Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Classics (CLAS)

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some CLAS courses.

CLAS 207   GREEK CIVILIZATION: LITERATURE AND SOCIE Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Will present an introduction to drama and historiography of classical Greece.
Many of the plays of the great tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
and by the comic genius Aristophanes are put on stage until today, and have a
deep influence on our modern culture. Herodotus and Thucydides present two
different models of writing history that are still valid. Readings will consist
mainly of primary sources.  Two lectures and one discussion per week. Also
listed as HUMA 109 and HIST 207
Also offered as HIST 207
001 TBA - TTH 10:40AM - 12:05PM         Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CLAS 208   ROMAN CIVILIZATION                       Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Introduction survey of the various aspects of Roman civilization, including the
rise of Christianity, political and social history, art and architecture,
religion, philosophy, and literature.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

CLAS 316   DEMOCRACY & POLITICAL THEORY IN ANCIENT  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Democracy and political theory are two of the greatest legacies of the ancient
Greeks.  This course will consider how democracy first arose in Athens from its
roots in the sixth century BCE until the full-fledged democracy of the fifth
and fourth centuries.  Democracy in Athens was a direct democracy, which is
considerably different from democracy in modern western nation states.  The
course will consider how Athenian direct democracy functioned and what are the
differences between ancient and modern democracy.
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CLAS 322   WOMEN IN GREECE AND ROME                 Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
A survey of the depiction of women in Greek and Roman mythology, literature and
art together with study of the "real" lives of Greek and Roman women as
evidenced by archaeological as well as literary materials.
Also offered as HIST 324
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CLAS 335   CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY                      Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Survey of Greek myths and their extension to Rome and modern European
literature. All works are read in English translation.
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CLAS 351   EPIC AND SAGA                            Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
A comparison of ancient and medieval epics.  All works read in translation.
001 TBA                                 Mackie, Hilary Susan      Enr: 0 Max: NA

CLAS 492   SPECIAL TOPICS                           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors.
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