by when did the word have a second meaning?
By the 2nd century AD
what was this meaning referring to?
writers of the highest quality
is classics gotten from a latin adjective?
yes
which means what?
"belonging to the highest class of citizens"
what has the study traditionally been?
members of the highest class in Rome
what was the study of Greek and roman considered in the West?
necessary part of education
and?
one of the cornerstones of the humanities
when wa it used to describe writers at high quality?
By the 2nd century AD
what do the two modern meanings refer to?
both
who wrote Attic Nights?
Aulus Gellius
what is classics the study of?
classical antiquity
does it encompass the study of Greco-Roman world?
yes
what about Greco-Roman world does it include?
its languages, and literature
and does it include anything else?
yes
what?
Greco-Roman philosophy, history, and archaeology