THIRD TERM

Arts B.A.

^C32 Classical Studies II.

Pre-requisite subject:

AC3l

Classical Studies

I. Not

available with exemption lrom lectures. Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

In each term students may opt for studies in literature or history or art and archaeology.

For rest¡ictions applying to the third term art and archaeology option, see the syllabus concerned with that option (C7 15). The options which make up this subject may be taken

in

1984 lor Classical Studies

III

instead of lor Classical Studies

II, if

pre-requisites are satisfied.

The ancient history options may be taken consecutively forthe subjects Ancient History

II

o¡

lll

instead of lor Classical Studies

II

or

III,

and similarly the art and archaeology options may be taken consecutively for the subjects Classical Art and Archaeology II or III instead oflor Classical Studies II or

lll.

In this way a student may count bothClasstcal Studies II ot

llI

and Ancient History II or

III

and Classical Art and Archaeology II o¡

III

or any one or two olthese subjects. Olcourse no single option may be counted towards more than one subject.

Options are offered as staffand enrolments allow.

Pastoral, Satire and the Novel, Ancient Philosophy, and Classical Mythology are ofiered

in

even-numbered years; Roman Poetry, Narrative and Didactic Poetry, and Later Roman Empire in odd-numbered years

FIRST TERM.

C'704

P.lsronnl, Snrln¡ nno

rur

Nov¡r-.

(a) Pastoral.

Introductory reading: Higginbotham, J. C. (ed.), Greek and

Latin

literature,

a

com- parative study, chap. IV (Methuen university paperback).

Texts which students should obtatn The ldylls of Theokritos, tr. B. Mills ^(Purdue); Virgil, The Eclogues, tr. Guy Lee (Penguin).

(b) Satire.

Texts which students should obtain: Satires of Horace and Persius, tr. N. Rudd (Penguin);

Juvenal, The sixteen satircs,Tr. P. Green (Penguin).

(c) The Novel.

Texts which students should obtain: Petronius, The satyricon and the fragmeills, tr. ^{J. P.}

Sullivan (Penguin); Apuleius, The golden _ass, tr. R. Graves (Penguin).

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

OR

C'7

17

Gnre< Hrsronv (l).

This option

will

be concerned with the history of Greece from the beginning of the Geometric period ( l0th century e.c.) to the end of the 6th century B.c. Particula¡ attention

will

be paid to the period of colonization, the ¡ìse of tyranny at Athens, Corinth and elsewhere and political, economic and social developments at Athens and Sparta in the 7th and 6th centuries s.c.

Text-books: Bury, J. 8., and Meiggs, R. 4.,,4 history of Greece to lhe death of Alexander the Great,4th edition (Macmillan paperback); Herodotus, Histories ^(Penguin).

Assessment ìs mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

OR

C703

^{Roum.¡ Anr} eNo AncueroLocv (l).

This option cove¡s the art ofthe Etruscans, and traces Roman art and architecture from the foundation of Rome until the time of Hadrian. Topics include the spread of Roman power over the Italian peninsula; the growth of the Roman empire and the influence

of

Greek art on Roman art; the Augustan classical style; the Neronian revolution in art and architecture; and the monumental growth of Rome as a city during the I st century A.D.

Text-books: Strong, D., Roman art (Pehcan History of Art paperback); Sear, F., Roman

arc hí tecture (Batsford paperback).

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

SECOND TERM.

C708

ANcr¡Nr PnrrosorHv.

The aim of the option is

to

introduce some of the main ideas of the philosophers considered, and to relate the philosophies to the Greek society in which they arose and the Roman society in which some of them flouúshed. The main topics considered are: 1.

Early philosophers: the Presocratics and the Sophistic Movement, including Socrates;2.

Classical Greek philosophers: Plato and Aristotle; 3. Philosophies of the Hellenistic and Roman periods: Stoicism and Epicureanism.

Texts which students should obtain: Plato, Last day of Socrates,

tr. H.

Tredennick (Penguin); Plato, Republic,

tr.

H. D. P. Lee (Penguin); Aristotle, Ethics, rr. J. A. K.

Thomson (Penguin); Seneca, Letters from ^a stoic, fr. R. Campbell (Penguin); Lucretius, On the nature of things, tr. S. P. Bovie (New American Library).

A reading list will be issued during the term.

Recommended preliminary reading: Cornford, F.M., Before and after Souates (C.U.P.).

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

OR

C7

l8

Gnear Hrsronv (2).

This option

will

examine the political, military and social history of the Greek states during the 5th century B.c. In particular the course will concentrate on the period ofthe Persian Wars, the growth of Athenian imperialism and the Peloponnesian War.

Text-books: Herodotus, Histories (Penguin); Thucydides, The Peloponnesían war (Penguin);Plutarch, TheriseandfallofAthens (Penguin); BuryandMeiggs, Ahistontof Greece to the death of Alexander the Great, 4th edition (Macmillan paperback); or Ehrenberg, Y., From Solon to Socrates (Methuen paperback).

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

OR

C705

Rorvr¡r.¡

Anr

e.No Ancs¡.nolocv (2).

This option falls into two halves. In the first half of term the option continues the study of Roman art and architecture from the time of Hadrian to the time of Constantine.

Topics include the late antique style of Roman art; the paintings of the catacombs; the beginnings ofChristian art; the foundation ofConstantinople. The second halfofterm is devoted to a study olthe art and architecture ofthe Roman provinces: North Africa, the European provinces (including Roman Britain), Greece, Turkey and the near East (including Petra and Baalbeck).

Text-books: Strong, D., Roman arf (Pelican History of Art paperback); Sear, F., Roman

arc hitecture (Batsford paperback).

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks for tutorial papers are also included.

554

Arts B.A.

THIRD

TERM.

C7

16

Cl,qsslce,l

Mvrsolocv.

The option examines some olthe functions olmyth in Greco-Roman society. For illus- trative purposes, some attention is paid to myths in other cultures but the option is mainly concerned

with

the Greek and Roman material that deals

with

Apollo, Dionysus, Creation, the Golden Age, and the Underworld. The relationship between myth and early historiography will be considered, and possibly the topic olmyth and visual art.

Text-books: Grant, M., Myths of the Greeks and Romans (Menfor paperback); Kirk, G., The nature of Greek myths (Pehcarù.

Assessment is mainly by an examination. The marks

lor

tutorial ^papers

will

also be

included.

OR

C719

Gneer Hrsronv ^(3).

This option

will

examine the political, military and social history of the Greek states during the period lrom the end ol the Peloponnesian War to the death ol Alexander the Great (404-322 s.c.).

Text-books: Xenophon, A history of m1, tiøes (Penguin); Plutarch, The Age of ALexander (Penguin); Arrian, The campaigns of Alexander (Penguin); Bury, and Meiggs, A history of Greece ^Lo the death of Alexander the Great,4th edition (Macmillan paperback).

Assessment is by tutorial papers and a major assignment. There is no formal examination.

OR

Ci15

Rov¡.N

Anr

¡.No Ancs¡.Eor-ocv (Srecrnl Toercs).

This option involves the study ol two topics: ^I

.

Pompeii-a study of the lile and art

ol

the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis;

2.

Roman bath buildings-a study oftheir design, construction, decoration and lunction.

Text-books: Strong, D., Roman a,'t (Pelican History

olArt

paperback); Sear, F., Roman

a rc hitecture (Batsford paperback).

Assessment is by projects and assignments. There is no formal examination.

NOTE: This option may not be taken unless at least one olC?03 Roman Art and Archaeology (l ) and C705 Roman Art and Archaeology (2) has been taken

AC33 Classical Studies III.

Pre-requisite subjects: eìther AC32 Classical Studies

II

or both AC3

I

Classical Studies

I

and AC72 Ancient History II. Not available with exemption lrom ^lectures. Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

The options for Classical Studies III are the same as lor Classical Studies II, but additional written work is required ofthird-year students. For the content ofthe various options, the different ways

in

which they may be combined, and an indication of the methods of assessment followed (though in some options one or more essays, in others additional tutorial ^papers or additional assignments are set lor third-year students), see the entry for Classical Studies IL

Options a¡e offered as staffand enrolments allow.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AC79 Honours Classical Studies.

Students wishing to take an Honours degree

in

Classical Studies should consult the Chairman ofthe Classics Department, ilpossible before beginning the second year's work.

Before proceeding to the lourth and fìnal year of Honours work, they will be required to have reached an acceptable standard

in

AC3

I

Classical Studies

I; in

AC33 Classical Studies II or AC72 Ancient History II or AC92 Classical Art and Archaeology II; in AC33 Classical Studies III or AC'13 Ancient History III or AC93 Classical Art and Archaeology III; and in at least one of ACl3 Greek III, AC78 Greek IIIS, AC03 Latin III, AC67 Latin IIIS.

The wo¡k of the Honours year will consist o1

(a) the study ofthree Greek or Latin texts in the original language, l¡om the following:

Homer, Ilíad

XVIIL

Sophocles, Electa; Euripides, Medea;Yirgil, Aeneid VI;Horuce, Odes

III;

Ovid, Amores 1; Herodotus Iz1; Thucydides 1; Plutarch, Pericles; Suetonius, Divus lulius; Tacitus, Histories I; Vitruvius; Pliny, Natural History XXXVI; Pausanias 1.

Candidates must offer at least one ofthe above texts lor examination at the beginningof the ûrst term.

(b) the study of Greek and Roman antiquity, with emphasis on either

(i)

the literary remains, under set topics, or

(ii)

Greek and Roman history, under set topics, or (iiÐ the remains of the material cultu¡e.

(c) a special topic chosen from the field of classical studies, or ancient history, or art and archaeology, in accordance with the inte¡ests ofthe candidate, which will be the subject

ola long essay to be written during the ^year.

The exact arrangement olthe course may be varied by the Chairman of the Department in accordance with the interests ofthe students and the availability ofspecialised teaching.

ACIH Archaeology IH.

The hall-subject is given in the second hallofthe academic year. No pre-requisite _subject, although the course may be taken in conjunction wtTh Archaeology: an introduction to its histoty, techniques and methodology, Part A, offered by Flinders University, which is given in the first

halfolthe

academic year (see below). Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

The lectures in the second

halfolthe

second term

will

outline the history ofarchaeo- logical discovery and its eflect upon contemporary culture. This will be followed in the third term by lour detailed studies, given by specialists, in the lollowing areas: Aboriginal archaeology in South Australia; Late Bronze Age Cyprus; Thai ceramics dating project;

and the work of the Australian archaeological team in Pompeii.

It is hoped that students will have an opporlunity to be introduced to the practical aspect of archaeology in the ûeld and the museum.

Assessment will be by three tutorial ^papers, a minor and a major essay.

(Students intending to take the Flinders half-subject in the hrst hallolthe year are advised to check the syllabus and availability olthe course. Such students need to obtain approval

in

writing from the Registrar and must comply

with

Flinders University enrolment procedures.

It

is proposed that most of the lectures in the Flinders half-subject will be given at Flinders University.

It

should be noted that the Flinders half-subject will deal with the development of archaeology on a worldwide basis, with particular emphasis on the application of modern archaeological techniques to other disciplines such as history, classical studies and the visual arts as well as demonstrating the interrelationships with the social, physical, earth and life sciences. The Adelaide hall-subject has been designed to complement the Flinders half-subject and it is therelore recommended that the two be

taken in conjunction to lorm a full hrst-year subject.) 556

Arts B.Ä.

Preliminary Reading:

At

least one from the first fou¡ titles: Fagan, B. M., Archaeology:

an introduction (Little, Brown); Fagan,

B.M.,

World prehistory: an intoduction (LíItle, Brown); Deetz, J., Invitation to archaeology (Natural History Press); Deetz, J.,

In

small things.forgotten: the archaeology of early American life (Anchor/Doubleday); and Pretty, G.L., Archaeology in South Australia (= S.A. Year Book) (S.4. Government Printer).

Recommended Reading: Daniel,

G.8., A

shorf history of archaeology (Thames and Hudson); Daniel, G. E., Towards a history of archaeology (Thames and Hudson); Catling,

H.V/.,

"Cyprus

in

the Late Bronze Age", Cambridge Ancient Hístory II:2 (C.U.P.);

Mulvaney, D. J., The prehislory of Australia,rev. ed. (Penguin).

Refe¡ence books: Piggott, 5., Antiquity depicted (Thames and Hudson); Piggott, S., -¿R¿¿ins

in a landscape (EUP); Schuchhardt, C., Schliemann's excavations: an archaeological and historical study (West); Brown, A. C., and Catling, H.W., Ancient Cyprus (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford); Cook, R. M., Greek painted pouery (Methuen); Haynes, D.E. L., A historical guide to the sculptutes of the Parthenon,lev. ed. (British Museum); Buchholz, H. G., and Karageorghis, Y., Prehistoric Greece and Cypr¿s (Phaidon); Karageorghis, V., Kition: Mycenean and Phoenician díscoveries in Cyprus (Thames and Hudson); Brown,

R.M.,

The ceramics of South East Asia, their daling and identiftcation (O.U.P.); Frasche,

D.R.,

South East Asian ceramics, 9th through lTth centuries (New York, The Asian Society); Trevelyan, R., The shadow of Vesuvius (Joseph).

^C72

Pre-requisite:

^Ancient

AC01

LatinI ^History orACll ^II.

GreeklorAC3l ClassicalStudieslo/4H01 History

IA or

APOI Politics

IA or AA01

Anthropology

I. Not

available

to

students with exemption from lectures. No knowledge of Latin or Greek is assumed. Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

Roman and Greek history will be offered in alternate years; Roman history is offered in odd ^years and Greek history in even years.

It

is not possible either to study Greek (or Roman) history lor two years or to take two Ancient History subjects in the same year.

Gx.er< Hrsronv c.950-322 s.c.

For the content ofthe subject see the syllabuses for Greek History (l), Greek History (2), and Greek History (3) under AC32 Classical Studies II.

^C73 ^{Ancient History III.}

Pre-requisite: AC72 Ancient History

Il

or AH02 History

ll{

or ÃC32 Classical Studies

ll or

AC92 Classical

Art

and Archaeology

n.

AC73 Ancient History

III

may not be counted together with AC72 Ancient History

Il if

AC72 Ancient History

II

was taken before 1978. The syllabus is as lor AC72 Ancient History II, but additional work will be set for third-year students. Roman history is offered in odd ^years and Greek history in even years.

^C92 ^{Classical Art}

^and

Archaeology II.

Pre-requisite: Any first-year subject. Not available with exemption from lectures. Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

The subject

will

presuppose

a

general knowledge

ol

the Greek and Roman wo¡ld approximating to a good standard at Matriculation Classical Studies or Ancient History.

It consists olthe Art and Archaeology options available for AC32 Classical Studies II or AC33 Classical Studies III, but does not require AC3 I Classical Studies I as a pre-requisite and does not qualily students to proceed to AC33 Classical Studies III.

The syllabus is as for the

Art

and Archaeology options which are listed under AC32 Classical Studies

II.

Roman art and archaeology is oflered in even years and Greek art and archaeology in odd years. It is not possible either to study Roman (or Greek) art and archaeology lor two ^years or to take two Art and A¡chaeology subjects in the same year.

4,C93 Classical Art

and

Archaeology III.

Pre-requisite: AC92 Classical

Art

and Archaeology

Il or

ÃC32 Classical Studies II or AC72 Ancient History IL

The syllabus is as for AC92 Classical Art and Archaeology II, but additional work wìllbe

set for AC93 Classical Art and Archaeology

III

students.

Roman art and archaeology is offered in even years and Greek art and archaeology in odd yeafs.