"Classics", particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a plural noun "classics" are books written in ancient Greece or Rome. The study of classics is a primary subject for the humanities, and the people reading classics are sometimes called humanists.

• Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek culture is not monolithic: it consists of two completely different strains corresponding to two different peoples: the Ionian and the Dorian.

• Ancient Rome

• Post-Classical Scholarship

Classics can also mean (typically in non-academic contexts) classic books. In ancient China these might include:

See also

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• Western culture
• Western World
• Classics basic topics

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