics.

ACSI

Classical Studies L

Parts

of tlie

syllabus rnay be exar¡inecl separately cluring the year, General books

for

the rvhole subject, rvhich students should obtain:

Baldry,

H.

C., Ancient Creek

literahre in

its liaing contert (Thanes ancl Hudson

);

^or

Arnott, P. D., Inhoduction

to

the Greek uorld, (Sphere Books).

Bowra,

C. M.,

Landmatks

in

Creek líterature (Weiclenfeld Goldback or Pelican ).

Frnsr T¡nrr.

fntroductory reading:

Beye, C. R., The

lliad,

the Orh¡sseg and the epic

tadition

(Macmillan).

Borvra, C. N7., Ho¡ner (Duckrvorth).

Texts 'rvhich students should obtain:

The

lliad of

Homer,

tr.

R. Lattimore (Chicago U.P.).

Homer, The Odgsseu,

tr.

R. Fitzgerald (Doubleday).

Hesiod,

Works

and, dags,

in Hesiod and

Theognis,

tr. D.

Wender

( Penguin ).

SrcoNo Tsnr.r,

Introductory reading:

Kitto,

H. D,

F., Greek tragedrl (Methuen University paperback); or Lesky, A,., Creek tragedg (Benn paperback).

Texts which students should obtain:

Aeschylus, Oresteia,

tr.

R, Fagles (Bantam Paperbacks).

Herodotus, The Histories,

tr. A.

de Selincou¡t (Penguin).

Sophocles, The Theban plags,

tt. E. F. Watling

^(Penguin).

A¡istotle, Poetics,

tr.

G. F. Else

(Ann

Arbor).

586

B.A._SYLLABUSES

cl-Ässrcs (cr-essrcer- sruorns) Trrrno Trnnr.

Texts rvhich students should obtain:

( Penguin).

FACIJLTY OF AITTS

plags,

Û.

^P.

Vellacott Vellacott

Euripides,

Hippolgtus,

in

^Alcestis

and othet

^pl'ags,

tr'

^P.

(Penguin ₎ .

Euripides, Bacchae,

í¡ ^The

^Tacclue

and other

plags,

Û'

P

( Penquin).

i"iil"T:T^ï;: fi,i'åI

paperback _).

guin _{) '}

AC32

Classical Studies

II.

Pre-requisite subject:

AC3l

Classical Studies I.

Frnsr Tnnrt, either

C70l

Gn¡nx

Anr

ewo Ancrraeolocv.

Texts rvhich students should obtain:

Boardman, 1., Greek ¿rú ^(Than-res and

Hudson).

_-

Richter, G.

M. ,{., A

handbook of Greek

art

^(Phaidol).

or

C702 Ro've¡r Ponrnv.

Introductory reading:

Duff, _J. W.,

A

literarg historg

of

Ronte in the golden age (Benn papelback).

Texts which students should obtain:

, tr. I.

f.I.M

Lee

(

in The

and Aeneid

of Virgil. tr.

.u.P.p

Sncowr Trnrrr.

either

C703 RouaN

Anr

aNo Ancr¡eror-ocv.

Wheeler,

R. E. M..

Roman

art

a¡tcl architecttLre (Thames

and

Huclson paperback ₎ .

or

C704 Pesroner-, S,lrrne AND THE Novrr..

(a)

Pastoral.

Introductory reading:

Higginbotham,

J. (ed.),

^{Gteek and}

^Latin

literuture,

a

co1rtpd1'atiae study

( Methuen University paperback).

587

Fá.CULTY OI' A,RTS B.À.-SYLLÂBUSES

cllssrcs

(cr.essrcer _sruorcs) Texts rvhich students should obtain:

The

ldg\s

of Theokritos,

tr.

B.

Mills

(Purdue).

ViTgil's _Eclogugs-,

tn

The Ec-Iogues, Ceorgics and Aeneid

of

Virgil, Day Lewis (O.U.P. paperback).

(b)

Satire.

Texts rvhich students should obtain:

Satíres

of

Horace and Persius, ed.

N. Rudd

(Penguin).

]uvenal, The sixteen satfues,

tr.

P. Green (Penguin).

(c)

The Nooel

Texts rvhich students should obtain:

Petronius, The satgricon and the fragments,

tr. _{J. P.}

Sullivan (penguin).

Apuleius, The golden d.ss,

tr.

_J. Lindsay (Indiana _U.P.).

Tr¡mo Tpnlrr.

either

C705

L.rrr

Ro.\¡alr

Anr axo

Anc¡¡eror-ocy, Text which students shoulcl obtail:

Wheeler,

R. E. M.,

^Roman

art

and architecture (Thames

and

Huclson paperback ₎ ,

or

C706 Corrpen.trrvn

Lrrrna'runr

(European Tragic Drama).

^-For

^syllabus

^see under

"Comparative

Literature"

immediately

after

the Classics syllabuses.

,4,C33 Classical Studies

IIL

-

Pre-requisite subjects:

Either

AC32 classical studies

II

^{or both} AC31 classical Studíes

I

^and AC72 Ancient History

II.

Frnsr Tnnnr, either

C701 Gnnu<

Anr

aN¡ Ancsenor-ocy.

The syllabus

is

as

for

AC32 Classical Studies set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

III

^students.

o1'

II; but

additional rvork

rvill

be C708

A¡crrn:r hnlosoruv.

58B

B,A,_SYLLÄBUSES

clAssrcs ⁽ cr-assrcer- sru¡r¡s )

Texts r.vhich students should obtain:

Plato, Plato, Aristo Senec

Lucre

).

A

reading

list will

^be issued during the year, Recommended preliminary reading :

Cornford,

F. M.,

Before and after Socrates (C.U.P.).

oî

C702 Ror'r¡N Portnv.

The syllabus is as

for

AC32 Classical Stuclies

II,

but additional rvork rvill be set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

III

^students.

Sncoro Tnnlr.

eíther

C703 Rorr¡ex

Anr eun

Ancn.eeor-ocv.

The syllabus is as for AC32 Classical Studies

II,

but additional rvork rvill be set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

lll

^students.

ol

C707

Gn¡¡x

ewo Ror¿¡.N Hrsronrocn¿.pnv.

Texts which students should obtain:

FACIJLTY OF ARTS

Thuc

ol

C704 Pesron¡r-, Sarrnn AND TrrE Novnr-.

The svllabus is ^as for AC32 Classical Studies

II,

but additional rvork r.vill be set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

III

^studcnts.

Truno Tnnnr, either

C705 Le:rs RorvrlN

Arr ¡Nn

Ancrrenor-ocv.

The syllabus is as for AC32 Classical Studies

II.

but additional s'ork

s'ill

be set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

III

^students.

or

C706 Corrp¿aerrvr

Lrrrn¡runn

^(European Tragic Drama).

The syllabus is as fo¡ AC32 Classical Studies

II, but

additional rvork rvill l¡e set

for

AC33 Classical Studies

III

^students.

^For

syllabus see under "Comparative Literature" immediately

aftel

the Classics syllabuses.

or

C709

L¿rnn

RortaN Euprn¡.

Books students should obtain:

Brown, P., The roorld

of

late antiquitg (Thames and Hudson).

St. Augustine, Confessions (Penguin).

Isbell,

JI..

The last '¡toets of imperial Romø (Penguin).

Herodotus, The histori.es,

tr, A.

de Selincourt (Penguin).

Thucydides, The Pelo¡:onnesian

aar, tr. R.

Warner, rvitl

Thucydides, The Peloponnesian

aar, tr. R.

Warner,

rvith

an Introductior.r

bv

T.

H. ^Finlev

^(Penzuin).

SallisË,

The

Juáuìhine'

waí and the

conspiracg

ol

^Cariline,

lr. S.

A.

589

FACULTY OF ÂRTS B,A,_SYLLABUSES

cr-Âssrcs (cr,assrce,r. sruorrs)

tl'¿e

late

Roman Empire

E.

S. Shuckburgh (C.U.P.).

L.

Whiteley (Macmillan) and The follorving

list of

recommended books gives some idea

of

the scope

of

the coulse,

L'Orange,

H. P., Art

forms and, cirsic life

( Princeton ).

Momigliano,

1.,

TbS conflict betueen paganisrn and, Christianitg

in

^the

fourth centurg (Clarendon).

HOI.IOURS DEGREE.

AC79

Classical Studies

for

the

llonours

degree

of

B,A,

Pre-requisite subjects:

AC3l

Classical Studies

l:

either AC32 Classical Studies

II

and. AC33 Classical Studies

III ^or

AC32 Classical Studies

lI

^{and. ACTS} Ancient Ancient History

II

and, AC33 Classical Stuilies

III;

^either

AC67

Latin IIIS

or AC03

Latin III

^or AC13 Greek

III.

or may be_ approved

by the

Chairman

of the

Departmeni as

nt

standard.

The rvork of the Honours year

will

consist of:

(a)

The study

of a

Greek

o¡

Roman text

in

the original language:

for

1978 eíther

Sophocles, Antigone, eds. R. C. _{Jebb and} or

Horace, Odes

II,

ed.

H. E.

Gould and T.

Odes

III,

ed. G. \Mjlliams (O.U.P.).

al

development

of

classical Greece and Rome,

to

be

s .

early Greek

lyric

and its background; the Athenian

t _;

and so on.

(c) A

special topic,

to

be chosen from the

teld of

classical studies

in

^accor-

dance

with

the interests

of

the candidate.

It rvill

be the subject

of a

long essay

to be written

during

the

year.

^C72

^{Äncient History}

n I ^II. or ACll

Greek

I or

AC3l History

rl_or AIl4l

History IC

)%,3;itt*ol:,

^{to students vvith}

Gn¡rr

Hrsrony 600-322 B.C.

Books rvhich students should obtain:

B.À.-SYLLÁBUSES

cr,Ássrcs (eNcrn¡rr _rrrsronv)

FACULTY OF ARTS

and Hudson).

of ^the

^{scope of}

^C73

Äncient History

III'

Pre-requis ^ry If

^or ÄH02-Historv

II

oî

^dies

II-or

ArchaeologY

II'

-

f

ot AC72

additional

work rvill

^be

se

^{History s}

AC92

^Classical

Art

and Ärchaeology

II.

Pre-requisite: Any ffrst-year subject.

Text-books which the students should obtain:

Phaidon).).

e

^(Thames

T

^{sone idea}

591

B,À._SYLLÀBUSES

COMPÄRÄTTVE LITERÀTURE

F,.A'CULTY OF ARTS