Charles J. Fuqua

Professor Emeritus of Classics

Classics Department
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267







Teaching

At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research.

Courses Taught

    Greek and Latin

  • Homer's Iliad; Homer's Odyssey.
  • Introduction to Latin; Latin Poetry: Catullus and Ovid; The Neoteric Tradition; Vergil's Aeneid; The Rhetoric of Cruelty: Silver Age Literature.
  • Greek and Roman Epic (in translation).
  • Vergil, Lyric Poetry (Winter Study courses).

Other courses taught

  • Greek Lyric Poetry; Greek Drama.

Research

    Areas of Interest

  • Homer
  • Latin Lyric
  • Vergil
  • Selected Scholarship

    Professor Fuqua has published articles on Homer, Greek lyric poetry, the Greek tragedians, Horace, Vergil, and is currently working on Catullus.

Education

  • Ph.D. (1964) Cornell University
  • M.A. (1962) Cornell University
  • A.B. (1957) Princeton University



Coins from the Williams College Roman Coin Collection.