![]() ![]() We will study different theoretical approaches to mythology and a variety of literary and material sources for Greek and Roman myths. Ancient Mediterranean Studies 261 - Greek and Roman Mythology Course conducted in English no Greek required. What ideas of athletic victory did these memorials produce? How did they link athletic success to moral excellence, natural talent, family history, masculinity, beauty, or divine favor, and build up these very notions so that they seemed real and significant? Who could claim the political capital of athletic excellence for their own-victors? Their cities? Second-place finishers? Non-Greeks? What events counted as events-women’s events, team events, running with a shield, dog racing? And what kind of work even qualified you as a victor? Throughout we will use comparisons to the meanings that other sporting movements have sought to claim, and so we will take time to study Roman sports and the modern Olympic movement, again focusing on how various artistic forms (poetry, film, mass choreographed performances) construct victory. This course will study the values and meanings given to the ancient Olympics by studying the representation of athletic victory in the poetry and dedications that celebrated victors. For better or worse, the ancient Olympics (motto now “Faster, Higher, Strong-Together”) has proved itself one of the most influential of Greek institutions. Ancient Mediterranean Studies 251 - Ancient Greek Athletics Prerequisite: students must apply to participate approval is required from the instructor and from the International Programs Office. Students must register for both the fall and spring sections of the course. Prior to the study tour during spring semester, students will be required to attend several mandatory class meetings (with readings), conduct research on a chosen site/monument, and prepare an oral presentation to be given on site in Italy. We will also visit the exceptionally well-preserved city of Ostia to examine aspects of urbanism and domestic life. Through site visits and lectures, students will examine the development of Rome’s urban and monumental landscape, including religious, mortuary, and public architecture learn how to interpret archaeological/architectural evidence and confront its difficulties and consider the (ab)uses of the Roman past in the present, especially during the Fascist era, and how that has shaped the modern city. 1000 BCE) to the Augustan age (first century BCE–first century CE) to the capital of a world empire (second–third centuries CE). During this study tour, we will visit the major monuments and museums of the city, considering Rome’s development from a small village (ca. The city of Rome was the capital and largest city of the ancient Mediterranean’s longest-lasting and most geographically expansive empire. ![]() Courses 2023–24 Ancient Mediterranean Studies 100 - The Topography and Archaeology of the Ancient Roman City ![]()
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