University of Malta
Faculty of Arts
Department of Classics and
Archaeology
Course Catalogue
Academic Year 2008/2011
Classics
B.A., B.A. (Hons), Subsidiary
Classics Course Catalogue
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This Programme is so arranged that the contents of Year One alternate with those of
Year Two in such a way that the student reading B.A. Honours or B.A. General learns
Greek and Latin in two years.
During these two years, B.A. Honours students are given the opportunity to learn
about the development of Greek and Latin Literature, Greek and Roman Civilization,
as well as Classical Rhetoric and Prosody; furthermore, they will be able to
consolidate their knowledge of the other language in Year Two and, later, in Year
Three.
Year Three students will cover study-units, primarily based on original sources, in
literature, philosophy, history, archaeology, art and mythology. Of these study-units
listed below, four synoptic units are offered to B.A. Honours students, two to B.A.
General, in the second semester, for which students have to sit for examination papers.
These synoptic units represent a variety of Greek and Latin authors writing in different
genres: epic, narrative, elegy and lyric, oratory, satire, philosophy, historiography and
drama.
Other units include general surveys in various subject matters, as in Art, Women in the
Classical World, Philosophy, History of Literature, Civilization, Art and Archaeology,
Mythology, Epic and Literary Criticism.
No dissertation is offered in the undergraduate degree, as it is understood that all
students reading Classics start Latin and Greek from the very beginning, and so will
need all the units provided to make up for the deficiency.
The B.A. course will be the same as the B.A. Hons. Programme, except for the
following: In Year Two, a student is required to pursue only all the basic language
study-units, that is, Grammar, Syntax, Texts and Further Texts in the language offered
that year (28 credits), whereas in Year Three 30 credits from the Year Three
programme, including two Synoptic units.
A student taking Classics for a subsidiary subject will pursue Year One for his studies
in Greek or Latin, whichever language is offered in that year, in both semesters, and
take up the other language in the first semester of Year II.
Some of these units may be taken as optional, and they include also the following:
Basic notions of Latin 1, Basic notions of Latin 2, Introduction to Latin, Basic notions
of Greek 1, Basic notions of Greek 2 and Introduction to Greek.
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CLA1009
LATIN GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX 1
Lectures
8
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella
Students here learn Latin Grammar, that is, the five
declensions of nouns, the three declensions of adjectives,
the personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, emphatic,
relative and interrogative pronouns, the four conjugations in
both voices, deponent verbs, adverbs, numbers and the
moods: indicative, imperative, participle, infinitive and
subjunctive. Of the subjunctive mood, the student will learn
the use of exhortation, wish for the future, prohibition and
cum-clauses. The explanation of the grammar is illustrated
by examples taken from the English language, while
attention is given to word order and style, as well as the
right use of the lexicon.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary. Oxford.
Kennedy, B.H., The revised Latin primer. Longmans.
CLA1011
Greek Grammar and Syntax 1
Lectures
8
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Exercices (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella
Students here learn Greek Grammar, that is, the three
declensions of nouns, the three declensions of adjectives,
the personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, emphatic,
relative and interrogative pronouns, vowel-stemmed verbs,
consonant-stemmed verbs, contracted verbs and -µι verbs,
all in the active, middle and passive voices, adverbs,
numbers, and the moods being the indicative, imperative,
participle, infinitive, subjunctive, optative and verbal
adjective. Furthermore, some aspects of syntax will be
tackled (eg. indirect statement, genitive absolute). The
explanation of the grammar is illustrated by examples taken
from the English language, while attention is given to word
order and style, as well as the right use of the lexicon.
Abbot and Mansfield, Primer of Greek grammar.
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Rivingtons.
Liddle and Scott, English-Greek lexicon. Oxford.
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CLA1013
Greek Texts
Lectures
6
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
In order “to teach the easy before the difficult”, the Greek
readings start with simple sentences to adapted continuous
prose to provide a progressive course, taking into
consideration the standard reached in grammar. The obvious
advantage of this progressive method is that students can be
introduced to, or can revise, the main constructions one at a
time. Handouts of such readings are to be provided by the
lecturer and/or J.A.C.T. Greek Course, comprising
grammar, reading, composition and vocabulary.
J.A.C.T. Greek course: reading Greek - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Liddell and Scott. Abridged Greek lexicon, Oxford
University Press.
CLA1015
Latin Texts
Lectures
6
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
In order “to teach the easy before the difficult”, the Latin
readings start with simple sentences to adapted continuous
prose to provide a progressive course, taking into
consideration the standard reached in grammar. The obvious
advantage of this progressive method is that students can be
introduced to, or can revise, the main constructions one at a
time. Handouts of such readings are to be provided by the
lecturer and/or J.A.C.T. Latin Course, comprising grammar,
reading, composition and vocabulary.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
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Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
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CLA2010
History of Greek and Roman Literature
Lectures
6
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Examination (50%) + Assignment (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella, Mr Carmel Serracino
This unit is meant to expose the student to as wide
perspective as possible of Greek and Roman genres and
chronology of literary production. The following authors
will therefore be discussed according to their genres: epic
(Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Andronicus, Naevius,
Ennius, Vergil, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus and Silius
Italicus), didactic (Hesiod, Lucretius and Vergil), elegy and
lyric (Sappho, Alcaeus, Stesichorus, Alcman, Pindar,
Catullus, Horace and Statius), satire (Archilochus, Lucilius,
Horace, Juvenal and Persius), tragedy (Aeschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides and Seneca), Comedy (Aristophanes,
Menander, Plautus and Terence), history (Herodotus,
Thucydides, Sallust, Caesar, Livy and Tacitus), oratory
(Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes and Cicero), rhetoric
(Aristotle, Longinus, Cicero, Seneca, Tacitus and
Quintilian), philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and
Seneca), pastoral (Theocritus and Vergil), novel (Tatius,
Longus, Petronius, Seneca and Apuleius), biography
(Plutarch and Suetonius), correspondence (Cicero and
Pliny) and scientific writing (Cato, Varro, Columella,
Strabo, Pausanias, Vitruvius, Vegetius). In addition,
students with basic knowledge of Latin and Greek will
analyze extracts form Greek and Latin literature illustrating
some of these genres.
Copley, F.O. Latin literature, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969.
Rose, H.J. A handbook of Greek literature, Methuen,
London, 1965
CLA2011
Greek Prose Composition
Lectures
6
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
5
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Mr Victor Bonnici
The writing of Greek Prose is in some respects more
difficult than that of Latin, if it is to be done well. No textbook on the subject will achieve much unless it is supported
by close and constant study of the prose used by Greek
writers themselves. Emphasis should be made to provide
practice in reproducing the Greek idiom, and in
understanding how it differs from the English. The student
must be familiarized with the Greek form of expression.
Though in the modern educational environment, prose
composition is offered rarely or optionally, it is still
considered as an important tool for the student to master the
language in order to read Greek authors with greater ease
and ability.
Handouts of proses would be provided by the lecturer in
order to build up a progressive course.
Goodwin. Moods and tenses, Macmillan.
J.A.C.T. Greek course: reading Greek - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Nash Williams, A.H. Introduction to continuous Greek
prose composition, Macmillan.
Reference:
North and Hillard. Greek prose composition.
CLA2012
Greek Grammar and Syntax 2
Lectures
8
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here consolidate their knowledge of Greek
Grammar, pursue
all the constructions of Syntax,
subordinate clauses such as final, consecutive, indirect
statement, command and question, wish for the future,
indefinite construction, verbal nouns and adjectives,
temporal, concessive, conditional and comparative, and are
introduced to continuous prose composition.
Abbot and Mansfield, Primer of Greek grammar.
Rivingtons.
Liddle and Scott, English-Greek lexicon. Oxford.
CLA2014
Latin Prose Composition
Lectures
6
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6
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This comprises weekly tutorial sessions for translation of
more advanced passages from English into Latin. Students
are here helped to translate orally in class, adopting the
Latin idioms and styles met in various Latin authors which
they currently read. This exercise will not only enable them
revise all the rules of Latin grammar and syntax, but also
express themselves in Latin.
Mountford, J.F. Bradley’s Arnold Latin prose composition,
Longmans, London, 1947.
North and Hillard, Latin Prose composition, Duckworth,
2003.
CLA2016
Further Latin Texts
Lectures
6
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Oral and Written Exercises (50%) + Examination (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
Short passages selected from a variety of Latin authors
which feature the appropriate standard reached in grammar,
followed by passages of moderate length, including
verse/drama excerpts. This systematic approach produces a
smooth road to fluency. Handouts of such readings are to be
provided by the lecturer and/or Latin Course: Reading Latin
- Text - containing long excerpts from Plautus to Medieval
Latin.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - text, Cambridge
University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
CLA2017
Greek and Roman Civilization
Lectures
6
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Percentage mark & grade
7
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Mr Victor Bonnici
A survey of the development of Greek and Roman
civilizations from Minoan and Mycenaean times to the
collapse of the Roman Empire in the west. Topics under
review include the following: the geography of Hellas and
its impact on Greek civilization; migrations, colonization
and reciprocal influences; the political development; causes
and effects of major confrontations; Athenian and Spartan
society in the 5th century; the rise of Macedon and the
conquests of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic age; the
geography of Italy; the Etruscans and early Rome; the
political development from monarchy to republic to
principate; causes and effects of major wars; the collapse of
the republic; Augustus and the Julio-Claudians; Roman
society and change; the crises of the 3rd century A.D.;
Diocletian and Constantine; the collapse of the empire in
the west.
Buckley, T., Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 B.C.,
London, 2000.
Bury, J.B. and Meiggs, R., A history of Greece, London,
1979.
Cameron, A., The later Roman empire, London, 1993.
Cary, M. and Scullard, H.H., A history of Rome, London,
1994.
CLA2018
Further Greek Texts
Lectures
6
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here attempt more difficult passages
for
translation into English, chosen from a wide selection of
authors of different genres. Students are helped in class to
tackle such passages by being asked to read and analyze
orally unprepared passages, and to attempt other similar
ones at home.
Private reading of Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Lysias
and Plato.
CLA2019
Latin Grammar and Syntax 2
Lectures
8
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8
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here consolidate their knowledge of Latin
Grammar, pursue all the constructions of Syntax, clauses
like indirect statement, command and question, relative with
the subjunctive, verbs of fearing, gerund and gerundive,
conditional, concessive, comparative, causal and temporal,
and are introduced to continuous prose composition.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary. Oxford.
Kennedy, B. H., The revised Latin primer. Longmans.
CLA3001
Classical Mythology in Pictorial Art
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
The course provides an analysis of mythological data in
Greek vase painting.
The first lectures in the course will discuss the techniques in
black-figure and red-figure vase painting used in the ancient
world; focus briefly on different artists and their style;
analyze general conventions and inscriptions on the vases;
and discuss the origin of the vases and museums in which
they are found. Subsequent lectures will give an overview
of the nature and definition of Greek myth; theories of myth
(historicism, allegory, myth-ritual, comparative mythology,
psychoanalysis, structuralism); sources for Greek
mythology, notably Homer, Hesiod, Stesichorus,
Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, the Greek tragedians,
Plato; and the content of Greek myth in terms of the
classification of Apollodorus. Extant Greek vases will be
analyzed in terms of the Greek gods and goddesses; creation
myths and fights between gods and other creatures; myths
about heroes (Perseus, Heracles, Theseus); the Trojan War
and its aftermath. Towards the end of the course there will
also be discussion on the nature of the hero in Greek myth,
and the nature of the Greek gods and their society in the
light of their appearances in Greek pictorial art.
Boardman J., Athenian black figure vases, London, 1974
Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Archaic
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period, London, 1975
Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Classical
period, London, 1989
Grant M., The myths of the Greeks and Romans, London,
1962
Graves R., The Greek myths, 2 vols., Harmondsworth, 1955
Kirk G.S., The nature of Greek myths, Penguin, 1974
Sprecate” in Archeologia Viva, July/August 2001, XX.88
n.s.
Rose H.J., A handbook of Greek mythology, 6th ed., London,
1958
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CLA3002
Synoptic Study-Unit 3: Elegy/Lyric: Catullus and Horace
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit, Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella
Texts from the poems of Catullus and the Odes III of
Horace, which are briefly introduced regarding their
historical and literary background, explained in detail and
translated in class.
Fordyce, C.J., Catullus: a commentary, Oxford, 1966.
Lyne, R.O.A.M., ed., Catullus, Cambridge, 1973.
Page, T.E. Q. Horatii Flacci Carminum libri IV, Epodon
liber, Macmillan, London, 1970.
Rudd, N., Horace. In E.J. Kenney and W.V. Clausen eds.,
The age of Augustus, The Cambridge history of Classical
literature, Volume III, Part 3, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1993, 74-108.
Sellar, W.Y., The Roman poets of the Republic, Oxford,
1905.
CLA3003
Synoptic Study-Unit 4: Drama: Euripides and Plautus
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino, Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides and the
Mostellaria of Plautus, which are briefly introduced,
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explained and translated in class.
Euripides, Fabulae II (ed. J. Diggle), Oxford, 1981.
Plautus, Mostellaria, Oxford Classical Texts.
Slater, N.W., Plautus in performance: the theatre of the
mind, Princeton, 1985.
CLA3004
Synoptic Study-Unit 4: Oratory: Demosthenes and Cicero
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella, Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the De corona of Demosthenes and the Pro
Archia of Cicero, which are briefly introduced, explained
and translated in class.
Cicero, Pro A. Licinio Archia Poeta (ed. G.H. Nall),
London, Macmillan, 1952.
Demosthenes, De corona (ed. H. Yunis), Harvard, Harvard
University Press, 2001.
Dorey, T.A.., Cicero, London, 1965.
Jones, A.H.M., The criminal courts of the Roman Republic
and Principate, Oxford, 1972.
Raphael, S., Demosthenes and his time: a study in defeat,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993.
CLA3005
Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Satire: Petronius and Aristophanes
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Anthony Bonanno, Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Cena Trimalchionis of Petronius and the
Clouds of Aristophanes, which are briefly introduced,
explained and translated in class.
Aristophanes, Clouds, Oxford Classical Texts.
Coffey, M., Roman satire, London, 1976.
Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis (ed. M.S. Smith), Oxford,
1975.
Ussher, R.G.G., Aristophanes, Oxford, 1979.
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CLA3014
Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Narrative (Xenophon and Caesar)
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici, Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Anabasis of Xenophon, and from the De
bello Gallico of Caesar, which are briefly introduced,
explained and translated in class.
Du Pontet, R.L.A. ed., Caesar, Commentarii I, Oxford,
1963.
Usher, S., The historians of Greece and Rome, Oklahoma,
1985.
Xenophon, Anabasis (ed. E.C. Marchant), Oxford,
Clarendon, 1963.
Yavetz, Z., Julius Caesar and his public image, Cornell,
1983.
CLA3007
Literary Criticism: Aristotle and Horace
Lectures
6
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Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Rev. Victor Xuereb, Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Poetics of Aristotle and the De arte poetica
of Horace, which are briefly introduced, explained and
translated in class.
Aristotle, De arte poetica liber (ed. R. Kassel), Oxford,
Oxford Clarendon Press, 1975.
Brink, C.O. ed., Horace on poetry: Epistles Book II,
Cambridge, 1982.
Costa, C.D.N. ed., Horace, London, 1973.
Lucas, F.L., Tragedy: serious drama in relation to
Aristotle’s Poetics, London, 1957.
Russell, D.A., Criticism in antiquity, Duckworth, 1981.
Selden, R. Ed., The theory of criticism: from Plato to the
present, Longman, 1988.
CLA3008
Greek Mythology
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Lectures
6
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Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella, Mr Carmel Serracino
This unit is meant to help the student penetrate into the
mystery of myth creation and tradition, analyzing theoretical
assessment, as well as literary evidence. Topics discussed
will include various definitions and interpretations of what
is mythology, what is special with Greek mythology, the
common episodes which Greek mythology shares with
Hurrian, Babylonian and Hebrew myths, the historical
sagas, and the relationship of myth with religion,
particularly with the concept of fertility. Extracts taken from
various Greek and Roman authors, such as Homer, Hesiod,
the Homeric Hymns and Ovid on the subject of mythology
will be used for translation in class and for illustration of the
common inclusion of myths in Greek and Latin literature.
Kirk, G.S., Greek myths, Penguin, Aylesbury, 1974.
Morford, M.P.O. and Lenardon, R.J., Classical mythology,
Longman, New York, 1995.
Rose, H.J., A handbook of Greek mythology, Methuen,
London, 1965.
CLA3009
Synoptic Study-Unit 1: Epic (Homer and Vergil)
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Victor Bonnici, Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from Iliad VI and Odyssey IX of Homer, and the
Aeneid II of Vergil, which are briefly introduced, explained
and translated in class.
Bowra, C.M., Some characteristics of literary epic. In S.
Commager ed., Virgil: A collection of critical essays,
Prentice-Hall, 1966.
Gransden, K., The Aeneid, Cambridge, 1990.
Homer, The Iliad, Oxford Classical texts.
Homer, The Odyssey, Oxford Classical texts.
Vergil, The Aeneid, Oxford Classical texts.
Toohey, P., Reading epic: an introduction to the ancient
narratives, Routledge, 1992.
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Trypanis, C.A. The Homeric epics, Aris and Phillips, 1977.
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CLA3011
Classical Rhetoric and Prosody
Lectures
6
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Analysis task (25%) + Written Exercises (50%) + Practical
(25%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This unit analyses the various rules of prosody and metres
(hexameter, elegiac, polymeter and comedy) used in both
Greek and Latin verse, with oral scanning practice in class,
as well as the history of Rhetorical theory developed by
Aristotle, Longinus, Cicero, Horace, Tacitus and Quintilian,
illustrated by passages taken from Greek and Latin orations
and treatises.
Allen, W.S. Accent and rhythm, Cambridge, 1973.
Kennedy, G.A. The art of persuasion in Greece, Princeton,
1963
West, M.L. Greek metre, Oxford, 1982.
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CLA3012
Greek and Latin Unseen Passages
Lectures
6
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Examination (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C.R. Vella, Ms Maria Zammit
This course is an exercise in translation from Greek and
Latin passages taken from literature, intended to consolidate
the student’s knowledge of grammar, syntax and
vocabulary, and to expose him to as many different genres
in verse and prose as possible.
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CLA3016
Synoptic Study-Unit 3: Historiography: Herodotus and Livy
Synoptic Study-Unit
6
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14
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Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Histories II of Herodotus and the Ab urbe
condita of Livy, which are briefly introduced, explained and
translated in class.
Dorey, T.A. ed., Livy, Edinburgh, 1971.
Herodotus, Historiae II, Oxford Classical Texts.
Levick, B., The ancient historian and his materials,
Franborough, 1975.
Livy, Ab urbe condita, Oxford Classical Texts.
CLA3023
Classical Philosophy
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Rev. Charles Delia
This unit is meant to give the student a survey of Greek and
Latin philosophical thought, highlighting from texts read in
the original, especially from Aristotle and Plato.
Guthrie, W.K.Ch., The Greek philosophers from Thales to
Aristotle, London, Methuen, 1950.
Long, A.A., Hellenistic philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans,
Sceptics.
Timothy, L.A., The tenets of Stoicism, assembled and
systematized from the works of L. Annaeus Seneca.
Wood, N., Cicero’s social and political thought, California,
1988.
CLA3024
Women in the Classical World
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
The course investigates the status and position of women in
Greek and Roman antiquity – their material life, their
economic conditions, their diverse roles - as well as
discussing attitudes towards women. The first part of the
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course will deal with women in Homer and Bronze Age
women; archaic Greece and attitudes to women in Sparta,
and the literature of Hesiod, Simonides and Sappho; women
in Classical Athens – politics, religion and legal status; the
question of women and freedom in Classical Athens; the
mighty women of Greek Tragedy – Clytemnestra, Antigone,
Medea; women in Rome – politics and legal status;
property, marriage and inheritance in ancient Rome; women
and the Roman economy, and women and religion in the
Roman world. The second part will focus on short
selections from eight Classical authors. There will be a
detailed study and translation of extracts from Aulius
Gellius, Attic Nights; Cicero, Brutus; Gaius, Institutes;
Justinian, Institutes; Pliny, Letters; Juvenal, Satires;
Quintilian, Institute of Oratory, and Suetonius, Life of
Augustus. A basic knowledge of Latin is required for the
second part only.
Bauman R., Women and politics in ancient Rome,
Routledge, 1992
Cameron A. and Kuhrt A., Images of women in antiquity,
London, 1983
Fantham Elaine, Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel
Kampen, Sarah Pomeroy and H. Alan Shapiro eds., Women
in the classical world, Oxford, 1994
Just R., Women in Athenian law and life, London, 1989.
Lefkowitz M.R. and Fant M.B., Women’s life in Greece and
Rome, London, 1982
CLA3026
Synoptic Study-Unit 2: Philosophy: Plato and Cicero
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino, Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the Republic of Plato and the De amicitia and
the De senectute of Cicero, which are briefly introduced,
explained and translated in class.
Grant, M., Cicero - The Good Life, Penguin, 1971
Hunt, H.A.K., The Humanism of Cicero, Melbourne
University Press, 1954
“Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy” (article on Cicero
by Stephen A. White) Routledge, 1998
Glucker, J., 'Cicero's Philosophical Affiliations' in J. Dillon
and A.A. Long (eds.) The Question of Eclecticism,
Berkeley 1988
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CLA3028
Classical Epic
Lectures
6
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Oral Examination (50%) + Examination (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella, Mr Carmel Serracino
This is a survey of the development of epic writing from
Homer to Latin Silver Age poets, with particular focus on
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. The
background of epic writing is given with reference to Greek
prehistory and oral tradition. Then follows a discussion of
the art and contents in the two epics of Homer, including
myth, structure, imagery, morality, tragedy, travel and
novel. Vergil’s historical background is next given. A
comparison of Vergil with Homer is a necessity, bringing
out the originality of Vergil especially through his use of
allegory and indirect reference to his Roman situation.
Particular passages from Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes,
early Latin epic fragments, Vergil and Latin Silver Age
Poets are explained and translated in class.
Bowra, C.M. ed., The Oxford book of Greek verse, Oxford,
Oxford University Press.
Garrod, H.W., The Oxford book of Latin verse, Oxford,
Oxford University Press.
Homer, The Iliad (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin.
Homer, The Odyssey (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin.
Toohey, P. Reading epic, Routledge, 1992.
Vergil, The Aeneid (tr. W.F. Jackson Knight), Penguin.
ARC1003
CLASSICAL ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Lectures
6
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Anthony Bonanno
History of the studies of classical art and archaeology.
Basic notions of Greek and Roman architecture. Survey of
Greek and Roman art. Discussion in some detail of artistic
personalities and individual works of sculpture and
painting. Topographical notions of typical Greek and
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Roman cities.
J. Boardman, Greek Art (3rd ed., London 1986)
G.M.A. Richter, Handbook of Greek Art (9th ed., London
1987)
M. Henig (ed.), A Handbook of Roman Art (Oxford 1983)
N.H. Ramage & A. Ramage, Cambridge Illustrated History
of Roman Art (CUP 1991)
ARC2023
SOURCES FOR ANCIENT ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Lectures
4
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Anthony Bonanno
This unit is meant to enhance the students’ wider
knowledge of the Classics by further reading from the
original literary and epigraphic sources on art and history.
The first part involves examining selected texts (extracts) in
Classical literature in the original language, which shed
light on the development of Ancient Art. Selected readings
mostly from Pliny’s Natural History Bks 34-36, but also
from other ancient authors, including Greek ones,
depending on the students’ knowledge of this language.
Francis Brown, S.R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A
Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, with
an Appendix containing the Biblical Aramaic, Oxford:
Claredon Press, 1951(reprint with corrections of the 1906
edition)
Karl Feyerabend, Pocket Hebrew Dictionary: Hebrew
English, Münich, Berlin: Langenscheidt, n.d.
H.P. Rüger, W. Rudolph (ed.), Biblia Hebraica
Stuttgartensia, 2nd revised edn., Stuttgart, Deutsche
Bibelgesellschaft, 1983
J. Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew,
2nd edn., Oxford: Claredon Press, 1959
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CLA1001
Basic notions of Latin 1
Lectures
2
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This study-unit is intended to acquaint students with Latin
words, terms, and proverbs currently used today. Each word
and term are explained both in their modern application, and
through Latin grammar and syntax. This course will help
students of various Departments to acquire an appreciation
of the use of Latin in their own studies, and to enable them
to handle easier Latin passages.
/
CLA1002
Basic notions of Latin 2
Lectures
2
CLA1001 Basic notions of Latin I or knowledge of Latin
Grammar
Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This study-unit is an extension of CLA1001, concentrating
on Latin Syntax.
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CLA1003
Introduction to Latin
Lectures
4
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This study-unit is intended to teach students the grammar
and syntax of the Latin Language, and to expose them to
quotations taken from Classical and Ecclesiastical sources
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and etymological analysis of modern words derived from
Latin.
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CLA1004
Basic notions of Greek 1
Lectures
2
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
This study-unit is intended to acquaint students with Greek
words, terms, and proverbs currently used today. Each word
and term are explained both in their modern application, and
through Greek grammar and syntax. This course will help
students of various Departments to acquire an appreciation
of the use of Greek in their own studies, and to enable them
to handle Greek sentences.
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CLA1005
Basic notions of Greek 2
Lectures
2
CLA1004 Basic notions of Greek 1 or knowledge of Greek
Grammar
Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
This study-unit is intended for students with some
knowledge of Greek. It will tackle Greek syntax through
sentences adapted from Greek proverbs and others in
English to be translated into Greek. Attention is also given
to etymology.
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CLA1006
Introduction to Greek
Lectures
4
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20
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Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
This study-unit is intended to teach students the grammar
and syntax of the Greek Language, and to expose them to
quotations taken from Classical and Ecclesiastical sources
and etymological analysis of modern words derived from
Greek.
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CLA1109
Introductory Latin Grammar
Lectures
4
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Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here learn Latin Grammar and some aspects of
Syntax. The explanation of the grammar is illustrated by
examples taken from the English language.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary. Oxford.
Kennedy, B. H., The revised Latin primer. Longmans.
CLA1111
Introductory Greek Grammar
Lectures
4
/
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here learn Greek Grammar and some aspects of
Syntax (eg. prohibition, exhortation, wish for the future,
indirect statement, indirect command, indirect question,
genitive absolute). The explanation of the grammar is
illustrated by examples taken from the English language.
Abbot and Mansfield, Primer of Greek grammar.
Rivingtons.
Liddle and Scott, English-Greek lexicon. Oxford.
CLA1113
Introductory Greek Texts A
Lectures
2
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Code
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Some knowledge of Greek
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
This unit is intended for students who either have some
knowledge of Greek, or who are already acquiring that
knowledge. Simple sentences and passages are tackled from
Greek.
J.A.C.T. Greek course: reading Greek - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Liddell and Scott. Abridged Greek lexicon, Oxford
University Press.
CLA1115
Introductory Latin Texts A
Lectures
2
Some knowledge of Latin
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
This unit is intended for students who either have some
knowledge of Latin, or who are already acquiring that
knowledge. Simple sentences and passages are tackled
from Greek.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
CLA1213
Introductory Greek Texts A and B
Lectures
4
Some knowledge of Greek
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
These units are intended for students who either have some
knowledge of Greek, or who are already acquiring that
knowledge. Simple sentences and passages are tackled from
Greek.
J.A.C.T. Greek course: reading Greek - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
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Liddell and Scott. Abridged Greek lexicon, Oxford
University Press.
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CLA1215
Introductory Latin Texts A and B
Lectures
4
Some knowledge of Latin
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
These units are intended for students who either have some
knowledge of Latin, or who are already acquiring that
knowledge. Simple sentences and passages are tackled
from Greek.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
CLA2110
A survey of Greek and Roman Literature
Lectures
3
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Assignment
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This unit is meant to expose the student to as wide
perspective as possible of Greek and Roman genres and
chronology of literary production. The following authors
will therefore be discussed according to their genres: epic
(Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Andronicus, Naevius,
Ennius, Vergil, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus and Silius
Italicus), didactic (Hesiod, Lucretius and Vergil), elegy and
lyric (Sappho, Alcaeus, Stesichorus, Alcman, Pindar,
Catullus, Horace and Statius), satire (Archilochus, Lucilius,
Horace, Juvenal and Persius), tragedy (Aeschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides and Seneca), Comedy (Aristophanes,
Menander, Plautus and Terence), history (Herodotus,
Thucydides, Sallust, Caesar, Livy and Tacitus), oratory
(Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes and Cicero), rhetoric
(Aristotle, Longinus, Cicero, Seneca, Tacitus and
Quintilian), philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and
Seneca), pastoral (Theocritus and Vergil), novel (Tatius,
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Longus, Petronius, Seneca and Apuleius), biography
(Plutarch and Suetonius), correspondence (Cicero and
Pliny) and scientific writing (Cato, Varro, Columella,
Strabo, Pausanias, Vitruvius, Vegetius).
Copley, F.O. Latin literature, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969.
Rose, H.J. A handbook of Greek literature, Methuen,
London, 1965.
CLA2111
Prose Composition in Greek
Lectures
3
To have completed a full year in Greek Grammar and
Syntax
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
This course is intended for students who have already
completed a full year in Greek Grammar and Syntax.
Students are here helped to translate into Greek orally in
class, adopting the Greek idioms and styles met in various
Greek authors which they currently read.
Goodwin. Moods and tenses, Macmillan.
J.A.C.T. Greek course: reading Greek - grammar,
vocabulary and exercises, Cambridge University Press.
Nash Williams, A.H. Introduction to continuous Greek
prose composition, Macmillan.
Reference:
North and Hillard. Greek prose composition.
CLA2112
Introductory Greek Syntax
Lectures
4
/
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here are instructed in all the divisions of Greek
syntax, including conditional, temporal, concessive,
comparative, verbs of fearing, ecc. They practise in them by
frequent translations into Greek.
Abbot and Mansfield, Primer of Greek grammar.
Rivingtons.
Liddle and Scott, English-Greek lexicon. Oxford.
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CLA2114
Prose Composition in Latin
Lectures
3
To have completed a full year in Latin Grammar and Syntax
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This course is intended for students who have already
completed a full year in Latin Grammar and Syntax.
Students are here helped to translate into Latin orally in
class, adopting the Latin idioms and styles met in various
Latin authors which they currently read.
Recommended exercise books:
Mountford, J.F. Bradley’s Arnold Latin prose composition,
Longmans, London, 1947.
North and Hillard, Latin Prose composition, Duckworth,
2003.
CLA2116
Further Latin Passages A
Lectures
2
Some knowledge of Latin Grammar
Exercises (50%) + Examination (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
This course is intended for students who already have some
knowledge of Latin Grammar, and who are presently
learning Latin Syntax. More advanced passages are
translated from Greek.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - text, Cambridge
University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
CLA2117
Greek Civilization
Lectures
3
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
25
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Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
A survey of the development of Greek civilization,
discussing the geography of Hellas and its impact on Greek
civilization; migrations, colonization and reciprocal
influences; the political development; causes and effects of
major confrontations; Athenian and Spartan society in the
5th century; the rise of Macedon and the conquests of
Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic age.
Buckley, T., Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 B.C.,
London, 2000.
Bury, J.B. and Meiggs, R., A history of Greece, London,
1979.
Cameron, A., The later Roman empire, London, 1993.
Cary, M. and Scullard, H.H., A history of Rome, London,
1994.
CLA2118
Further Greek Passages A
Lectures
2
Some knowledge of Greek Grammar
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This course is intended for students who already have some
knowledge of Greek Grammar, and who are presently
learning Greek Syntax. More advanced passages are
translated from Greek.
Private reading of Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Lysias
and Plato.
CLA2119
Introductory Latin Syntax
Lectures
4
Knowledge of Latin Grammar
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Students here are instructed in all the divisions of Latin
Syntax, including indirect statement, indirect command,
indirect question, final clause, consecutive clause, etc. They
practise in them by frequent translations into Greek.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary. Oxford.
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Kennedy, B. H., The revised Latin primer. Longmans.
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CLA2216
Further Latin Passages A and B
Lectures
4
Some knowledge of Latin Grammar
Exercises (50%) + Examination (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
These courses are intended for students who already have
some knowledge of Latin Grammar, and who are presently
learning Latin Syntax. More advanced passages are
translated from Latin.
J.A.C.T. Latin course: reading Latin - text, Cambridge
University Press.
Lewis and Short, A Latin dictionary, Oxford University
Press, or Cassell’s Latin dictionary.
CLA2217
Roman Civilization
Lectures
3
/
Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
A survey of the development of Roman civilization,
discussing the geography of Italy; the Etruscans and early
Rome; the political development from monarchy to republic
to principate; causes and effects of major wars; the collapse
of the republic; Augustus and the Julio-Claudians; Roman
society and change; the crises of the 3rd century A.D.;
Diocletian and Constantine; the collapse of the empire in
the west.
Buckley, T., Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 B.C.,
London, 2000.
Bury, J.B. and Meiggs, R., A history of Greece, London,
1979.
Cameron, A., The later Roman empire, London, 1993.
Cary, M. and Scullard, H.H., A history of Rome, London,
1994.
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CLA2218
Further Greek Passages A and B
Lectures
4
/
Exercises (50%) + Classwork (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
These courses are intended for students who already have
some knowledge of Greek Grammar, and who are presently
learning Greek Syntax. More advanced passages are
translated from Greek.
Private reading of Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Lysias
and Plato.
CLA3101
A survey of Classical Mythology in Pictorial Art
Lectures
3
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Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
This course provides an analysis of mythological data in
Greek vase painting. Extant Greek vases will be analyzed
in terms of the Greek gods and goddesses; creation myths
and fights between gods and other creatures; myths about
heroes, and the Trojan War and its aftermath.
Boardman J., Athenian black figure vases, London, 1974
Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Archaic
period, London, 1975
Boardman J., Athenian red figure vases: The Classical
period, London, 1989
CLA3102
Catullus
Lectures
3
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Assignment (50%), Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the poems of Catullus, which are briefly
introduced regarding their historical and literary
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background, explained in detail and translated in class.
Fordyce, C.J., Catullus: a commentary, Oxford, 1966.
Lyne, R.O.A.M., ed., Catullus, Cambridge, 1973.
Cambridge history of Classical literature, Volume III, Part
3, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993, 74-108.
Sellar, W.Y., The Roman poets of the Republic, Oxford,
1905.
CLA3103
Euripides
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides which are
briefly introduced, explained and translated in class.
Euripides, Fabulae II (ed. J. Diggle), Oxford, 1981.
CLA3104
Demosthenes
Lectures
3
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Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Texts from the De corona of Demosthenes, which are
briefly introduced, explained and translated in class.
Demosthenes, De corona (ed. H. Yunis), Harvard, Harvard
University Press, 2001.
Raphael, S., Demosthenes and his time: a study in defeat,
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993.
CLA3105
Petronius
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Anthony Bonanno
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Texts from the Cena Trimalchionis of Petronius which are
briefly introduced, explained and translated in class.
Coffey, M., Roman satire, London, 1976.
Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis (ed. M.S. Smith), Oxford,
1975.
CLA3106
Xenophon
Lectures
3
/
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Anabasis of Xenophon, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Usher, S., The historians of Greece and Rome, Oklahoma,
1985.
Xenophon, Anabasis (ed. E.C. Marchant), Oxford,
Clarendon, 1963.
CLA3107
Aristotle
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Rev. Victor Xuereb S.J.
Texts from the Poetics of Aristotle which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Aristotle, De arte poetica liber (ed. R. Kassel), Oxford,
Oxford Clarendon Press, 1975.
Lucas, F.L., Tragedy: serious drama in relation to
Aristotle’s Poetics, London, 1957.
Russell, D.A., Criticism in antiquity, Duckworth, 1981.
CLA3108
A survey of Greek Mythology
Lectures
3
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Oral Examination
Percentage mark & grade
30
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
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Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This unit is meant to help the student penetrate into the
mystery of myth creation and tradition, analyzing theoretical
assessment, as well as literary evidence. Topics discussed
will include various definitions and interpretations of what
is mythology, what is special with Greek mythology, the
common episodes which Greek mythology shares with
Hurrian, Babylonian and Hebrew myths, the historical
sagas, and the relationship of myth with religion,
particularly with the concept of fertility.
Kirk, G.S., Greek myths, Penguin, Aylesbury, 1974.
Morford, M.P.O. and Lenardon, R.J., Classical mythology,
Longman, New York, 1995.
Rose, H.J., A handbook of Greek mythology, Methuen,
London, 1965.
CLA3109
Homer
Lectures
3
/
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from Iliad VI and Odyssey IX of Homer which are
briefly introduced, explained and translated in class.
Bowra, C.M., Some characteristics of literary epic. In S.
Commager ed., Virgil: A collection of critical essays,
Prentice-Hall, 1966.
Homer, The Iliad, Oxford Classical texts.
Homer, The Odyssey, Oxford Classical texts.
Toohey, P., Reading epic: an introduction to the ancient
narratives, Routledge, 1992.
Trypanis, C.A. The Homeric epics, Aris and Phillips, 1977.
CLA3111
Classical Rhetoric
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin/Greek
Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This unit offers a history of Rhetorical theory developed by
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Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
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Lecturer
Description
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Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
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Method of assessment
Result
Aristotle, Longinus, Cicero, Horace, Tacitus and Quintilian,
with literary illustrations taken from Greek and Latin
orations and treatises.
Clarke, M.L. Rhetoric at Rome, Routledge, 1996.
Kennedy, G.A. The art of persuasion in Greece, Princeton,
1963
Worthington, I. Greek Rhetoric in action, Routledge, 1994
CLA3112
Greek Unseen Passages
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Examination (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This course is an exercise in translation from Greek
passages taken from literature, intended to consolidate the
student’s knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary,
and to expose him to as many different genres in verse and
prose as possible.
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CLA3116
Herodotus
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Histories II of Herodotus, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Herodotus, Historiae II, Oxford Classical Texts.
Levick, B., The ancient historian and his materials,
Franborough, 1975.
CLA3126
Plato
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
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Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Republic of Plato, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Plato, Republic
CLA3128
A survey of Classical Epic
Lectures
3
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Oral Examination
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This is a survey of the development of epic writing from
Homer to Latin Silver Age poets, with particular focus on
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. The
background of epic writing is given with reference to Greek
prehistory and oral tradition. Then follows a discussion of
the art and contents in the two epics of Homer, including
myth, structure, imagery, morality, tragedy, travel and
novel. Vergil’s historical background is next given. A
comparison of Vergil with Homer is a necessity, bringing
out the originality of Vergil especially through his use of
allegory and indirect reference to his Roman situation.
Bowra, C.M. ed., The Oxford book of Greek verse, Oxford,
Oxford University Press.
Garrod, H.W., The Oxford book of Latin verse, Oxford,
Oxford University Press.
Homer, The Iliad (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin.
Homer, The Odyssey (tr. E.V. Rieu), Penguin.
Toohey, P. Reading epic, Routledge, 1992.
Vergil, The Aeneid (tr. W.F. Jackson Knight), Penguin.
CLA3202
Horace in his odes
Lectures
3
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Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
Texts from the Odes III of Horace, which are briefly
introduced regarding their historical and literary
background, explained in detail and translated in class.
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Reading List
Page, T.E. Q. Horatii Flacci Carminum libri IV, Epodon
liber, Macmillan, London, 1970.
Rudd, N., Horace. In E.J. Kenney and W.V. Clausen eds.,
The age of Augustus, The Cambridge history of Classical
literature, Volume III, Part 3, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1993, 74-108.
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
CLA3203
Plautus
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Mostellaria of Plautus, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Plautus, Mostellaria, Oxford Classical Texts.
Slater, N.W., Plautus in performance: the theatre of the
mind, Princeton, 1985.
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
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Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
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Result
CLA3204
Cicero in his Pro Archia
Lectures
3
/
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the Pro Archia of Cicero, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Cicero, Pro A. Licinio Archia Poeta (ed. G.H. Nall),
London, Macmillan, 1952.
Dorey, T.A.., Cicero, London, 1965.
Jones, A.H.M., The criminal courts of the Roman Republic
and Principate, Oxford, 1972.
CLA3205
Aristophanes
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Greek
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
34
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the Clouds of Aristophanes, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Aristophanes, Clouds, Oxford Classical Texts.
Ussher, R.G.G., Aristophanes, Oxford, 1979.
CLA3206
Caesar
Lectures
3
/
Assignment (50%) + Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the De bello Gallico of Caesar, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Du Pontet, R.L.A. ed., Caesar, Commentarii I, Oxford,
1963.
Usher, S., The historians of Greece and Rome, Oklahoma,
1985.
Yavetz, Z., Julius Caesar and his public image, Cornell,
1983.
CLA3207
Horace
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Carmel Serracino
Texts from the De arte poetica of Horace, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Brink, C.O. ed., Horace on poetry: Epistles Book II,
Cambridge, 1982.
Costa, C.D.N. ed., Horace, London, 1973.
Russell, D.A., Criticism in antiquity, Duckworth, 1981.
Selden, R. Ed., The theory of criticism: from Plato to the
present, Longman, 1988.
CLA3209
Vergil
Lectures
35
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
3
/
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the Aeneid II of Vergil, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Bowra, C.M., Some characteristics of literary epic. In S.
Commager ed., Virgil: A collection of critical essays,
Prentice-Hall, 1966.
Gransden, K., The Aeneid, Cambridge, 1990.
Vergil, The Aeneid, Oxford Classical texts.
Toohey, P., Reading epic: an introduction to the ancient
narratives, Routledge, 1992.
CLA3211
Classical Prosody
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin/Greek
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Prof. Horatio C. R. Vella
This unit analyses the various rules of prosody and metres
(hexameter, elegiac, polymeter and comedy) used in both
Greek and Latin verse, with oral scanning practice in class.
Allen, W.S. Accent and rhythm, Cambridge, 1973
West, M.L. Greek metre, Oxford, 1982
CLA3212
Latin Unseen Passages
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Examination (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
This course is an exercise in translation from Latin passages
taken from literature, intended to consolidate the student’s
knowledge of grammar, syntax and vocabulary, and to
expose him to as many different genres in verse and prose
as possible.
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Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
Code
Title
Type
ECTS credits
Pre-requisite study-unit
Method of assessment
Result
Attendance
Lecturer
Description
Reading List
CLA3216
Livy
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Mr Victor Bonnici
Texts from the Ab urbe condita of Livy, which are briefly
introduced, explained and translated in class.
Dorey, T.A. ed., Livy, Edinburgh, 1971.
Livy, Ab urbe condita, Oxford Classical Texts.
CLA3226
Cicero
Lectures
3
Knowledge of Latin
Assignment (50%) + Written Exercises (50%)
Percentage mark & grade
Obligatory
Ms Maria Zammit
Texts from the De amicitia and the De senectute of Cicero,
which are briefly introduced, explained and translated in
class.
Grant, M., Cicero - The Good Life, Penguin, 1971
Hunt, H.A.K., The Humanism of Cicero, Melbourne
University Press, 1954
“Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy” (article on Cicero
by Stephen A. White) Routledge, 1998
Glucker, J., 'Cicero's Philosophical Affiliations' in J. Dillon
and A.A. Long (eds.) The Question of Eclecticism,
Berkeley 1988.
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