Classics

Classics particularly within the Western university tradition, when used as a singular noun, is the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world—particularly ancient Greece and Rome during the period known as classical antiquity.

As a plural noun "classics" can refer to texts written in the ancient Mediterranean world. The study of classics was the original study of the humanities and remains important in that branch of learning today. Thus, the people reading classics are sometimes called humanists but are more often referred to as classicists. Classics - Wikipedia