Classics

A classics major is very applicable to the modern world, says Makaila Hootman ’25, who plans to go on to law school.

The lecture, titled “The Curious Case of Manius Curius: A Contested Will, a Trial, and Competitive Oratory in Republican Rome,” will explore a celebrated civil trial from the late Roman Republic involving a contested will and the resultant litigation between two parties seeking to be the heir.

A global education helps students discover the world — and themselves.

As a student in the course titled the Ancient Greek World, you’ll learn to read and analyze ancient Greek texts closely to extract the implicit from the explicit.

History of Ancient Greece traces the history of Ancient Greece from 3000 to 323 BCE, covering the rise of the Greek city-state and the simultaneous development of the Athenian empire and its domestic democracy.

In “Athena Itonia: Geography and Meaning of an Ancient Greek War Goddess,” Lalonde offers a comparative study of the social, political, and military aspects of the cult of Athena Itonia and its propagation through ancient Greece. An Authors and Artists podcast episode.

As a German/classics double major, Rehan found his passion and dove in. This dedicated student takes advantage of the opportunities available to him at Grinnell.

Tad Boehmer ’12 discovered his own love of classics at Grinnell, thanks to impassioned faculty members who breathed life into these ancient texts.

Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. This year, four Grinnell College professors were awarded Franklin Research Grants.

What’s the connection between olive oil, an ancient Greek vase, and X-ray fluorescence analysis? That’s exactly what Nora Madrigal ’19 and Ben Hoekstra ’19 sought to find out from a research project in their Chemistry 358: Instrumental Analysis class.