* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
First-year Ancient Civilisation units examine the civilisation of ancient Greece and Rome, especially 5th-century Athens and Augustan Rome. The unit presents a wide variety of texts (epic and didactic poetry, tragedy, philosophy) and concentrates on the representation of women in Greek literature and responses to the Augustan revolution in Roman Literature.
WEIGHT: 12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2 x written work [overall total of 3000 words] (50%); 2-hr exam (50%)
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web supported - H Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
Resource supported teaching & learning - H Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options
TEXTS Required [p/b] Homer,
The Odyssey, tr Fagles, ISBN 0140268863
[p/b] Euripides I,
Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus, tr Grene and Lattimore, ISBN 0226307808
[p/b] Virgil,
The Aeneid: A New Prose Translation, tr David West, ISBN 0140444572
[p/b] Ovid,
The Erotic Poems, tr Green, ISBN 0140443603
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Web supported - H