Editing Classics (section)

{{Short description|Study of classical antiquity}}
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| caption1 = [[Homer]], the legendary Greek author of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''
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| caption2 = [[Cicero]], the Roman statesman considered the master of Latin prose
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| caption3 = [[Aristotle]], the Greek philosopher and polymath who shaped Western science for centuries
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| caption4 = [[Virgil]], usually considered to be the greatest Roman poet
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'''Classics''', also '''classical studies''' or '''Ancient Greek and Roman studies''', is the study of [[classical antiquity]]. In the [[Western world]], ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of [[Ancient Greek literature|Ancient Greek]] and [[Roman literature]] and their original languages, [[Ancient Greek]] and [[Latin]]. Classics may also include as secondary subjects Greco-Roman [[Ancient philosophy|philosophy]], [[Ancient history|history]], [[archaeology]], [[anthropology]], [[Ancient art|art]], [[Classical mythology|mythology]], and society.

In [[Western culture|Western civilization]], the study of the Ancient Greek and Roman classics was considered the foundation of the [[humanities]], and they traditionally have been the cornerstone of an elite [[higher education]].