Classics and History 21: Greek Civilization

Fall 2003 schedule

This schedule is divided into weeks. For a typical week, there are two readings. The first should be read by Tuesday, the second by Thursday class time.

1. Week 1: Sept. 2 and 4
   Introductory material + presocratics
   Homer's Iliad as excerpted and translated by Stanley Lombardo in The Essential Iliad (read books 1-4 for this week)
2. Week 2: Sept. 9 and 11
   Homer's Iliad continued (read thru book 18 for Tues, and the rest of the Iliad for Thurs.)
   SEPT 15 Last day to add/drop classes also Last day for pass/no pass
   SEPT 16 Withdrawal period begins
3. Week 3: Sept. 16 and 18
   Hesiod Works and Days (the last half get a little dry, so concentrate on the first half)
   Hesiod Theogony
4. Week 4: Sept. 23 and 25
   Herodotus pp. 1-74
   Prof. Bailly will be out of town on the 25th
5. Week 5: Sept. 30 and Oct. 2
   Herodotus pp. 75-164 for Tuesday, the rest for Thurs.
6. Week 6: Oct. 7 and 9
   Aeschylus' Persians
   Euripides' Suppliants
7. Week 7: Oct. 14 and 16
   Woodruff's Thucydides pp. 1-16 (Early History and Method) and 39-51 (The Funeral Oration and the Plague)
   Thucydides Continued, pp. 66-76 (The Mitylenian debate) and 111-161 (The Sicilian Expedition)
8. Week 8: Oct. 21 and 23
   Sophocles' Antigone
   Euripides Bacchae
9. Week 9: Oct. 28 and 30
   Aristophanes' Clouds
   Xenophon's Apology and Plato's Apology
   OCT 30th OBITUARY DUE
   OCT 31 Last day to withdraw from classes
10. Week 10: Nov. 4 and 6
    Plato's Euthyphro and Crito
    Plato's Symposium
11. Week 11: Nov. 11 and 13
    Tues. Thornton Introduction and Thornton Chapter 1: Eros
    Thurs. Thornton Chapter 2: Women
12. Week 12: Nov. 18 and 20
    Tues. Thornton Chapter 3: Slavery
    Thurs. Thornton Chapter 4: War
13. Week 13: Nov. 25
    Surprise
14. Week 14: Dec. 2 and 4
    Thornton Chapter 5: Citizens
    Thornton Chapter 6: Rationality
15. Week 15: Dec. 9
    Thornton Chapter7: Freedom
16. Dec. 19, 4 PM Exam