The Department of Classics offers a wide range of courses in the languages, literature, history, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome as well as courses that celebrate their enduring intellectual and artistic influence on ages since antiquity, up to and including our own 21st century. In addition to majors in Greek and Latin, which require advanced language study, the Department also offers a Classical Studies major with minimal language requirements.
Degree Offerings
H-SC offers:
- Classical Studies Major
- Classical Studies Minor
- Greek and Latin Major
- Greek Major
- Greek Minor
- Latin Major
- Latin Minor
Not an alumnus, but awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters in 1961, Dr. Hinton was impressed by the place ancient cultures held in the Hampden-Sydney curriculum. His gift to the then-newly-opened Eggleston Library also included a small collection of ancient coins, as well as a fragmentary marble head of a child. For whatever reason, the amphora, usually kept in the Rare Book Room of the library, attracted little attention over the years. And, as is often the case with gifts of this sort, there is no file on the object as one would find in a museum.
