Classics

Explore the ancient world with a Major or Minor in Classical Studies. This interdisciplinary field explores all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life – history, society, literature, science, religion, and mythology. Study the impact the Classical cultures have had on the world today, and compare those with other ancient world cultures.

To help students develop their own interests, we offer a choice of three tracks emphasizing Classical languages (Latin and ancient Greek), literature and culture, or material culture and history.

Current and Upcoming Classics Events:

Classics CommuniTea, monthly Mondays, 4:45 p.m. Staaks Lounge (SC 131)

FALL 2019

DATE	TIME & PLACE	EVENT	HOST
26 August	4:45pm SC 131	Ice Cream Social	Prof. Dickson
30 September	4:45pm SC 131	Comedy Reading (Plautus, Casina)	Prof. Campbell
28 October	5pm SC 239	Open House with Rare Books	Prof. Mercier
2 December	4:45pm SC 131	Research Presentation: Greek & Latin Etymologies	Prof. Moodie
3 February	4:45pm SC 131	Pottery Day	Prof. Rauh
2 March	4:45pm SC 131	Tragedy Reading (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis)	Prof. Conner
6 April	4:45pm SC 131	Celebrating Seniors & Farewells	Prof. Dickson

 

CLCS Slideshow

Purdue Classics Club: Eta Sigma Phi (Purdue Chapter of National Honors Society for Latin and Ancient Greek http://www.etasigmaphi.org/hsphi)
Advisor: Liz Mercier (eemercie@purdue.edu)

Purdue students attending Prof. Rauh's archaeological Field School (A. Macallister, R. Kelly, and C. Smith) at the Roman defenses of Lamos in southern Turkey	Student Nathan Burnett mapping a Hellenistic Era Tower at Ovacik, Turkey, in Prof. Rauh’s Anatolian Archaeology Field School.