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.
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Week 1
Tuesday January 13. Introduction and Welcome to CLST 1003. (Hand in Student Information Sheet.) [Honors Student meeting last 20 minutes of class.]
Thursday January 15. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 1: “Greek Sanctuaries and Worship” pp. 1-29. (Study Questions).
Week 2
Tuesday January 20. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 2: “Greek Gods, Heroes, and Polytheism” pp. 31-51. (Study Questions).
Thursday January 22. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 3: “Seven Greek Cult Myths” pp. 54-65. (Study Questions).
Honors Students meet last 30 minutes of class for discussion: “Things to Pack When You’re Bound for Baghdad,” by Jason Armagost.
Week 3
Tuesday January 27. Odyssey 1-4. Telemachus’ journey in search of his missing father. (Study Questions)
Thursday January 29. Odyssey 5-10: Odysseus’ Adventures; Monsters. (Study Questions).
Week 4
Tuesday, February 3. Odyssey 11-16: The Underworld and Odysseus Incognito on Ithaca. (Study Questions)
Thursday February 5. Odyssey 17-20: The Beggar Odysseus Makes His Plans. (Study Questions).
Week 5
Tuesday February 10. Odyssey 21-24: Violent Revenge and Tender Reunification. (Study Questions)
Thursday February 12. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 4: “Five Major Greek Cults” pp. 68-121. (Study Questions).
Week 6
Tuesday February 17. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 5: “Religion in the Greek Family and Village” pp. 124-147. (Study Questions).
Thursday February 19. Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7: “Religion of the Greek City-State” pp. 150-168 and “Greek Religion and the Individual” pp. 170-184. (Study Questions).
Week 7
Tuesday February 24. Only Honors Students Meet.
Thursday February 26. In-Class Odyssey essay. Bring Blue Book.
Week 8
Tuesday March 03. Herodotus Histories Book 1: Persia vs. Greece: Origins of the East-West Conflict. Cyrus the Great and his bloody end. (Study Questions).
Thursday March 05. Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 2 and 4: Egypt. What really happened to Helen, and the fascinating Scythians. (Study Questions).
Week 9
Tuesday March 10. Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 5 (sections 1–106) and 6 (sections 94-140). The Ionian Greeks Revolt from Persia. The battle of Marathon and its aftermath. (Study Questions).
Thursday March 12. Herodotus Histories Selections from Books 7, 8 and 9. The 300 at Thermopylae. The Persians burn Athens but lose their fleet at Salamis. Greeks Triumph at Plataia. (Study Questions)
Week 10
Tuesday March 17. Only Honors Students Meet.
Thursday March 19 Ancient Greek Religion, Chapter 9 (Note: not Chapter 8): “Greek Religion and Greek Culture” pp. 206-226. (Study Questions).
—- Tuesday March 24;Thursday March 26 SPRING BREAK —-
Week 11
Tuesday March 31. Thucydides On Justice Power and Human Nature (Woodruff) “Introduction” (only pages ix -xix) “Early History and Method,” “Origins of the War”: pp. ix-xix and 1-37. (Study Questions).
Thursday April 02. Thucydides On Justice Power and Human Nature (Woodruff) “Pericles and the Plague,” “Justice and Power: Plataea and Mytilene”: pp. 39-87. (Study Questions).
Week 12
Tuesday April 07. Thucydides On Justice Power and Human Nature (Woodruff) “Human Nature Laid Bare in Civil War,” “Justice and Power: Acanthus and Melos”: pp. 89-109. (Study Questions).
Thursday April 09. Thucydides On Justice Power and Human Nature (Woodruff) “The Sicilian Expedition,” “The Aftermath of the Sicilian Expedition”: pp. 111-160. (Study Questions).
Week 13
Tuesday April 14. In-Class Essay: Herodotus’s Histories. “XERXES’ INVASION DIARY”. Bring Blue Book.
Thursday April 16. Tragedy: Aeschylus Agamemnon. The Returning Warrior’s Tragic Homecoming. (Study Questions)
Week 14
Tuesday April 21. 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?
Thursday April 23. Comedy: Aristophanes, Clouds: Strepsiades sends his son to School. What kind of education is this, anyway? (Study Questions)
Week 15
Tuesday April 28. Comedy: Aristophanes Wasps. Procleon vs. Contracleon. Is this any way to run the courts? (Study Questions)
Thursday April 31. Comedy: Aristophanes Birds. Escape to Cloudcucooland (aka Nephelokokkygia). This really angers the gods. (Study Questions)
Week 16
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