Dr. Elliott's primary research focuses on c. 2 BCE fragmentary Roman literature, currently the history of Rome written by Cato the Elder. Her first major publication focused on Ennius' Annales, an epic poem in 18 books on the Roman past. Today the work survives only via the quotations of later authors (c. 1 BCE - c.8 CE). Its reconstruction is crucial to our accounts of the trajectory of Roman literary history because it is the earliest work of Roman literature to which we have substantial access and because the surviving authors of the tradition (Vergil, Lucretius, Livy, and others) count the poem as foundational to their own work. The areas of interest she has developed in connection with this or other projects include the history and historiography of the Roman republic, the Greco-Roman epic tradition through Vergil, universal histories, ancient scholarship & reception, editorial activity, and the theory and practice of commentaries.
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epic tradition from Homer to Vergil, Republican historiography, transmission of fragmentary texts, Republican and Augustan poetry, theory and practice of commentaries, intertextuality and reception, ancient scholarship
CLAS 2030 - The Ancient Roots of Modern Medicine
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Students learn the meaning and use of the Greek and Latin roots in modern medical terminology; they gain an appreciation of ancient Roman and Greek medicine history and culture in their relation to the modern practice of Western medicine and the sciences; they become familiar with common ancient bioethical principles that govern the ancient practice of medicine and the sciences and learn to appreciate how these principles inform and influence modern medicine and the sciences.
CLAS 4120 - Greek and Roman Tragedy
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2022
Intensive study of selected tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Seneca in English translation. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5120 and HUMN 4120.
LATN 3024 - Introduction to Latin Poetry
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Spring 2024
Author or topic in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Virgil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics.
LATN 4024 - Latin Prose Composition
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Spring 2020 / Fall 2023
Reviews grammar and syntax. Introduces Latin prose style and composition. Recommended prerequisites: LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5024.
LATN 4094 - Survey of Roman Literature Part 1: Republican to Augustan
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2022
Introduces Roman literary history from its origins to the 30s BCE. Students read principal surviving works of the Roman Republican poetry and prose in the original Latin. Recommended prerequisites: LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5094.
LATN 5024 - Latin Prose Composition
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Spring 2020 / Fall 2023
Reviews grammar and syntax. Introduces Latin prose style and composition. Same as LATN 4024. Formerly CLAS 5024.
LATN 5094 - Survey of Roman Literature Part 1: Republican to Augustan
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2022
Introduces Roman literary history from its origins to the 30s BCE. Students read principal surviving works of the Roman Republican poetry and prose in the original Latin. Same as LATN 4094.
LATN 5404 - Special Project: Teaching
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Spring 2019
Trains students to prepare classroom-ready materials, which are then tested in the students' own classroom. Required of master's candidates (teaching of Latin option). Formerly CLAS 5404.
LING 2030 - The Ancient Roots of Modern Medicine
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Spring 2024
Students learn the meaning and use of the Greek and Latin roots in modern medical terminology; they gain an appreciation of ancient Roman and Greek medicine history and culture in their relation to the modern practice of Western medicine and the sciences; they become familiar with common ancient bioethical principles that govern the ancient practice of medicine and the sciences and learn to appreciate how these principles inform and influence modern medicine and the sciences. Same as AHUM 2030 and CLAS 2030.
