Fulbright College of Arts
and Sciences. University of Arkansas.
Welcome To Classical Studies 1003: Spring, 2021.
Click here to see information about this picture (Priam begs Achilles for Hector’s body, from Iliad 24.).
CLASS SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
CLASSICS IN OUR WORLD Assignments
Tips on THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS CLICK TO GET SOME HELPFUL POINTERS TO IMPROVE YOUR SLOs.
How to write the Greek Alphabet for this class
Student Information Form to Fill Out AND SEND IN Before Class Begins.
Some Class Resources
EXTRA CREDIT. SECRETS OF THE PARTHENON. WATCH THE 54-MINUTE VIDEO; WRITE A 2-PAGE REACTION WITH THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS. DUE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 29, 2021. https://vimeo.com/23914660
TWENTY THINGS WE OWE TO GREECE (by Stephen McGinty)
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. The Grandeur That Was Greece! (Stan Lee: Marvel Comics)
- Links on Greek Tragedy and the Greek Theater
- Athenian Old Comedy: Chronology
- Some Characteristics of Old Comedy
- Provocative Statements about Comedy (feel free to disagree!)
- Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History of the Universe Comic
- Some introductory facts about the Theater of Dionysos at Athens and Major Athenian Dramatic Festivals.
- The Structure of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon.
- HOUSE OF ATREUS — FAMILY CHART
LINKS for students interested in Classical Studies:
CLASSICAL STUDIES STUDENT EXCUSE PAD
Perseus Project Home Page: Classics texts and pictures galore.
- Why Study Classics?
- What have University of Arkansas Classical Studies Majors and Minors done with their degrees?
- Curriculum Vitae: Professor Daniel B. Levine
Ancient Greek Eclipses:
Archilochos of Paros (7th century BC): Poem on a total eclipse (fr. 122).
Anaxagoras (born ca. 500-480 BCE) of Clazomenae (Greek Asia Minor) “was the first to give a correct explanation of eclipses…” Article: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anaxagoras/
Thales (born ca. 624 BCE) of Miletus (Greek Asia Minor) perhaps predicts the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BCE (Herodotus Histories 1. 74). Article: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994JHA….25..275P
Thucydides the Athenian historian states (incorrectly) that solar eclipses occurred during the Peloponnesian War with more frequency than otherwise attested (History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23.3).
Thucydides the Athenian historian records a solar eclipse in the first year of the Peloponnesian War: August 3, 430 BCE (History of the Peloponnesian War 2.28).
Thucydides the Athenian historian records a solar eclipse in the eighth year of the Peloponnesian War, March 21, 422 BCE (History of the Peloponnesian War 4.52).
The Athenian general Nicias’ disastrous decision in reaction to the lunar eclipse of August 27, 413 BCE, leading to the Athenian defeat in Syracuse (Sicily), as recorded in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War (7.50). Article: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995JRASC..89…11M
The Hellenistic Antikythera Mechanism could predict eclipses (ca. 100 BCE). Article: https://www.livescience.com/60144-antikythera-computer-predicted-eclipses.html