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Welcome to TCD Classics

Classics is by nature multidisciplinary, bringing together the study of the language and literature, philosophy, history, art history and archaeology of the Greek and Roman world. The Department is committed to excellence in both teaching and research, and our staff are all dedicated teachers and well-known for their research in fields as diverse as Neoplatonic philosophy, Bronze Age archaeology, Hellenistic poetry and history, Early Latin literature, classical Latin poetry, and Roman construction.

Classics at Trinity has a long and distinguished history, numbering Oscar Wilde among its famous past students. It is unique in Ireland in having separate Chairs in Greek and in Latin, and in offering a specialised programme in Ancient History and Archaeology.

Dr Hazel Dodge, Head of Department

News & Events

logoTuesday 29th October: Launch of GradLink Mentoring Programme
Junior Sophister students of the Departments of History, Classics and History of Art are invited to attend the launch of the School of History and Humanities GradLink Mentoring Programme on Tuesday 29th October at 6.45pm in the Trinity Long Room Hub.
1 Oct 2013

TCD Classics Research seminar:
Wednesday 2nd October 2013
Eran Almagor, Ben Gurion University
“You Only Live Twice: The Structure of Plutarch's Cimon-Lucullus”

Death in the Ancient World
14-15th November 2013
RIA Committee for Classical and Near Eastern Studies Colloquium (external)


Last updated 1 October 2013 by ryanw1@tcd.ie.