Classical Studies 2300 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Wild Beasts, National Roman Museum, Upper Class

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Kelly Olson

Document Summary

Too much leisure time could be corrupting if you spent it doing the wrong sorts of activities or had a low character. Licentia: freedom : but one that needs to be controlled: lower classes have less/no self control so they need checks and balances so it doesn"t waver, licentious : pursuing desires (especially sexual) unchecked by morality (i. e. being slooty). Otium: upper-class leisure: leisure was a reward for mentally or intellectually challenging work, upper-classes believe they deserve leisure time, (only good connotations as people are rich). Work and leisure overlapped: work as not wholly mandatory (do not do it for money, but for the love of your country), leisure not wholly diversionary. Manual occupations were looked down on because they put obstacles in the way of intellectual pursuits. Liberal arts": mathematics, rhetoric, poetry, latin and greek literature: lower classes have whole other range of things they do during their leisure time.