SALVETE!

Welcome to the Department of Classics @ Denison University. Classics is the study of ancient Greece and Rome--the languages, culture and history.

THE STUDY OF CLASSICS entails an education in the languages, literature, history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. It encompasses all that is best in a liberal arts education:

• The study of classical philology fosters a lucidity of expression and reasoning
• The study of the artistic, intellectual, and political achievements of classical antiquity inspires creativity, critical inquiry, and ethical behavior.

It provides an opportunity for the student:

• to acquire competence in the classical languages
• to develop a critical perspective on classical literature
• to study the history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

The classics department supports and advises the Zeta chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the national honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and/or ancient Greek. This organization of students promotes classical studies on campus and organizes co-curricular activities, such as visits to art exhibits and classically-related theatre productions.

Denison also supports an intercollegiate student journal of classics, Ephemeris.