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Latin Studies
The Roman Capital Alphabet that we still use in printing is the longest-lasting survivor of Roman Classical culture. Here we see it in 18th c ceramic tiles on a chimney mantel in the Villa Cimbrone at Ravello, Italy. The text,
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.
comes from a situation comedy by the African Roman poet Terence. In the opening scene, the lead character tells his neighbor, "I'm a human being so everything that's human is in my field, I reckon."
According to legend, the twin orphan babies, Romulus and Remus, who later
founded Rome, were fed in the wilderness by the banks of the Tiber River
by a she-wolf. This bronze figure of the wolf and the twins is a treasure
of the Capitoline Museum in Rome. Living in Rome late in the sixties,
my three daughters got their breakfast milk from the Roman Commune Dairy;
the cartons were marked with the image of the she-wolf.
Classics Latin and Greek is designed as a preparation fix graduate study in Classical Languages and Literatures, Classical History, Classical Archeology, or to build an excellent foundation in the sources for comparative studies of culture, history and literature. You may concentrate on Greek and make a beginning with Latin, or the other way around, or you can balance the two. Students in this major, however few, are entitled to have a Latin or Greek Literature course suitable to their skill level in each semester.
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See Nicolette Pavlides's photos from her experience at the archeological dig in Pompeii. |
Course
Descriptions in Latin Studies
Binghamton University History Program: Course catalog
Professor Dan Williman, Latin Studies
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Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, LT1106 Ms. Stanley's hours (fall 2006): Monday 10:30-3:15; Tuesday 11:45-4:15; Wednesday 10:30-3:30; Thursday 11:45-4:15. |
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