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Professor Hale will have charge of the work in philology and literature, and Professor Frothingham that in archaeology and art. The proposed studies are: (1) The archaeology of ancient Italy (Italic, Etruscin, Roman) and of the early Christian, Mediaeval and Renaissance periods; (2) inscriptions in Latin and the dialects; (3) Latin palaeography, ancient and mediaeval; (4) Latin literature, as bearing upon ancient life, and (5) of the antiquities of Rome itself. The Classical School will be located with the School of Architecture in the formerly celebrated Villa Ludovisi, an old palace on the Pincian Hill. The quiet and picturesque surroundings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American School of Classical Studies at Rome. | 6/5/1895 | See Source »

...choices of elective courses for the next year have now been tabulated. The class of '97 will devote more time than any previous class has done to work in Political Science. The course in Roman Law is taken by seventy-three juniors and seniors. Over two hundred have taken the course in Modern Novels. Except for these new courses, there has been but little change in the distribution of the courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE LETTER. | 5/14/1895 | See Source »

...Morris began by describing the dependence of Latin poets on Greek originals. It is difficult to trace the analogy in tragedy, as merely the scantiest fragments of Roman tragedies are extant; but in comedy the case is quite the reverse, as twenty-six plays of Plautus and Terence are preserved. In poetry the similarity can also be observed. The lyrics of Catullus and Horace were often suggested by those of Archilochus, Sappho, or Alcaeus. In Vergil the analogy is not nearly so apparent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Latin Poet and His Greek Model. | 4/11/1895 | See Source »

Livius Andronicus was the first Roman to translate Greek plays. His example was followed by Plautus and Terence. These two are much alike. They both followed Greek plays singly or combined scenes from several into one. In Plautus the combinations are often gross and very apparent, while in Terence they are far more subtle and difficult to perceive. In their comedies the scenes are usually laid in Greece, the costumes and money Grecian, but the oaths are always Roman. Plautus's experience as a trader accounts for his knowledge of a seaman's life. "Whoever wants a peck of trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Latin Poet and His Greek Model. | 4/11/1895 | See Source »

...musical accompaniment. The character of the parasite, if not his invention, was certainly elaborated by him. The great proof of Plautus's originality was his popularity. The influence of one poet upon another is always deeply felt, and so the process of transmission from the Greek to the Roman, must not be regarded as imitation, but as continuation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Latin Poet and His Greek Model. | 4/11/1895 | See Source »

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