A survey of major myths from the ancient Near East to the advent of Christianity, with emphasis on the content and treatment of myth in classical authors: Aeschylus, Euripides, Hesiod, Homer, Livy, Ovid, Sophocles, Vergil.

Overview of Greek and Roman literature. Close analysis of selected texts from the major genres accompanied by lectures on literary history. Topics include the context out of which the genres arose, the suitability of various modern critical approaches to the ancient texts, the problem of translation, and the transmission of the classical authors and their influence on modern literature. Overview of Greek and Roman literature. Close analysis of selected texts from the major genres accompanied by lectures on literary history. Topics include the context of which the genres rose. the suitability of various modern critical approaches to the ancient texts, the problem of translation, and the transmission of the classical authors and their influence on modern literature.

For students who have never studied Greek. An intensive study of grammar with reading and writing of simple Attic prose.

Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to enter second-year Greek (GREK V1201 or V1202).

Prerequisites: GREK V1101-1102 or the equivalent.

Selections form Attic prose.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: GREK V1201 and V1202 or their equivalent.

Since the content of the course changes from year to year, it may be taken in consecutive years.

Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek at the 3000 level or higher.

Readings in Greek literature from Homer to the 4th century B.C.

The same course as Greek V1101, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Greek V1101-V1102 or the equivalent.

The same course as Greek V1201, on a noncredit basis.

For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar with reading of simple prose and poetry.

Prerequisites: LATN V1101

A continuation of LATN V1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.

Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order to prepare the student to enter LATN V1201 or V1202.

Prerequisites: LATN V1101-V1102, or LATN V1121, or the equivalent.

Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.

Prerequisites: LATN V1201 or the equivalent.

Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Pliny.

Prerequisites: LATN V1202 or the equivalent.

Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in grammar and metrics.

Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2008-2009: Sallust.

Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: At least two terms of Latin at the 3000 level or higher.

Latin literature from the beginning to early Augustan times.

Prerequisites: At least four semesters of Latin, or the equivalent.

Intensive review of Latin syntax with translation of English sentences and paragraphs into Latin.

The same course as Latin V1101, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Latin V1102, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Latin V1120, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Latin V1121, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Latin V1101-V1102 or Latin V1121, or the equivalent.

The same course as Latin V1201, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Latin V1101-V1102 or Latin V1121, or the equivalent.

The same course as Latin V1202, on a noncredit basis.

This is the first semester of a year-long course designed for students wishing to learn Greek as it is written and spoken in Greece today. As well as learning the skills necessary to read texts of moderate difficulty and converse on a wide range of topics, students explore Modern Greece's cultural landscape from "parea" to poetry to politics. Special attention will be paid to Greek New York. How do "our," "American," "Greek-American" definitions of language and culture differ from "their", "Greek" ones?

Prerequisites: GRKM V1101-V1102 or the equivalent.
Corequisites: Students are also required to take the conversation class, GRKM W1211.

This course is designed for students who are already familiar with the basic grammar and syntax of modern Greek language and can communicate at an elementary level. Using films, newspapers, and popular songs, students engage the finer points of Greek grammar and syntax and enrich their vocabulary. Emphasis is given to writing, whether in the form of film and book reviews or essays on particular topics taken from a selection of second year textbooks.

For students in GRKM V1201, but also open to students not enrolled in GRKM V1201, who wish to improve their spoken Modern Greek. For more information, contact Prof. Vangelis Calotychos at ec2268@columbia.edu.

Prerequisites: GRKM V1201 or the equivalent.

In this course, we read back and forth through Greek literary history from the 1980s to the 1930s, 1920s, 1880s and 1820s, mapping contemporary critical concerns and contemporary literary works onto earlier works, as well as examining how previous generations of writers influence contemporary writers. We will focus on questions of women's writing, gender and sexuality, as well as how translation conceals and reveals these questions. Texts include works by Anghelaki-Rooke, Cavafy, Dimoula, Elytes, Laina, Mastoraki, Ritsos, Sachtouris, Seferis, Sikelianos and Solomos. This method of reading back and forth not only highlights what is linguistically familiar about contemporary writing and more foreign about earlier writing, but makes questions of canon formation and literature as a national institution integral to the process of studying Modern Greek poetry. Students will create portfolios of their own translations of the poems we read and discuss them with poets and translators over the course of the semester. No knowledge of Greek is necessary, although an extra-credit tutorial will be offered for Greek speakers wishing to read the poetry in the original. Class discussion and texts will be in English. Works also available in Greek for those students wishing to read in Greek. Assignments may be completed in English or Greek.

The same course as Modern Greek V1101, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Modern Greek V1101-V1102 or the equivalent.

The same course as Modern Greek V1201, on a noncredit basis.

Considers cinematic representations of the ancient Mediterranean world, from early silent films to movies from the present day. Explores films that purport to represent historical events (such as Gladiator) and cinematic versions of ancient texts (Pasolini's Medea). Readings include ancient literature and modern criticism.

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor.

Examination of the ways in which gender and sexuality are constructed in ancient Greek society and represented in literature and art, with attention to scientific theory, ritual practice, and philosophical speculation. Topics include conceptions of the body, erotic and homoerotic literature and practice, legal constraints, pornography, rape, and prostitution.

Prerequisites: GREK V1101 or the equivalent, or the permission of the instructor or the director of undergraduate studies.

Continuation of grammar study begun in GREK V1101; selections from Attic prose.

Covers all of Greek grammar and syntax in one term. Prepares the student to enter second-year Greek (GREK V1201 or V1202).

Prerequisites: GREK V1101-V1102 or GREK V1121 or the equivalent.

Detailed grammatical and literary study of several books of the Iliad and introduction to the techniques or oral poetry, to the Homeric hexameter, and to the historical background of Homer.

Prerequisites: GREK V1201-V1202 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2006-2007: Aristophanes

Prerequisites: GREK V1201-V1202 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes each year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2008: Sophocles

Prerequisites: At least two terms of Greek at the 3000 level or higher.

Greek literature of the 4th century B.C. and of the Hellenistic and Imperial Ages.

Prerequisites: At least four terms of Greek, or the equivalent.

An intensive review of Greek syntax with translation of English sentences and paragraphs into Attic Greek.

Prerequisites: Greek V1101 or the equivalent, or instructor's permission or the director of undergraduate studies.

The same course as Greek V1102, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Greek V1121, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Greek V1121 or Greek V1201, or the equivalent.

The same course as Greek V1202, on a noncredit basis.

For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar with reading of simple prose and poetry.

Prerequisites: LATN V1101

A continuation of LATN V1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.

Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order to prepare the student to enter LATN V1201 or V1202.

Prerequisites: LATN V1101-V1102, or LATN V1121, or the equivalent.

Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.

Prerequisites: LATN V1201 or the equivalent.

Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Pliny.

Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2008: Livy

Prerequisites: LATN V3012 or the equivalent.

Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2007: Elegy

Prerequisites: At least two terms of Latin at the 3000 level or higher.

Latin literature from Augustus to 600 C.E.

The same course as Latin V1101, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Latin V1102, on a noncredit basis.

The same course as Latin V1121, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Latin V1101-V1102 or Latin V1121, or the equivalent.

The same course as Latin V1201, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Latin V1101-V1102 or Latin V1121, or the equivalent.

The same course as Latin V1202, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: GRKM V1101 or the equivalent.

Continuation of GRKM V1101. Introduction to modern Greek language and culture. Emphasis on speaking, writing, basic grammar, syntax and cross-cultural analysis.

Prerequisites: GRKM V1201 or the equivalent.

Continuation of GRKM V1201. Students complete their knowledge of the fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax while continuing to enrich their vocabulary.

For students in GRKM V1201, but also open to students not enrolled in GRKM V1201, who wish to improve their spoken Modern Greek. For more information, contact Prof. Vangelis Calotychos at ec2268@columbia.edu.

How does the world respond to the Greeks? This course introduces students to interdisciplinary study by examining the kind of analytical frame a particular area (Greece, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Europe, Greek-America) provides for interdisciplinary work. The focus is on how literature as a discipline works comparatively and how it borrows and differs from other disciplines in its forms of comparativism. Readings foreground moments when Greece's position at the crossroads (between East and West, Byzantine and Ottoman, Ancient and Modern, the Balkans and Europe, Greece and America) become comparatively productive to particular fields (Comparative Literature, History, Sociology, Film, Architecture, Anthropology, Ethnic, Gender, and Translation Studies). The course can be taken with an extra-credit tutorial for students reading materials in the original and fulfills the Global core requirement. For information about the course contact: vandyck@columbia.edu and about the Program, visit: www.columbia.edu/cu/hellenicstudies/

The same course as Modern Green V1102, on a noncredit basis.

Prerequisites: Modern Greek V1201 or the equivalent.

The same course as Modern Greek V1202, on a noncredit basis.