1946-1947 Academic Catalog

40 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 9. Cicero De Amiciiia and De Senectute, with a review of inflected forms and syntax. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 11. Livy The transition from the Golden to the Silver Age is studied. Selections from Book XXI are read. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 13. Horace Copious selections from the Odes, Satires, and Epistles are made the basis for a study of Latin poetry. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 14. Tacitus The life of Agricola and the history of Germany. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 16. Ju venal The origin, development, and purpose of the satire, and the mor– als and customs of the Romans under the Empire. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester,. Not given every year. 20. Ovid's Meta morphoses One semester, three hours. Not given every year. 21. Cicero's Letters Selections from the letters of Cicero. One semester, three hours. ot given every year. 22. Private L ife of the Romans A course dealing with dress, food, amusements, burial customs, etc ., of the Romans. Not a translation course. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. 23. Vergil's Aeneid Books VII-XII. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. 24. Pliny's Letters Selections from the letters of Pliny the Younger. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. 25. Latin Prose Composition Open to those wishing to major or minor in Latin. Two to four hours, according to needs. 26. Latin Literature A survey of Latin literature in translation. No knowledge of Latin required. One semester, two hours.