HUMS 1200
Humanities and Classical Civilization
The ideas which animated ancient Greek and Roman civilization and which influenced later western cultural movements through a reading of literary, historical, and philosophical works. Authors include Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, the Greek Tragedians, Plato, Vergil, and Cicero.
2026
Readings
- Singing Pebble Books (206 Main St, Ottawa, ON, K1S 1C6, 613-230-9165). But you are of course free to order them online or through your favourite local bookseller.
- Pomeroy, S. et. al. A Brief History of Ancient Greece. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Ruvinsky, Maxine. Practical Grammar: A Canadian Writer’s Resource. Second edition. Don Mills: Oxford University Press Canada, 2009 Strunk, W. & White E.B. The Elements of Style. Fourth edition. Boston:
- Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): restricted to students in the Bachelor of Humanities program. Lecture three hours a week.