Classical Civilisation

Course summary

Classical Civilisation offers a unique opportunity to develop your critical and literary-analytical skills; to situate famous texts in their historical and social contexts; to learn how great literary productions reflect, interrogate and respond to overarching social values and issues; to discover what the Greeks and Romans thought about man’s place in society, his social obligations, and the gender-hierarchy; to explore the origins of modern social and political thought; learn why these works continue to have a direct relevance to a 21st-century audience. Classical Civilisation is a unique cross-disciplinary subject.