Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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CLAS 3010 - Love in Antiquity


Considers the ways people in the ancient western world experienced and talked about love. Draws upon important literary and philosophical treatments of love in classical texts. Humanist rather than sociological or anthropological: primary focus is not the behaviors and social structures of the Greeks and Romans, but their thinking and ideas.

Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will interact dialogically with those texts so as to sharpen their own understanding of love.
  • Students will practice explaining those texts, to themselves and others, so as to make their points clear.
  • Students will read classical texts that offer keen insights into the human experience of love.



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