Week 1
(1) Jan. 19: "The Greeks"
Lecture 1 Images(2) Jan. 21: Before the Greeks: the Minoan civilization on Crete
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Week 2
(3) Jan 24: The Minoans and Mycenaeans
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Reading: Amos& Lang 4-36
(4) Jan 26: Troy and Homer; "Troy", the Movie
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Reading: Odyssey, Books 1, 5, 6, 9
(5) Jan 28: Homer and the Odyssey
Week 3
(6) Jan. 31: Odysseus (Ulysses) and the Odyssey
Reading: Odyssey, Books 10, 11, 13, 22, 23 (optional: 7, 17, 18, and all the rest); A&L 37-48
(7) Feb. 2: Odysseus (Ulysses) and the Odyssey, contd.
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(8) Feb. 4: A Time of Change: Greek Colonization (750-600 B.C.)
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Week 4
(9) Feb. 7: Early Greece
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Reading: Handout on Greek Lyric Poetry; A&L 49-58
(10) Feb 9: Early Greece and Sparta
Lecture 10 ImagesFeb. 11: Review Session
Week 5
Feb. 14: EXAM 1 (Sorry about that, Valentine...)
(11) Feb. 16: Early Sparta and
Athens
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Reading: A&L 59-70, 129-40
(12) Feb. 18: Athens to the Persian Wars
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Week 6
(13) Feb. 21: Athens and Tragedy
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Reading: Aeschylus' Oresteia
(14) Feb. 23: Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus' Oresteia
Lecture 14-15 Images(15) Feb. 25: Aeschylus' Oresteia, contd.
Week 7
(16) Feb. 28: Apollo and Delphi
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Reading: A&L 71-82, 93-128
(17) Mar. 2: Apollo and Delphi - see Lect.16
(18) Mar. 4: Eleusis; Athens in the Fifth Century
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Week 8
(19) Mar. 7: Oedipus and Athens
Reading: Sophocles' Oedipus
Tuesday, Mar. 8: Review Sessions - Session 1 from 2-3 pm, in GSB (Graduate School of Business) 2.122; Session 2, from 4-5 pm, in RAS (ROTC Bldg.) 213.
Mar. 9: EXAM 2
Exam II: Key to Multiple-Choice SectionMar. 11: Open Discussion
Mar. 14 -18: Spring Break!
Week 9
(20) Mar. 21: Fifth-Century Athens and its Monuments
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Reading: Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus; A&L 83-92
(21) Mar. 23: Buildings on the Acropolis; Oedipus again
Lecture 21 Images(22) Mar. 25: Oedipus Redeemed: Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus
Week 10
(23) Mar. 28: Fifth-century Sculpture; the Olympic games
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Reading: A&L 161-68; Euripides' Electra
(24) Mar. 30: The Ancient Olympic Games
Lecture 23/24 Images(25) Apr. 1: Early Greek Philosophy
Week 11
(26) Apr. 4: Euripides' Electra(27) Apr. 6: Socrates and His Trial
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Reading: Plato, Apology of Socrates (pp. 423-446 in Rouse, Great Dialogues of Plato).
Apr. 8: Review Session
Week 12
Apr. 11: EXAM 3
Exam III: Key to Multiple-Choice Section(28) Apr. 13: Plato and His Ideal State
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Reading: Plato, Republic, Books 5, 7, 10; A&L 169-176
(29) Apr. 15: Plato and His Ideal State, contd.
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Week 13
(30) Apr. 18 : Women In Athens
Reading: A&L 141-60; Aristophanes, Lysistrata
(31) Apr. 20: From Lysistrata to Alexander the Great
Lecture 31 Images(32) Apr. 22: Alexander The Great and Alexander, the Movie
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Reading: A&L 177-209
Week 14
(33) Apr. 25: Alexander and the Hellenistic Age
Lecture 33 Images(34) Apr. 27: The Hellenistic Age (cont'd)
Lecture 34 Images(35) Apr. 29: Hellenistic Civilization (cont'd); Dionysus rocks
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Reading: Euripides, Bacchae
Week 15
(36) May 2: Dionysus and The Bacchae
Lecture 36 ImagesMay 4: Review session and Course Evaluations: Please bring #2Pencils
May 6: EXAM 4