CLA160H1 : Classics Notes.doc
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Time: especially 1st millennium bc and first half of the first millennium ad ca. Place: mediterranean world (greek and italic peninsulas but anywhere ancient greeks and. Keeping in mind alexander the great and the romans took over a great part of. This course will sample literature (homer), archaeology (pompeii), art (paintings), politics (the forms of government), sociology (gender, social class, slavery). The human in the context of the divine and the animal. Response is due the at the beginning of each tutorial class. Classics- latin as in class - social class, relating to the roman/greek world, appropriate for the upper class, the elite to study. *fun fact: there are 3d photographs of the cave paintings at lascaux, france. Ancient methods e. g. : greek olympiads (once every 4 years), roman consuls, julian . He (gilgamesh) had seen everything he had journeyed to the edge of the world and made his way back
