Tentative Schedule of Readings for CLST 1003: Spring, 2015
Professor Daniel B. Levine
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Illusration: Coin of the Delphic Amphictyony. Apollo seated on the Omphalos (Navel
Stone), with laurel crown and laurel branch, kithahra, and tripod in the
background.
The Master said, “If one learns from others but does not think, one will be bewildered. If on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”
(Confucius Analects 2.15)
Before the first class, please fill out the Student Information Form and print it to bring to the first class. Thanks!
Students will read the assignments and consult the appropriate study questions.
For each reading assignment there will be a set of study questions.
Students are required to think of answers to the study questions that end in the same number as the last digit of their student identification. For instance, if the last digit of my ID is “3”, I would have to hand in answers to study questions #3, 13, 23, 33, etc. for the day’s assignment.
It is not required to write out answers before class, but one of them will be on the daily Special Learning Opportunity.
The purpose of these questions is to ensure that everyone has read the assignment and therefore can get the most out of our meetings and can participate actively in class discussion.
When Writing the daily SLOs, students may not consult notes. Your answers on the Special Learning Opportunities should be clear, accurate and complete, with proper attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Please come to class prepared to answer the study questions which match the final digit of your ID number.
Week 1
January 13 Tuesday. Introduction and Welcome to CLST 1003. (Hand in Student Information Sheet.) [Honors Student meeting last 20 minutes of class.]
January 15 Thursday. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 1: “Greek Sanctuaries and Worship” pp. 1-29. (Study Questions).
Week 2
September 02 Monday. LABOR DAY. No class. Read The Archaeology of Greece, chapters 3 and 4!
September 04 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 3: Who were the Mycenaeans? and Biers Chapter 4. What were the Dark Ages? (Study Questions)
Week 3
September 09 Monday. Odyssey 1-4. Telemachus’ journey in search of his missing father.(Study Questions)
September 11 Wednesday. Odyssey 5-10: Odysseus’ Adventures; Monsters. (Study Questions).
Week 4
September 16 Monday. Odyssey 11-16: The Underworld and Odysseus Incognito on Ithaca. (Study Questions)
September 18 Wednesday. Odyssey 17-20:The Beggar Odysseus Makes His Plans. (Study Questions).
Week 5
September 23 Monday.Odyssey 21-24: Violent Revenge and Tender Reunification. (Study Questions)
September 25 Wednesday. Biers, Chapter 5: The Geometric Period. What we can learn from stick figures on giant amphorae? (Study Questions)
Week 6
September 30 Monday. Biers, Chapter 6: What was the “Orientalizing Period”? What does a Greek Temple look like? (Study Questions)
October 02 Wednesday. ONLY HONORS STUDENTS MEET TODAY. Everyone: Prepare Odyssey essays.
Week 7
October 07 Monday. In-Class Odyssey essays
October 09 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 7: Greek Art of the Archaic Period. What made it special? (Study Questions).
Week 8
October 14. Monday. Herodotus Histories Book 1: Persia vs. Greece: Origins of the East-West Conflict. Cyrus the Great and his bloody end. (Study Questions).
October 16 Wednesday.. Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 2 and 4: Egypt. What really happened to Helen, and the fascinating Scythians. (Study Questions).
Week 9
October 21 Fall Break.No Class. Read Herodotus! Begin to prepare for the In-Class Writing Assignment: MEMOIR, Herodotus/Thucydides.
October 23 Wednesday. Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 5 (sections 1–106) and 6 (sections 94-131). The Ionian Greeks Revolt from Persia. The battle of Marathon. (Study Questions).
Week 10
October 28 Monday. Herodotus Histories Books 7, 8 and 9 (sections 58-83). The 300 at Thermopylae. The Persians burn Athens but lose their fleet at Salamis. Greeks Triumph at Plataia. (Study Questions)
October 30 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 8: Greek Art of the Fifth Century. The Classical Period. (Study Questions).
Week 11
November 04 Monday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 1: Origins of the Athens-Sparta Conflict. Sections 1-23, and 66-145. (Study Questions)
November 06 Wednesday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War Books 2 and 3: First War Years; Pericles’ Funeral Oration; the Plague. Read Book 2, Sections 1-78.and selections from Book 3: Revolt of Mytilene, Stasis on Corcyra. Sections 1-84, and 104. (Study Questions)
Week 12
November 11 Monday.Thucydides Peloponnesian War Books 4 and 5: Athenians capture Spartans alive on Pylos. Read: Book 4 Sections 1-48; Book 5: Death of Brasidas. Peace Treaty. Athens Crushes Melos. Read Book 5 sections 1-26, and 84-116.(Study Questions)
November 13 Wednesday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Books 6, 7 and 8 (selections): Athens sends fleet to Sicily and suffers disaster. Read Book 6 Sections 6.1-61, and 6.88-105; Book 7 sections 1-17, 42-56, and 71-87, Read Book 8: sections 1-2: The Aftermath of the Sicilian Expedition (Study Questions)
Week 13
November 18 Monday. ONLY HONORS STUDENTS MEET TODAY. Everyone: Prepare History MEMOIR Essays.
November 20 Wednesday. In class writing assignment: MEMOIR: Athenian History: Herodotus and Thucydides.
Week 14
November 25 Monday. Tragedy: Aeschylus Agamemnon. The Returning Warrior’s Tragic Homecoming, (Study Questions)
November 27 Wednesday. No Class. Thanksgiving Break. Read More Aeschylus!
Week 15
Deember 02 Monday. .Tragedy: NOTE: READ TWO PLAYS by Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers (Study Questions) AND The Furies (Study Questions): Orestes’ return and bloody revenge. His trial for matricide. Where lies Justice?
December 04 Wednesday. Comedy: Aristophanes, Clouds: Strepsiades sends his son to School. What kind of education is this, anyway? (Study Questions)
Week 16
December 09 Monday. Comedy: Aristophanes Wasps. Procleon vs. Contracleon. Is this any way to run the courts? (Study Questions)
December 11. Wednesday. Comedy: Aristophanes Birds. Escape to Cloudcucooland (aka Nephelokokkygia). This really angers the gods. (Study Questions) .
PREPARE FOR THE FINAL SLO.
Week 17 [Exam Week]
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