CLST 103 Lecture 1: January 6

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Barbara reeves, teach roman part, (roman archeologist, does excavations in jordan) Intended to be a bridge of greco-roman civilization. Part of the answer because the course is because the. Classics departments focuses on ancient greece and ancient rome. Those who get arts degrees will have a degree in latin. Many new words made for scientific discoveries are based on ancient latin words. Classic: belonging to greek and latin antiquity, also of the first class, higher importance. The grand tour, the finishing stage of an elite persons education (starting in 17th century) where they would tour the hotspots of western european culture. The final spot on the tour was generally rome to view ancient roman ruins, have a painting with the collosseum , buy antiquities. In order to put ruins on display, they must be deemed important, as they only have value as something people want to go and visit.