study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills), the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc, but not the sciences, Plural form of humanity

Plural form of classic, The branch of the humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean World; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during the classical era,