THE AGE OF CLASSICISM

HONORS 101

Professor: Kathryn C. Mincey


Course Syllabus

Mythology Overview

Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable Classical Mythology Mythology & Art
Greek Mythology Greek Gods Greek, Roman & Etruscan Equivalents

Greco-Roman Links

Greek Playwrights Greek and Roman Drama Bibliography
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization Resources Ancient Civilization
Topics in Classical Studies

Classical Studies Links

G-R Philosophers Histories
Religion Links for exploration
G-R Moralists (Ethics) Mathematics
The Sciences Socrates Biography, etc.
Science and Technology Another Socrates Page

Timelines

Calendar Dating
Ancient Greek Civilizations Ancient Greece
Ancient History Timeline Greek Literature Timeline
Art Perspective Literary Timeline
Roman Timeline Comparative Timeline

From Greece...to Rome

Comparative List of Gods and Goddesses Comparisons Between Greeks and Romans
Differences Between Hellenistic Greece and Rome (bottom) Comparisons from Plutarch's Lives
**THE ROMAN EMPIRE** Roman Offices
Roman Rulers

Analytical Reading

Responsible Reading Handout

Mortimer Adler, "How to Mark a Book"

Marked Adler

Adler Notes

Handout on Texthugging and Documentation

Authors

Euripides Euripides Medea
  Jason & Medea Story
Aristophanes Background  Plays
 
Plato  Overview Background
  Allegory of the Cave
Aristotle Overview Notes on Ethics Table of Virtues and Vices
Cicero Cicero's Rome Homepage Links
Outline of Classical Rhetoric Audio Samples of Devices Description of Rhetorical Devices
The Founders' Father
From Cicero to Benjamin Franklin
The Classical Education of the Founding Fathers
 

De Amicitia

Ovid Outline of The Metamorphoses Metamorphoses Notes  and Discussion
Ovid Links The Ovid Project

Metamorphoses Art

Map of the Roman Empire, ca. 120 A.D.

Virgil Biography Background

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Aeneas but Were Afraid to Ask

Aeneid Resources Overview and Summary of Aeneid
Other Virgil Sites Eugene Cotter's Page

 

Research Resources

 

Sir James Frazier's The Golden Bough

Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

EBSCO full-text article search (On-campus Access)

KYVL (Off-campus to EBSCO)  (Get Password Here First)

Camden-Carroll Library

Resources for Undergraduate Research

Google  

Librarians Index to the Internet

Web Searches
   

Writing Resources

Grammar, Usage, and Style
Webster Online Resource for Writers     
Commonly Confused Words
Confusing Words Search

The Purdue Online Writing Lab's

Guide to Grammar and Usage

American Heritage: Usage

Organizational Strategies

MLA Documentation

Electronic Citations

Electronic Citations

MLA Citations for Electronic Sources

CRITICAL THINKING: REASONING & FALLACIES


CT Tutorial: Argument

Inductive and Deductive Arguments

 

Fallacy Index

SJSU's Critical Thinking Resources