Classical Language & Studies Courses

Classics at Kent are designed to acquaint the student with the most salient and lasting characteristics of Greek and Roman civilization. Latin is not, because it was not, a prerequisite for the study of Greek, and a student may choose a program in either area. Each year several students elect to take courses in both languages. We approach the elements of the two languages through a combination of modern linguistic techniques and traditional rigor. We place equal emphasis on the unique and intrinsic merits of literary works and on their role as the source of later Western literature. A full program of visual instruction is offered, in order to relate literature to its attendant art and architecture. Special attention is paid to the wide range of classical mythology.

The wide variety of Classics courses at Kent includes:

Greek 1
Greek 2
Advanced Greek Studies:
† Introduction to Greek Philosophy
† Homeric Epic 1, 2, 3
† Sophocles
† Greek Oratory
† The Greek New Testament
† Aristophanes
† Aeschylus
† Euripides
Latin 1
Latin 2
Advanced Latin Studies:
Latin 3
† Honors Latin 3: Livy
† Honors Latin 3: Cicero
† Honors Latin 3: Virgil
AP Latin Virgil
† Petronius
† Medieval and Ecclesiastical Latin
† Sallust and Cicero
† Ecclesiastical Latin
† Roman Lyric Poetry
† Roman Comedy
† Roman Religion
Classical Civilization

† Term-contained Course