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What Is Classics?

By N.S. Gill, About.com

Question: What Is Classics?

Answer: Classics is an interdisciplinary course of study, covering literature, language, art, and more.

While its focus is the literature and language of Classical Greece and Rome, Classical Studies cover Greco-Roman history and may also include Egypt, Israel, and Mesopotamia, as well as Koine (New Testament) and Byzantine Greek, and Medieval Latin. Classical studies touch on religion, art, philosophy, drama, poetry, science, astronomy, mythology, geography, mathematics, archaeology, politics, law, and gender studies. Almost everything we know has an antecedent or counterpart in the Classics.

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