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Seth Benardete taught Greek and Latin poetry, history and philosophy at New York University.\u00a0For more information on these courses, see The Seth Benardete Papers Collection Guide<\/a>\u00a0(.pdf).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Semester<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fall 1966 <\/td>Sophocles
\n(G27.2965) Monday, 6:10-7:50
\nReadings of the plays of Sophocles as living theatre.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1967<\/td>Seminar in Greek Historians
\n(G27.3242) Monday, 6:10-7:50
\nThe historians to be studied are Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon: the design and intention of their works and their understanding of what we call history.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1968<\/td>Xenophon'\u0092s Socratic Writings
\n(G27.2935) Wednesday, 6:10-7:50
\nStudy of Xenophon\u0092's Memorabilia<\/em>, Apology,<\/em> and Symposium,<\/em> in an effort to supplement and correct the Platonic picture of Socrates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1968<\/td>Proseminar in Classical Philology
\n(G27.1001) Monday, 8-9:40
\nA survey of the tools and methods used in classical philology: papyrology, paleography, stemmatization of manuscripts, editing of texts, source criticism (reconstruction of lost works, disentangling of diverse traditions), historiographical use of literary material. All topics are illustrated through specific examples, which are set as problems for the class to solve. Required of all candidates for A.M.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1969<\/td>Doctoral Seminar: Homer, Iliad<\/em> I
\n(G27.3902) Hours arranged
\nDoctoral Seminar: Homer, Iliad<\/em> II
\n(G27.3904) Hours arranged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1969<\/td>Doctoral Seminar: The Ancient Historians I
\n[co-taught with Prof. Haywood]
\n(G27.3903) Hours arranged
\nDoctoral Seminar: The Ancient Historians II
\n[co-taught with Prof. Haywood]
\n(G27.3905) Hours arranged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[semester\/year unknown]
\n(1967-1969)<\/td>		Ancient Political Theory
\n(W27.0206)
\nNot open to freshmen.<\/em> An examination of the foundation of the ancient polis<\/em> and its ancient interpretations. The course is centered on how political philosophy as a distinct subject emerged with Socrates, but the \u0093pre-Socratic\u0094 and post-Socratic understanding of the city is neglected. As far as possible, only ancient sources are used, though they are supplemented by what modern scholarship has discovered, particularly in so far as these discoveries pertain to the religious foundations for the city. Aeschylus\u0092 Seven Against Thebes<\/i> is the first text studied, since it shows what the ancients from the start regarded as the problems inherent in political life that, in whatever way they were \u0093solved,\u0094 always persisted beneath any apparent solution. Proceeding, then, through the Oresteia,<\/em> as the first example of a solution, the course examines (among others) Sophocles'\u0092 Oedipus Tyrannus,<\/em> Aristophanes\u0092' Knights,<\/em> Plato'\u0092s Republic,<\/em> Aristotle'\u0092s Politics,<\/em> Cicero'\u0092s Republic<\/em> and Laws.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[semester\/year unknown]
\n(1967-1969)<\/td>		Thucydides, Peloponnesian War <\/em>
\n(W27.0914)
\nThe selected readings in Thucydides covered in this course are designed to show the full extent of the peculiarities of his style, and how far he diverges from both the \u0093genius\u0094 of the Greek language and the historical trends of Greek prose writing. The differences, stylistic as well as conceptual, between the speeches and the narrative are studied intensively. An attempt is then made to connect Thucydides\u0092' style with his intention, to be both a recorder of the Peloponnesian War and its interpreter. The student is expected to do a paper on some aspect of Thucydides'\u0092 style.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1970<\/td>Homer
\n(G27.2981) Monday, 6:10-7:50
\nEssentially a reading course; as many books as possible are reviewed. Some glances, however, at the newly discovered world of the heroes and their ancestors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1970<\/td>Proseminar in Classical Philology
\n(G27.1001)
\nA survey of the tools and methods used in classical philology: papyrology, paleography, stemmatization of manuscripts, editing of texts, source criticism (reconstruction of lost works, disentangling of diverse traditions), historiographical use of literary material. All topics are illustrated through specific examples, which are set as problems for the class to solve. Required of all candidates for A.M.<\/em>
\nDoctoral Seminar: History and Archaeology I
\n(G27.3903) [co-taught with Prof. Trell]
\nDoctoral Seminar: History and Archaeology II
\n(G27.3905) [co-taught with Prof. Trell]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1971<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1971<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1972<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1972<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1973<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1973<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1974<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1974<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1975<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U) (V27.0700)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1975<\/td>[not available]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1976<\/td>Greek Drama: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (U) (V27.0143) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1976<\/td>Herodotus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1977<\/td>Intermediate Greek: Herodotus (U)
\nAdvanced Latin (U): Georgics<\/em> and Eclogues<\/em> (V27.0871)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nHorace, Odes<\/em> & Epistles<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1977<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nThucydides & The Age of Pericles (G) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1978<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nAdvanced Latin (U): De Rerum Natura<\/em>
\nAeschylus (G) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1978<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U)
\nPlato, Republic<\/em> (G) (V27.0878)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1979<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nAristotle, Poetics<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1979<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U)
\nSophocles (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1980<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nAncient Political Theory (U)
\nTacitus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1980<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nHerodotus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1981<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nAncient Political Theory (U)
\nAdvanced Greek II (U)
\nAeschylus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1981<\/td>(none)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1982<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nAncient Political Theory (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nLucretius (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1982<\/td>Intermediate Latin: Cicero (U)
\nGreek Drama (U)
\nSophocles (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1983<\/td>Greek Drama (U)
\nGreek Thinkers (U)
\nTacitus, Annales<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1983<\/td>Intermediate Greek: Plato (U)
\nGreek Drama (U)
\nAdvanced Latin (U): Sallust, Bellum Catilinae<\/em>; Tacitus, Agricola<\/em>
\nIntro to Classical Studies (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1984<\/td>Greek Thinkers (U)
\nPetronius & Apuleius (G)
\nHomer (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1984<\/td>Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nEuripides (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1985<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nCicero (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1985<\/td>Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nSophocles (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1986<\/td>Intermediate Latin (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1986<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nVirgil, Aeneid<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1987<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nGreek Lyric Poetry: Pindar (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1987<\/td>Intermediate Greek (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nPlato (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1988<\/td>Intermediate Greek (U)
\nHerodotus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1988<\/td>Seminar in Classical Studies I (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nPetronius, Satyricon<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1989<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nSophocles (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1989<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nThucydides (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1990
\n <\/td>		Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nPlato (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1990<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nOvid (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1991<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nAeschylus (G27.2963)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1991<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nThucydides (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1992<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1992<\/td>Intermediate Greek (U)
\nThe Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1993<\/td>Advanced Latin (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nHesiod (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1993<\/td>Advanced Latin (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1994<\/td>(none)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1994<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nAeschylus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1995<\/td>Seminar in Classical Studies: Ancient Rhetoric (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1995<\/td>History of Ancient Law (U)
\nLatin Rhetoric\/Stylistic (G)
\nComment:<\/em> The second half of the course focused on a close reading of style in Ammianus Marcellinus. -T.L. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1996<\/td>Advanced Latin (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1996<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nPetronius & Apuleius: Roman Novel (G)
\nComment:<\/em> Only Apuleius\u0092' Metamorphoses<\/em> was taught. The class read the whole text from beginning to end. -T.L.
\nConversations of the West: Antiquity and the 19th Century (at N.Y.U.'s Morse Academic Plan) (V55.0404.008) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1997<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1997<\/td>Intermediate Greek: Plato (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nConversations of the West: Antiquity and the Enlightenment (at N.Y.U.'s Morse Academic Plan) (V55.0403.008) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1998<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nCaesar & Lucan (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1998<\/td>(none)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 1999<\/td>Greek & Roman Epic (U)
\nAeschylus\u0092, Persians<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 1999<\/td>Ancient Political Theory (U)
\nHerodotus (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 2000<\/td>The Greek Thinkers (U)
\nAdvanced Greek (U)
\nGreek Poetry from Homer to Hellenistic Period (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 2000<\/td>Advanced Latin (U)
\nHistory of Ancient Law (U)
\nSophocles, Philoctetes<\/em> (G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 2001<\/td>Advanced Greek (U)
\nThe Greek Thinkers (U; cancelled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 2001<\/td>Greek and Roman Epic (U): Iliad<\/em>, Odyssey<\/em>, Aeneid<\/em>, Paradise Lost<\/em>
\nConversations of the West: Antiquity and the Renaissance (at N.Y.U.'s Morse Academic Plan) (V55.0402.027) (course completed by Prof. Holly Haynes)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spr. 2002<\/td>Vergil, Aeneid<\/em> (G; cancelled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n
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Sources: N.Y.U. Classics Department, GSAS Bulletins (1966-1971), Washington Square College Bulletin (1967-1969), Vince Renzi and the students of Seth Benardete. Special thanks to Nancy Smith-Amer and the Bobst Library N.Y.U. Collection for their help in assembling this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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