Maymester and Summer Session A classes (remote teaching)

Published: May 15, 2020

Please find a full schedule of Summer 2020 Classics classes here.

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The Classics Department is offering the following classes during Maymester (5.11.20 - 5.29.20) and Summer Session A (6.1.20 - 7.2.20). All Maymester and Summer Session A will be taught remotely.

CLAS 4130: Greek & Roman Comedy

Maymester 2020
To be taught remotely
M-F 9:00 - 12:00
Professor Andrew Cain

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the comic theater of ancient Greece and Rome. We read and discuss many types of plays, from family sitcoms to political comedies, and we use digital media to reconstruct the ancient theater-going experience. We also consider broader questions about the nature of comedy itself and its relationship with human experience across time. No Greek or Latin is required.

CAS General Education
Arts & Humanities

CLAS 1100: Greek & Roman Mythology

Maymester 2020
To be taught remotely
M-F 3:45 - 6:45
Professor John Gibert

Greek and Roman myths captivate the imagination and reveal the moral, religious, philosophical, and psychological concerns of those who told them. They play a huge part in the fine arts and cultural legacy of Greece and Rome, and they are just plain fun stories! This course approaches Greek and Roman myths through literature, art, and selections from a textbook. We will discuss epic poems, narrative hymns, tragedies, and vase paintings. All works taught in English translation.

CAS General Education
Arts & Humanities

CLAS/ANTH 3009: Modern Issues, Ancient Times: Piracy, Ancient and Modern: Agents of Change in the Maritime World

Maymester 2020
To be taught remotely
Offered by Professor Nicholas Rauh of Purdue University

This course examines the phenomenon of pirates and piracy during the Late Hellenistic period (2nd-1st c. BC) in the ancient Mediterranean and in the TransAtlantic era (1690-1750 AD). We will attempt to identify piracy's underlying causes within a broader historical and economic framework. Students will learn to handle the various forms of evidence for piracy and to investigate piracy as a social and cultural subculture.
(For more information, contact Sarah James at sarah.a.james@colorado.edu)

CLAS/HIST 1061-101: The Rise & Fall of Ancient Rome

Summer Session A
June 1 - July 2, 2020
To be taught remotely
Lecturer Travis Rupp

CLAS 1100: Greek and Roman Mythology

Summer Session A
June 1 - July 2, 2020
To be taught remotely
Dr. Tyler Lansford

CLAS/HIST 4091: The Roman Empire