Qualifying Reading Lists Greek Verse Homer, Iliad 1, 9, 22 Homer, Odyssey 1, 9, 22 Hesiod, Theogony Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite Lyric Poetry: from the edition of Campbell Archilochus: 1, 2, 5A, 6, 7, 60, 67a, 74, 79a, 88-94, App. Theognis: 19-26, 183-92, 237-54, 1197-1202 Mimnermus: all Ibycus: 286 Callinus Tyrtaeus: 9 Alcman: 1 Stesichorus: 185, Appendix 2 Sappho: 1, 2, 16, 31, frs. 58-59 West (the New Sappho) Alcaeus: 34A, 38A, 42 Solon: 3 Anacreon: 358, 360, 395 Bacchylides: 5 Simonides: 531, 543, 83D, 92D Pindar, Olympian 1 Aeschylus, Eumenides Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus Euripides, Medea Aristophanes, Lysistrate Menander, Dyscolus Callimachus, Aitia-prologue Theocritus, Idylls 1 and 11 Apollonius, Argonautica 3.1-575 PhD-List ( + the following texts) Homer, Iliad 6, 18, 24 Homer, Odyssey 6, 19, 23 Hesiod, Works and Days Pindar, Pythian 1 and 4 Aeschylus, Agamemnon and Choephoroi Sophocles, Antigone Euripides, Bacchae
Aristophanes, Frogs Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo Theocritus, Idylls 2 and 7 Apollonius, Argonautica 3.576-1407 Herondas, Mimiambi 6 Asclepiades, Epigrams (Sens edition) Musaeus, Hero and Leander Greek Prose Herodotus, 1.0-94 and 3.61-87 Thucydides, 1.1-23 and 3.35-85 Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7-15 Polybius, 6.3-18 Plato, Republic 1 Lysias, 12 (Ad Eratosthenem) and 2 (Epitaphios) Demosthenes, Philippic 1 Plutarch, Alexander 1-23 Lucian, True History 1 Hippocrates: Airs, Waters, Places Epigraphic Dossier Attic inscriptions: 1) Chalkis decree (Meiggs-Lewis [=ML] 52; IG I 3 40) 2) Brea decree (ML 49; IG I 3 46) 3) Eleusinian first fruits decree (ML 73; IG I 3 78) 4) Decelean phratry decrees, 396/5 BC and after (Rhodes-Osborne [=RO] 5; IG II 2 1237; Syll. 3 927) 5) Alliance between Athens and Chios, 384/3 BC (RO 20; IG II 2 34; Syll. 3 142) 6) Charter of the Second Athenian League, 378/7 BC (RO 22; IG II 2 43; Syll. 3 147) 7) Decree of the genos of the Salaminioi, 363/2 BC (RO 37; SEG 21.527) 8) Athens honours Spartocus et al., 347/6 BC (RO 64; IG II 2 212; Syll. 3 206) 9) Ephebic oath and the oath of Plataea, mid-4 th cent. BC (RO 88) 10) Cult of Amphiaraus at Oropus, 4 th cent. BC (Syll. 3 1004; IG VII 235; LSCG 69; Rhodes-Osborne 27) Other inscriptions: 1) Burial laws from Iulis, Ceos, (IG XII.5 593 (Add. p. 332); LSCG 97), 5 th cent. BC 2) Sacrificial calendar, month Batromios, Cos, 4 th cent. BC (Syll. 3 1025; Rhodes- Osborne 62A; LSCG 151)
3) Epidaurian iamata i-xviii (IG IV 2.1 121; Syll. 3 1168; Rhodes-Osborne 102), 4 th cent. BC 4) Alexander s letter to the Chians (Syll. 3 283; Rhodes-Osborne 84) 5) Samos honors Boulagoras, 3 rd cent. BC (SEG 1.366; Austin 132) 6) Amorgos honors Hegesippus and Antippapus, 3 rd cent. BC (Syll. 3 521; IG XII.7 386; Austin 105) 7) Oaths of loyalty at Itanos (Syll. 3 526; Austin 108) and at Dreros (Syll. 3 527; Austin 109), both 3 rd cent. BC. 8) Introduction of Sarapis to Delos (Syll. 3 663; IG XI.4 1299, lines 1-29; Austin 151), c. 200 BC 9) Letter of Eumenes II to Toriaion, 2 nd cent. BC (SEG 47. 1745) 10) Letter of Augustus to Knidos, 6 BC (Syll. 3 780; IG XII.3 174; RDGE 67; Sherk 103) PhD-List ( + the following texts) Herodotus, 2.1-98 Thucydides, 2.1-65 Xenophon, Agesilaus [Xenophon], Old Oligarch Polybius, 3.1-6 and 5.1-16 Plato, Phaedrus Aristotle, Politics 1 Antiphon, 1 Isocrates, Euagoras Dio Chrysostom, 7 (Euboicus) Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet Heliodorus, Aethiopica 1 Longus, Daphnis and Chloe 1 Late Antique Letters: Libanius Epp. 12, 35, 369, 493, 610, 678, 758, 760, 802, 811 (Teubner), Julian Epp. 96-98 (Budé), Synesius Epp. 5, 10, 15, 16, 81, 105, 124, 154 (Budé) LATIN VERSE Catullus 1-16, 49-51, 64, 68, 76, 101 Horace, Satires 1.1, 4, 5, 10 Horace, Odes 1.1-9, 37 Horace, Odes 3.1-6, 30 Juvenal 1, 4 Lucan 1 Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3 Ovid, Ars 1
Ovid, Met. 8 Ovid, Fasti 4 Plautus, Pseudolus Propertius 1 Seneca, Thyestes Virgil, Eclogues 1, 4, 6, 10 Virgil, Georgics 4 Virgil, Aeneid 1, 2, 4, 6 PhD-List ( + the following texts) Catullus, all Ennius, Annales 1 frr. xxix, xlvii; 6 fr.ix; 8 fr.xii (Skutsch) Horace, Satires 1 Horace Odes 1 and 3 Horace, Ars Poetica Juvenal 2, 3, 5 Lucretius, De rerum natura 1 Martial 1 Ovid, Tristia 1 Statius, Siluae 4 Terence, Eunuchus Tibullus 1 Valerius Flaccus 1 Virgil, Eclogues all Virgil, Aeneid 9, 12 LATIN PROSE Archaic Latin Prose (ed. Courtney) Augustine, Confessions 1 Augustus, Res Gestae Caesar, Bellum Civile 1.1-37 Cicero, Ad Atticum 16 Cicero, Philippic 2 Livy, Ab urbe condita pref. and Book 39.8-19 Petronius, Satyrica 26-78 Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 1 Sallust, Bellum Catilinae Seneca, Epistulae Morales 1 Suetonius, Claudius
PhD-List ( + the following texts) Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.5.1-10.19 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1 Apuleius, Pro se de magia 1-28 Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae pr; 19.1, 20.1 Cicero, Ad Familiares 9 Cicero, De re republica 6.12-33 Cicero, De officiis 1.1-60 Cicero, Pro Marcello Cicero, De oratore 1.1-104 Fronto, Ad M. Caesarem 1.2-6 Livy, Ab urbe condita 5.1-23; 32-55 [Quintilian] Declamationes Maiores 3 Panegyrici Latini 12(9) Passio Perpetuae Seneca, Consolatio ad Helviam Seneca Maior, Controversia 1.pr Tacitus, Annales 4 Tacitus, Historiae 1 Tertullian, Apologeticum 1-9 Varro, DLL 5.1-13 Selections from Dessau s Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae II. Imperial: 96-105; 231-36; 249-53; 320-25; 393-96; 442-47 IV. The Senate: 1044-49; 1174-83 V. Ordo equester: 1375-88 VI. Familia Caesaris: 1660-70 IX. Tituli militares: 2271-79 XI. Tituli sacri: 3781-94; 4227-37 XII. Ludi: 5100-08 XIII. Opera publica: 5572-80 XIV. Municipales 6291-96 XVI. Opifices, artifices: 7682-7714 XVII. Sepulchrales: 7847-61; 8186-91; 8271-86