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Time and place
This is a day-time course. Time and venue
to be confirmed, please check our website:
after 6 August 2013 for update
or text ‘INFO’ to 087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of two lectures per week
over two twelve-week terms commencing
Monday, 23 September 2013 and recommencing
Monday, 13 January 2014. There is a one week
break in each term (4-8 November 2013 and
24-28
February 2014) when no lectures will
take place.
Greek and Roman History
This lecture-only course provides an
introductory survey of the history of the Greek
and Roman world, from the Greek Archaic age
(
c. 700 BC) to the death of Augustus in AD 14.
The main trends and issues of this period will be
explored including colonisation, imperialism,
war, the Athenian invention of democracy, the
rise of Alexander, and the emergence of Rome
as a major power in the Mediterranean. There
will also be discussion of the main historical
sources.
Lecturers
Academic staff from the Department of Classics
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 6 August 2013 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School of
Histories and Humanities, room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 between
2.30
p.m. and 4.30 p.m. or by appointment
(
phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€300 for the course or €165 per term. A
concession rate is available to second and third
level students and people whose primary source
of income is social welfare, health board or a
government-sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
This is a day-time course. Time and venue to be
confirmed, please check our website:
after 6 August 2013 for update
or text ‘INFO’ to 087 2572015.
Duration
The course comprises of two lectures per week
over two twelve-week terms commencing
Monday, 23 September 2013 and recommencing
Monday, 13 January 2014. There is a one week
break in each term (4-8 November 2013 and
24-28
February 2014) when no lectures will
take place.
Greek and Roman Mythology
and Religion
What is myth? How do myths deal with
fundamental human concerns about who we are
and the world we live in? What is the
relationship between myth and religion? Why did
the Greeks and Romans worship many gods,
believe in oracles, or perform animal sacrifice?
This lecture-only course is an introduction to the
major myths and religions of the classical world
using the full range of primary source material:
literary, artistic and archaeological. It explores
the functions of myth within society and the
