Overview of and topical guide to classical studies
The followingoutline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to classical studies:
Classical studies Classics for short) – earliest branch of thehumanities , which covers thelanguages ,literature ,history ,art , and other cultural aspects of the ancientMediterranean world. The field focuses primarily on, but is not limited to,Ancient Greece andAncient Rome duringclassical antiquity , theera spanning from the lateBronze Age ofAncient Greece during theMinoan andMycenaean periods (c. 1600–1100 BC) through the period known asLate Antiquity to the fall of theWestern Roman Empire , c. 500 AD. The wordclassics is also used to refer to the literature of the period.
Branches of classical studies [ edit ] Subdisciplines of classical studies [ edit ] History of classical studies [ edit ] History of the western classics (Not to be confused withclassical history (see below) )
General classical studies concepts [ edit ] Classical archaeology [ edit ] Classical archaeology
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [ edit ] Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Greek category was not "Wonders" but "theamata ", which translates closer to "must-sees". The list that we know today was compiled in theMiddle Ages —by which time many of the sites were no longer in existence:
Great Pyramid of Giza (the only wonder of the Ancient World still in existence)Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria See alsoAncient art Art in Ancient Greece [ edit ] Art in Ancient Greece
Roman art
Classical architecture [ edit ] Classical architecture
Ancient Greek architecture [ edit ] Architecture of Ancient Greece
Roman architecture
Geography of the classical period [ edit ] Geography at the time of Ancient Greece [ edit ] Geography at the time of Ancient Rome [ edit ] Roman provinces 120 AD [ edit ]
Classical history
Classical Greek history [ edit ] Ancient Greek society [ edit ] Ancient Greek society
Classical Roman history [ edit ] Roman era
Military history of Ancient Rome [ edit ] Military history of ancient Rome
Roman society
Classical Egyptian history [ edit ] See also theList of ancient Egyptian dynasties
Classical philology [ edit ] Philology –
Classical language –
Ancient Greek –
Classical Latin
Classical literature [ edit ] Classical Greek literature [ edit ] Ancient Greek literature –
Bucolic poets Didactic poets Epic poets Lyric poets Classical Latin literature [ edit ] Latin literature –
Didactic poets Elegiac poets Epic poets Lyric poets Epistolary writers Fiction writers Historiographers Orators:
Classical Textual Criticism [ edit ] Textual criticism
Greek textual criticism Latin textual criticism Classical philosophy [ edit ] Periods of classical philosophy [ edit ] Classical philosophers [ edit ] Classical religion and mythology [ edit ] Religion and mythology in Ancient Greece [ edit ] Religion and mythology in Ancient Rome [ edit ] Classical science and technology [ edit ] History of science in Classical Antiquity
Ancient Greek science and technology [ edit ] Ancient Greek technology
Roman science and technology [ edit ] Roman technology
Ancient Greek theatre [ edit ] Theatre of Ancient Greece
Ancient Roman theatre [ edit ] Theatre of Ancient Rome
Classical studies scholars [ edit ] SeeList of classical scholars –
Classics-related lists [ edit ] Ancient Greek lists [ edit ]
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