Health in Antiquity
Classics · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Winter Only, Odd Year
Hard to catch. Runs in odd-numbered years only, next in 2027. Miss it and the following chance is 2029.
CLAS-3060 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Where CLAS-3060 counts
Counts toward 1 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- KIN 4-YEAR BACHELOR OF KINESIOLOGY
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 71 of 141 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course explores health, disease, and medicine in the Greek and Roman world. It draws upon evidence from the ancient textual sources (especially Galen and Hippocrates), social history, and archaeology (the latter including all manner of finds - architecture, art, artifacts, environmental materials, and skeletal remains) to examine how residents of the Greek and Roman world perceived and experienced health and disease, and how they sought to combat illness and to promote healing.
Requisite courses
3 credits in any Classics, Anthropology, or Kinesiology course [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-3262 | KIN-3060.
Cross-listed
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.