Classics 298. Rock Art: A Mediterranean Prehistory

This course is designed to familiarize the student with prehistoric rock art, its development, its techniques, its content, its interpretation, and its preservation. It is a learning experience that helps students to develop their personal vision of ancient rock art and the deep roots of human culture. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the course stresses the importance of aesthetic growth and creative thinking. It is ideal for students who prefer a more liberal approach to learning and greater freedom in the application of their talents.  Whether your interest is in art, music, history, literature, philosophy, religion or archaeology, this course will engage your views on human existence and expand your intellectual horizons. (A. Achrati)

Classics 298. Aeschylos
(May be coordinated with GKA 299 (Aeschylos) and GKA 299 (Hesiod))

The course will take a close look at four tragedies by Aeschylos, Prometheus and the Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, and Eumenides). It will investigate Aeschylos’ philosophy and his indebtedness to Ionian thinkers, to Hesiod and ultimately to Egyptian philosophy. In the end, the question will be raised how the political ideology of Aeschylos, as expressed in the Eumenides, is connected to his philosophy and cosmology. Is there absolute coherence?
No prerequisite is needed, but students should be prepared for very close reading of the text and weekly essays.  All readings in English.  (N. Marinatos)