Classics

Mission
Classics is the critical study of languages, cultures, and literature of the ancient world. The societies of ancient Greece and Rome, the Mediterranean world, the Middle East, and cultures with faces toward the Orient are the terrain of Classics. Many of our traditions rest upon the world of the Greeks and Romans. Greek, Latin, and Hebrew literature are studied in the Classics Department. (More)

The Aeneidathon. The Classics Department celebrated National Poetry Month with an Aeneidathon: an all-day reading of Virgil's epic poem on the founding of Rome. Students, faculty, staff, and friends read the entire 9,895 line poem, starting at 11 a.m. and finished at 11:30 p.m.

Our department's journal, "Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity and Classics" (SMAC) is availabe online. The journal was created by students in the class, Studies in Classical Civilization."Digital Commons," The Dewitt Wallace Library's web site for organizing and sharing the creative works of the Macalester College community also has links to recent Classics student honors projects, in addition to issues of SMAC. You can access Digital Commons here.

Students interested in participating in the 2009 "January in Rome" class can view the informational flier here. Please direct initial inquiries to Herta Pitman at pitman@macalester.edu or phone 651-696-6376.

Read the Macalester News report about the 2006 excavation season in Omrit. To see many photos and some video from the dig in Omrit visit Zachary Teicher's Omrit web site.
Read our on-line newsletter to find out about our upcoming events and read Classics news.

Excavations at Omrit
Excavations at Omrit are along the Northern Israeli border. The Macalester College Classics Department, under the direction of Professor Andy Overman, leads archaeological excavations at Omrit in northern Israel. Omrit is the site of a Roman temple. Macalester is the only institution that has access to this site. Each summer, a group of students, staff, professors, alumni, and friends travel to Israel to work at Omrit.

Classics Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
Office: Old Main, room 311, Email: pitman@macalester.edu
Telephone(651) 696-6376, Fax (651) 696-6498

CLASSICS OFFICE HOURS
September 1 through May 31, Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
June 1 through August 31, Tuesdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.