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Welcome to CC200 The Classical World skidmore/classics/courses/2010spring/cc200/

Welcome to CC200 The Classical World www.skidmore.edu/classics/courses/2010spring/cc200/. What is a “classic”? How do we recognize it?. a “classic” stands the test of time “classic” (or “classical”) genres of composition classical music classic rock

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Welcome to CC200 The Classical World skidmore/classics/courses/2010spring/cc200/

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  1. Welcome to CC200 The Classical Worldwww.skidmore.edu/classics/courses/2010spring/cc200/

  2. What is a “classic”? How do we recognize it? • a “classic” stands the test of time • “classic” (or “classical”) genres of composition • classical music • classic rock • “classic” invention and creation – classic iPod, classic cars, classic homes, classic movies, etc. • are there “classics” within Classics? Why do we prioritize some works from antiquity?

  3. CC200: Classical WorldWhat is Classics? • T.S. Eliot, “What is a Classic?” (lecture, Fordham University, 1945): a classic … • has survived the ravages of history • retains its original greatness and significance • must have something to say to each generation of audiences • must be open to reinterpretation and reinvention • What do we mean by the “Classical World”?

  4. CC200: What is the Classical World? • Classics or Classical Studies, the initial field of study in the humanities: • languages, literature, history, art, archaeology, philosophy and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean ca. 1000 BCE to ca. 500 CE. • “Classics" < Latin • classis: “rank, “level”; classicus, or "belonging to the highest class of citizens,” implying superiority, authority, durability • Greeks classified literary works as (un)worthy of inclusion in a canon(“carpenter’s measuring stick”) Scholars at the world’s first great Library of Alexandria identified writers whose works were deemed worthy of inclusion the οἱ ἐκριθέντες (hoi ekrithentes) or “the included,” and whom the Romans then called classici

  5. The foundation of the Classical World - Greek and Latin language- ἡ ἑλληνικὴ γλώσσα (hēhellênikêglōssa)- lingua Latina “I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat” - Sir Winston Churchill, Roving Commission: My Early Life (1930)

  6. Periodization of the Classical World

  7. Geography of the Classical World Republican Age and Augustan Age Homeric AgePericlean Age Rome Troy Ithaca Athens Sparta

  8. Sources for the Classical World

  9. Syllabus for the Classical World

  10. CC200: Classical WorldCommunity • What is community to us? • groups of individuals with similar interests • cities, states, nations; religious, political, etc., groups • social media ( ) • What was community to the Greeks? • synoikisis (συνοίκισις) – “living together, unification, an association” • What was community to the Romans? • communitas – “society, fellowship”

  11. CC200: Classical World • Next class: Tuesday, 11.10am-12.30pm • Prof. Dan Curley: Homeric epic & oral tradition • Read: Homer Odyssey 1-3 • If you have time, skim B. Knox’s Introduction, pp. 1-64

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