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Degree course at the University of Cambridge
The Classical Tripos is the taught course in classics at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. It is equivalent to Literae Humaniores at Oxford University. It is traditionally a three-year degree, but for those who have not previously studied Latin and Greek, a four-year course has been introduced. It is not essential to have a Greek A-Level to study for the three-year degree as intensive Greek teaching is available, but most students will have a Latin A-Level. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Classical TriposA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Mathematical recreations and problems of past and present timesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Aspects, Aorists, and the Classical Tripos - Aspects, Aorists, and the Classical Tripos. By Jane E. Harrison. Cambridge University Press, 1919. Price 2s. 6d.Cited 0 times
- Go sideways: Agnata ButlerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Faculty of Classics, University of CambridgeA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Mathematical recreations and problems of past and present timesW. W. Rouse Ball, H. S. M. Coxeter · 1892
Littlewood's MiscellanyJohn E. Littlewood · 1953
Aspects, Aorists and the Classical TriposJane Ellen Harrison · 2017
The Moral Sciences TriposUniversity Of Cambridge · 2018
Mathematical Problems on the First and Second Divisions of the Schedule of Subjects for the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos ExaminationJoseph Wolstenholme · 2018- 📕Mathematical recreations & essaysW. W. Rouse Ball · 1905
Aspects, aorists and the classical triposJane Ellen Harrison · 1919- 📕Suggestions to Candidates for the Classical Tripos, Part 1George Herbert Sing · 2023
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