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HON 101 Seminar I: Early Classical Thought

Begins the exploration of the origins of Western tradition in the epic poems of Homer, the plays of the great Greek dramatists of the Athenian Golden Age, and the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides.

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Prerequisites

Admission to the Honors Program

HON 102 Seminar II: Later Classical Thought

Continues the work of the first seminar with a focus on the writings of Plato and Aristotle and a transition to the literary and philosophic works of Roman authors and others who write about Rome and her legacy. With this seminar the work of syntopic reading begins as students reflect upon the relation of the ideas of one age upon those of another.

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Prerequisites

Admission to the Honors Program and HON 101