46 courses with the subject CLST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CLST 004Radical Jesus1
(Cross listed as RELG 004 ) Discussion-and writing-intensive study of classical and contemporary understandings of the figure of Jesus through analytical reading, classroom dialogue, expository writing, and community engagement. It asks the questions, Who was the real historical Jesus? and, What is the relevance of Jesus for today? Introduction to wide understanding of Greco-Roman cultures and ancient texts, biblical and otherwise, including many of the extracanonical scriptures that did not make the final cut for inclusion in the commonly received New Testament. Also introduction to the Greek alphabet, lexicons, and research tools for New Testament study along with rudimentary Greek terms essential to biblical scholarship and commentary. Instruction is intellectually rigorous and responsive both to skeptical and faith-based readings of Jesus’ biography and the Bible. The ground is level in this class: believers and unbelievers, evangelicals and atheists are welcome. No prior background in religious or biblical studies is assumed or required. The class is divided into four three-week sessions with each session devoted to one of the Gospels, and a final week-long session focusing on the Book of Acts. Each session will study the interplay between Christian scriptures along with writings and images about Jesus drawn from the Hebrew Bible, extracanonical writings, film and video, history, theology and fiction. Images of Jesus through time will be tackled: Jewish rabbi, political revolutionary, apocalyptic prophet, queer lover, desert shaman, African messiah, and Native American trickster. Humanities. Writing. 1 credit. Eligible for CLST, ENVS, RELG
Talking animals appear in diverse storytelling traditions in virtually all periods of recorded history. Often dismissed as nothing more than a playful device of children’s literature, the granting of speech to voiceless animals is in fact a complex and potentially transgressive modification of the human-animal binary. What is it about talking animals that has proven so appealing to storytellers in such different cultural and historical contexts? Does the overt anthropomorphism of such representations preclude the possibility of serious ethical concern for real animals? This first-year seminar surveys the history and meanings of talking animals in ancient and modern storytelling traditions, from Aesop’s fables to Disney films, from the Panchatantra to the graphic novels of Art Spiegelman. And we will go to the zoo. Humanities. 1 credit.
CLST 012First Year Seminar: Comparative Mythology1
Arts and Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
This course examines selected myths in such major works of Greek and Latin literature as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey , the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, Virgil’s Aeneid , and Ovid’s Metamorphoses . Specific texts and images are treated both as individual stories and in relation to other texts and images that tell the same mythological tale. Primary texts are supplemented by modern theoretical readings in gender, psychology, and literary theory. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Fall 2026. Lefkowitz.
CLST 014First-Year Seminar: Mystery Religions and the Greek Philosophers1
What do ancient mystery religions teach us about spiritual transformation and contact with the divine? What were the secret rites of these religions? How do their mythological themes have universal value? Why are the language and themes of mystery traditions so central to the philosophical thought of Parmenides, Empedocles, and Plato? This seminar will study texts associated with Orphism, Pythagoreanism, the Eleusinian and Dionysian mystery cults, Isis and Osiris, and Presocratic and Platonic philosophy. Readings may include The Homeric Hymn to Demeter ; Euripides’ Bacchae ; fragments of Parmenides and Empedocles; the Derveni Papyrus; Plato’s Phaedo, Symposium, and Phaedrus ; and Apuleius’ Golden Ass . Topics discussed will include cosmology, mystical knowledge/ascent; philosophical method; allegorical interpretation; immortality of the soul; archetypal figures of mother/daughter and rebirth. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit.
CLST 015First-Year Seminar: In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great1
This first-year seminar introduces students to Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BCE), the famed king who rose to near-mythic status within his short lifetime. The course examines the rise of Macedon under Philip II and Alexander’s accession to the throne, then turns to his conquests from Greece to India. It also explores the feuding of his would-be successors and the radically transformed Hellenistic world left in the wake of his death. Students will study the history and archaeology of this world, engage with dramatic ancient accounts of Alexander’s life, and critically evaluate how history, legend, and propaganda have shaped his supposedly “Great” legacy. Humanities. 1 credit. Fall 2026. Czujko.
The Late Bronze Age (1700-1200 BCE) represents the high point of Mediterranean prehistory. Great kingdoms and peoples, from Egypt to Mesopotamia to Greece, rose, flourished, and contributed to a complex international system. In short order, however, this vibrant world came under considerable and fatal strain, leading ultimately to its collapse. Through examination of textual and archaeological evidence, this first-year seminar introduces students to the Bronze Age, evaluates its violent end, and considers the aftermath that followed it. Humanities. 1 credit.
This course investigates the origins of comedy and satire in classical antiquity. In addition to plays by Aristophanes, Plautus, and Terence, and satirical poetry by Archilochus, Hipponax, Horace, and Juvenal, we will also explore the very idea of the “origins of comedy” from diverse perspectives. Questions about what motivates satirists to attack the behavior of their contemporaries and speculation about the quasi-religious roots of mockery have been fertile and contested areas of inquiry for centuries. We will read numerous thinkers (ancient and modern) who have proposed theories of the origins of comedy, including Aristotle, Freud, Bakhtin, Bergson, and Francis Cornford. And we will also encounter more recent comedians’ reflections on their own birth and origins, including performers such as Richard Pryor, Howard Stern, Tina Fey, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, and Lenny Bruce. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit.
(Cross-listed as PHIL 020 ) Plato’s dialogues are complex works that require literary as well as philosophical analysis. While our primary aim will be to develop interpretations of the dialogues themselves, we will also view Plato through the lens of various modern and postmodern interpretations (e.g., Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Jung, Foucault, Irigaray, Rorty, Lacan, Nussbaum, Vlastos). Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for INTP Spring 2027. Ledbetter. Spring 2028 Ledbetter.
(Cross-listed as ANCH 021 ) This class will examine the interconnected roles of food and war in ancient Roman society. The first part of the semester will focus on the practicalities of the Roman diet. Building on this knowledge, we will explore how food and war together shaped the Roman sense of identity. Finally, we will study how food drove Roman military and political policy. The last seven weeks of the term will involve detailed case studies considering how issues directly related to food shaped the decisions and actions that enabled Rome to expand from the Italian peninsula to a Mediterranean empire in only 100 years, and then later tear itself apart in civil wars, only to emerge as a stable empire. This class will combine social, political, and military history while looking at a variety of sources of evidence. Humanities. 1 credit.
This is an intermediate level course for Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the transregional, transcultural language of erudition in Ancient and Premodern South Asia. Its historical importance cannot be overstated in terms of both linguistic and cultural impact. Its systematic linguistic codification gave birth to the field of linguistics today and its rich diversity of expression led to its use as the language par excellence for the development of a wide range of fields including philosophy, grammar, art, ritual, mythology, statecraft, warfare, amorous play, prosody, aesthetics, drama, and much more. This course will be an intensive reading course diving deeply into a variety of genres of Sanskrit to enable students to be able to read different styles of Sanskrit more comfortably. It will also include a spoken component to engage with the language more naturally and to enhance students’ fluency and comfort with reading. This course plus either CLST 023 Introduction to Sanskrit or CLST 024 Sanskrit Grammar fulfills the College language requirement; the classes do not need to be taken in consecutive semesters. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
This attachment can be used as a second semester CLST 022 Sanskrit readings when content has been changed. Please see the instructor for approval. Instructor approval needed. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
A basic introduction to the pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of Sanskrit, in preparation for reading. No prerequisites. This course plus either CLST 022 Readings in Sanskrit or CLST 024 Sanskrit Grammar fulfills the College language requirement; the courses do not need to be taken in consecutive semesters. Arts and Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA
LING 024 This course is designed to help students appreciate the grammar system of Sanskrit as codified by the great grammarian Pânini (5th century BCE), whose system has been called the “greatest monument to human intelligence” (G. Cardona). In this course, students will first be exposed to basic features of the Sanskrit language, followed by a study of the grammar system of Pânini, and, by the end of the semester, readings in Sanskrit. This course is open to all students interested in learning Sanskrit. No prior knowledge is necessary. It is also open to students who took CLST 023 in Fall 2018, as a continuation of the first class, but following a different parallel stream of learning Sanskrit. This course, taken with CLST 023 Introduction to Sanskrit, fulfills the College language requirement; the courses do not need to be taken in consecutive semesters. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA
Greek myths have provided the subject matter for some of the most important and pivotal works in the history of opera and ballet. Just as Greek myth informs these arts, so too, opera and ballet transform these myths and the way they are viewed by modern audiences. New and daring productions of classical operas continue to transform both Greek mythology and its operatic incarnations. George Balanchine’s Neoclassicism modernized ballet radically in the 20th century by drawing largely on Greek myth and classical aesthetic structures. In this course, we will study the relevant primary classical sources for operas and ballets such as Handel’s Xerxes , Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice , Berlioz’s Les Troyens , Strauss’s Electra , Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex , Balanchine’s Apollo, Agon , and Orpheus . At the same time, we will study the operas and ballets themselves in their cultural context, and in the course of their performance history, paying special attention to recent productions. Humanities. 1 credit.
CLST 026Athletics and the Competitive Spirit in Ancient Greece1
Athletic competition was born in ancient Greece, where contests were held to honor the gods, such as Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo. This course will explore the world behind these phenomena, focusing in particular upon the wider cultural context of the Archaic and Classical Greeks, for whom athletics and an ethos of strife went hand in hand. By reading ancient sources - literary, artistic, and archaeological - students will have the opportunity to understand ancient athletics from the ground up. Humanities. 1 credit.
CLST 027Special Topics in Theater History, Dramaturgy, and Performance Theory1
THEA 011B Humanities. 1 credit. Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
(Cross-listed as PHIL 038 ) Origins of Indic Thought is designed to give students a foundation in various major philosophical schools that have emerged in the Indian subcontinent by studying their origin stories. These schools include Buddhism, Jainism, Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Vedānta, and Sikhism. Students will learn the fundamental arguments that each school makes and understand the ongoing conversation between the various schools about the nature of and relationship between the Self, the World, and God.
Stories are one of the foremost narrative tools in Indian society. Characters including gods, sages, kings, and the like are often used to present morals, virtues, and a blueprint for living a civilized life. Stories from ancient Indian texts and oral culture find their way into modern Bollywood dramas, soap operas, comic books, novels, music, and countless other Indian media. In modern Indian political discourse, these characters are often used as examples for what should and should not be done. Beyond India, Hindu gods and goddesses can be seen in art, architecture, Hollywood, TV shows, album covers, and more. At the same time, there are countless stories from the various cultures in India that are untold in popular media, with differing perspectives, deviant morals, and contrary visions of the world. This course will broadly sample mythological narratives in India from Vedic times until the present. This will include dominant Hindu cultural stories, but also stories of minority cultures existing within India such as those of Dalits, Adivasis, and other religious traditions in oral, textual, visual, and performative forms. Discussion about the stories we encounter will give students the opportunity to problematize and complexify their understanding of terms like “myth,” “religion,” “culture,” and “history.” Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA
In this course, we will critically analyze caste as a hierarchy of human beings through a study of theory, history, religion, and law in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. We will approach caste from an intersectional perspective, understanding its relationship with other modes of oppression such as race, gender, color, and class. We will understand its religious underpinnings in Hinduism, but also how it permeates into other religious traditions in the South Asian context, which is then translated to communities in the diaspora. We will proceed to study the relationship between caste and race in America, challenging our own preconceived notions about racial injustice and developing a lexicon for articulating its relationship to caste injustice, as well as engaging with the meaning of allyship. Through this course students will learn to be more critical in their readings and articulations of their positions on power in general, particularly in the context of caste. This course aims to foster an inclusive environment in which to discuss, in as open a way, crucial issues related to caste, power, and justice. Arts and Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASAM, ASIA, GLBL, PEAC, RELG
CLST 031Consciousness: Perspectives from Sanskrit and Beyond1
Who am I? The study of “consciousness” has been of interest to scientists, philosophers, and laypeople alike for millennia. Its intangible nature, however, has made consciousness difficult to define. How can we describe something that we cannot perceive with our senses? We can know what it is like to perceive, and what it is like to have consciousness, but it has proven difficult to actually pinpoint with a measure of certainty what consciousness actually is. Over time, thinkers from around the world have offered different theories of consciousness. This course will study theories that arose from the intellectual milieu of the Indian subcontinent from Vedic times to the present. What is consciousness? How can we study it? What is its relationship to our bodies? Is there a self? What is our relationship to the world? We will discuss these questions and more by reading source texts in translation and secondary literature from different ancient, medieval, pre-modern, and modern South Asian philosophical schools including Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Sufi philosophies. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ASIA
In Classical Hebrew I, students will master the Hebrew alphabet, build vocabulary, and acquire a working knowledge of Hebrew grammar and syntax. By the end of the semester, students will be able to read select passages from the Hebrew Bible aloud and provide translations. No previous knowledge of Hebrew is required. Humanities. 1 credit.
In Classical Hebrew II, students wiill advance in their knowledge of Hebrew grammar and continue to build essential vocabulary. A substantial amount of class time will be spent reading directly from the Hebrew Bible, with a focus on narrative texts. Students will be able to translate biblical Hebrew prose, parse verbs, and analyze syntax and orthography with the aid of lexicons, commentaries and reference grammars. Humanities. 1 credit.
What is Yoga? It presently enjoys a place at the center of modern American health and wellness discourse as a system of bodily postures and stretches that make people physically fit. But how did it get here? Why does it look like this, and is this the form it took when it was developed as an esoteric ascetic tradition and later as a classical system of philosophy thousands of years ago in ancient India? This course aims to introduce students to the history and philosophy of Yoga, approaching it from three different angles. First, we will complicate the modern notion of Yoga by studying its original Sanskrit textual sources, namely Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra and its commentaries, in translation. Next, we will study Yoga’s development as a classical system of philosophy and its impact on other philosophical schools in the Indian subcontinent. Finally, we will discuss how Yoga traveled to the west and became the global phenomenon we witness today. Humanities. 1 credit.
What is a myth? How is myth different from fairy tale or fable? What is its connection to ritual and religion? What sets myth apart from history? In this survey of the mythology of Greco-Roman antiquity, we will investigate the diverse meanings of ‘myth’, its social functions, its origins, its history, and its contemporary relevance. Students will get a broad overview of Classical mythology through direct and close readings of primary sources (all in English translation), including such texts as Homer’s Odyssey , plays by all three of the major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), and Ovid’s Metamorphoses . Our readings of ancient texts will be supplemented by study of ancient art and frequent investigations of modern responses to and theorizing of myth in diverse fields and media, including sociological, psychological, and philosophical treatises; modern poetry; visual arts; and film. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit. Eligible for CPLT. Fall 2026. Lefkowitz. Fall 2027 Lefkowitz.
This course provides an overview of cinematic responses to the idea of Rome, ancient and modern, city and empire, place and idea, from the silent era to the present day. We will spend some time comparing films set in Rome to ancient and modern representations of the eternal city in literary and other visual media. But our primary focus will be on the ways in which cinematic visions of Rome reflect evolving cultural, political, and social conditions on both sides of the Atlantic. Specific topics to be explored include the popularity of classical themes in early silent films; Rome on screen during the rise and fall of fascism; neorealism and the shifting landscape of the city; the politics of Hollywood epics; and the dialectic between conceptions of antiquity and modernity as reflected in cinema. Screenings of films by major Italian and Anglophone filmmakers, including Pastrone, DeMille, Rossellini, Visconti, Wyler, Pasolini, Fellini, Virzì, and other major directors. Readings of texts by Petronius, Juvenal, Byron, Hawthorne, Dickens, Freud, Yourcenar, Rohmer, Calvino, and Barthes. Humanities. Writing course. 1 credit.
What does the Bible really say? Have you ever noticed how radically different the Hebrew Bible seems in different translations? If you want to understand the enigma of this text, if you want to experience it through your own eyes, if you want to plumb its depths, appreciate its beauty, confront its challenges, and understand its influence, you must read it in Hebrew. In this course, you will learn the grammar and vocabulary required to experience the Hebrew Bible and ancient Hebrew commentaries in the original language. You will learn to use dictionaries, concordances, and translations to investigate word roots and to authenticate interpretations of the texts. In addition to teaching basic language skills, this course offers students the opportunity for direct encounter with primary biblical, rabbinic, and Jewish liturgical sources. No experience necessary. If you already have some Hebrew competence, contact the instructor for advice. This course plus CLST 059 Hebrew for Text Study II fulfills the language requirement. Humanities. 1 credit.
(Cross-listed as LING 033 ) This course is a continuation of Hebrew for Text Study I. Students who have not completed that course will require the permission of the instructor to enroll in this course. This set of courses teaches the grammar and vocabulary required to experience the Hebrew Bible and ancient Hebrew commentaries in the original language. You will learn to use dictionaries, concordances, and translations to investigate word roots and to authenticate interpretations of the texts. In addition to teaching basic language skills, this course offers students the opportunity for direct encounter with primary biblical, rabbinic, and Jewish liturgical sources. This course plus CLST 057 Hebrew for Text Study I fulfills the language requirement.
Hebrew Text Study I Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for CLST Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
CLST 060Dante and the Classical Tradition1
In the Divina Commedia , Dante adapts the Classical theme of the heroic journey to the Underworld to his task as a visionary poet and Christian prophet. We will read the Inferno , Purgatorio , and Paradiso in English translation, exploring its different levels of meaning and Dante’s surprising reinterpretation of the ancient authors. We will reconstruct his world view in the broader context of Medieval culture: his thought on life, death, love, language, the visual arts, politics and history. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for CPLT, MDST
CLST 091Classical Studies Capstone: Interpreting the Classical Tradition: Neoclassicism and Romanticism1
ARTH 098 INTP 091 This seminar will focus on conceptions of the “Classical” during the artistic and literary movements known as Neoclassicism (1750-1850) and Romanticism (1800-1850). Neoclassicism was a period of new attitudes towards Greco-Roman antiquity that were stimulated by archaeological discoveries extending from Italy and the Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. Whereas Neoclassicism interpreted the “Classical” as calm and restrained in feeling and clear and complete in expression, Romanticism subsequently viewed antiquity as characterized by a highly imaginative and subjective approach, emotional intensity, and a visionary quality. Seminar topics will include: art, architecture, decorative arts, neoclassical and romantic aesthetic theory, German philhellenism, the discipline of Classical Philology, and romantic Hellenism. We will consider the works of artists and architects such as: Jacques-Louis David, Piranesi, Robert Adam, Blake, Angelica Kauffman, Ingres, Hamilton, Benjamin West, Canova, Flaxman, and Nash. Readings will include Winckelmann, Goethe, Shelley, Nietzsche, adaptation theory, and translation theory. CLST course majors planning to use CLST 091 and CLST 091A as their required capstone must enroll in both sections. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ARTH, CLST, INTP
CLST 091AClassical Studies Capstone: Interpreting the Classical Tradition: Neoclassicism and Romanticism Attachment1
ARTH 098 INTP 091 This seminar will focus on conceptions of the “Classical” during the artistic and literary movements known as Neoclassicism (1750-1850) and Romanticism (1800-1850). Neoclassicism was a period of new attitudes towards Greco-Roman antiquity that were stimulated by archaeological disoveries extending from Italy and the Mediterranean to Egypt and the Near East. Whereas Neoclassicism interpreted the “Classical” as calm and restrained in feeling and clear and complete in expression, Romanticism subsequently viewed antiquity as characterized by a highly imaginative and subjective approach, emotional intensity, and a visionary quality. Seminar topics will include: art, architecture, decorative arts, neoclassical and romantic aesthetic theory, German philhellenism, the discipline of Classical Philology, and romantic Hellenism. We will consider the works of artists and architects such as: Jacques-Louis David, Piranesi, Robert Adam, Blake, Angelica Kauffman, Ingres, Hamilton, Benjamin West, Canova, Flaxman, and Nash. Readings will include Winckelmann, Goethe, Shelley, Nietzsche, adaptation theory, and translation theory. This is the attachment which must be taken by CLST course majors planning to use this preparation with CLST 091 to fulfill their capstone requirement for two credits.
CLST 091 Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ARTH, CLST, INTP Catalog chapter: Classics Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics Access the class schedule to search for sections.
What does it mean to study the performance of plays that were composed and staged more than two thousand years ago? How is this approach different from simply reading the texts? Focusing on Greek and Roman tragedy, comedy, and satyr plays (all of which we will read in English translation), we will examine approaches to ancient drama that emphasize its performance, including historical and cultural conditions; the physical realities of ancient theaters; staging conventions; acting and actors; and the various ways in which Greek and Roman plays are continually rediscovered and reinvented through modern performances on stage and screen. May be taken with CLST 094A for a total of 2 credits. Humanities. 1 credit.
Independent study taken normally in the spring of senior year by course majors. Students will prepare for a graded oral exam held in the spring with department faculty. The exam will be based on any two-credit unit of study within the major (Honors seminar or course plus attachment), with students submitting their final exam and a paper, which can be revised. 0.5 credit.
Epic literature is integral to the cultures of ancient India and ancient Greece. This course will critically analyze selections of Sanskrit and Greek epics, comparing the two using a variety of criteria, including but not limited to themes, character development, morality, language, aesthetics, and ornamentation. Humanities. 2 credits. Eligible for ASIA, CPLT
CLST 104Classical Studies Seminar: Ancient Storytelling and Fiction2
This course will explore the origins, uses and genres of ancient Greek and Latin narratives in prose. We will be reading (in English translation) different types of fables, specimens of anecdotes, novelle , and myths embedded in the works of Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch and others, as well as the first representatives of the Westsern genre of the novel, such as the works of Petronius, Apuleius, Chariton, and Longus. With the help of narratological theory and parallels with modern narratives, we will especially pay attention to the voice of the narrator, the character of the narrate as inscribed in the text, and the different discourse techniques used for creating a narrative. We will also explore the ways in which a narrative advertises itself as a fiction, a piece of history, or a parable, and learn to recognize a narrative’s rhetorical purpose and the more or less covert message it intends to convey. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits.
CLST 105Classical Studies Capstone: The Classical in Art and Literature2
Layers of representation, interpretation, and theoretical frameworks filter our view of Greco-Roman Antiquity, and continually reconfigure the meaning of the “classical”. This seminar will examine the histories, texts, theories, and works of art through which the classical tradition continues to evolve. Topics and authors may include: Greek mythology in contemporary art and fiction, theories of mythology, adaptation studies, the figure of Oedipus (Sophocles, Freud, Girard, Stravinsky, Pasolini), classicism in the history of art and architecture (Michelangelo, Palladio, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Jefferson, Picasso), antiquity in modernism. Humanities. Writing course. 2 credits.
CLST 106Classical Studies Capstone: Dante: Christianity and the Classical Tradition2
(Cross-listed as CPLT 106 ) In the Divina Commedia, Dante adapts the Classical theme of the heroic journey to the Underworld to his task as a visionary poet and Christian prophet. We will read the Inferno , Purgatorio , and Paradiso in English translation, exploring its different levels of meaning and Dante’s surprising reinterpretation of the ancient authors. We will reconstruct his world view in the broader context of Medieval culture:his thought on life, death, love, language, the visual arts, politics and history. Humanities. 2 credits. Spring 2028 Munson.
CLST 108Capstone: Greek and Roman Religion: Text, Theory and Archaeology2
This seminar focuses upon religion in the ancient Mediterranean world. Through a comprehensive approach that combines reading ancient texts, the discussion of modern theories of religion, and a thorough investigation of archaeological sites and monuments, we will reconstruct the cult practices, ideologies, and belief systems of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Particular emphasis will be placed upon how such systems changed over time. This course will also introduce students to Greek and Latin epigraphy, or the study of ancient texts inscribed in stone, bronze, and clay. Humanities. 2 credits.
