LATIN INSTITUTE
2007 Course Offerings

Block A (June 4-June 22)
Latin Prose Composition /Intermediate Latin Readings- Christian Kopff - 1 unit (4 semester hours) - This course is designed for teachers of Latin whose experience is out-of-date and is in need of a general refresher course. The class will focus on a review of Latin structures and authors teachers can use at all levels of instruction. This class can be taken more than once since different authors are used each time.

Block B (June 25-July 13)
Topics in Classics: Mythology: Ancient and Renaissance Literature- Patricia FitzGibbon and Rob Kendrick - 1 CC unit (4 semester hours) - This course will be geared for teachers both of Latin and English. The ancient component will examine the primary texts directly related to Greek mythological characters. The Homeric Poems, Hesiod's Theogony, Homer's Iliad. Attention will also be given to primary texts that utilize stories and characters from Greek mythology; e.g. Greek tragedy. The bridge between ancient and Renaissance will be George Sandy's Renaissance translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Finally, we will read some of Spenser's Faerie Queen to study how Ovidian transformation itself metamorphoses in a Christian context. Further, we will read some renaissance lyric poetry that uses pagan mythology for new purposes.

Colloquium: The Myth of Cupid and Psyche- Patricia Fitzgibbon and Rob Kendrick - .5 CC unit (2 semester hours) This colloquium will meet 2-3 times per week during Block B. Students taking this_colloquium will read the myth of Cupid and Psyche in the original Latin._This earliest extant version comes from the Metamorphoses of Apuleius and_was writen in the 2nd century A.D.

Block C (July 16-Aug 3)
Advanced Latin: Roman Historians - John Gruber-Miller - 1 CC unit (4 semester hours) - The Second Punic War is a pivotal time in Roman history, and one of its chroniclers, Livy, lived at an equally pivotal time in Roman history, the Augustan principate. In this course we will take a look at the Second Punic War by reading Book 30 of Livy in Latin and reading substantial excerpts of Books 21-29 in English. We will also look at the major actors, Scipio Africanus and Hannibal, explore how Livy defined what it meant to be Roman, examine Roman attitudes to Carthaginians, consider the connections between Livy's depiction of Sophoniba and Augustan attitudes to another famous African, Cleopatra, and investigate the relationship of Livy's history to his sources, especially Polybius.
Prerequisite: two-three semesters of Latin

Colloquium: Oral Latin - John Gruber-Miller - .25 CC unit (1 semester hour) - meets second week of Block C - Ever wish you were more comfortable speaking Latin? Ever thought about using oral conversation in your Latin class? This colloquium will begin with the basics: simple greetings and the activities of daily life. The class will also use story-telling, role play, and drama to enhance our ability to use Latin to speak about a variety of topics. By the end of the course, participants will not only feel comfortable speaking and listening to Latin but also reading it. No previous experience with oral Latin is necessary, just a willingness to try.
Prerequisite: One semester of Latin.
For information contact: Patricia FitzGibbon (719-389-6009) pfitzgibbon@coloradocollege.edu or Kendra Henry (719-389-6935) khenry@coloradocollege.edu