STUDY QUESTIONS
CLST 1003: INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL STUDIES,
GREECE
Illustration: Silver didrachm of Eretria (Euboea).
500-490 BCE. Athens, Numismatic Museum. Eretria minted coins until 490 BCE,
when the Persians invaded on their way to Marathon. On the other side of
this coin was a cow, to stand for the island EUBOEA (“rich in oxen”).
The octopus represents the seagoing nature of the people of Eretria, who
sent colonies throughout the Mediterranean, including to Pithecussae, off
the Bay of Naples, where these Euboeans also founded Cyme, from which they
gave the Greek alphabet to the Latins. Thanks, Eretrians, for the alphabet
we use today!
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.
Please come to class prepared to answer the study questions which match the final digit of your ID number. Your answers on the Special Learning Opportunities should be clear, accurate and complete, with proper attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Study Questions
Due Wednesday, August 22, 2012: Biers Chapter 1: Archaeology in Greece, and Biers Chapter 2: The Minoans
Due Monday, August 27, 2012: Biers Chapter 3: The Mycenaeans and Biers Chapter 4: The Dark Ages
Due Wednesday, August 29, 2012: Odyssey 1-4: Telemachus’ journey in search of his missing father.
Due Wednesday, September 5, 2012: Odyssey 5-10: Dangerous Females; Odysseus’ Adventures; Monsters.
Due Monday, September 10, 2012: Odyssey 11-16: The Underworld and Odysseus Incognito on Ithaca.
Due Wednesday, September 12, 2012: Odyssey 17-20: The Beggar Odysseus Makes His Plans.
Due Monday, September 17, 2012: Odyssey 21-24: Violent Revenge and Tender Reunification.
Due Wednesday, September 19, 2012: Biers, Chapter 5: The Geometric Period
Due Monday, September 24, 2012: Biers, Chapter 6: The Orientalizing Period
Due Monday, October 01, 2012: Biers, Chapter 7: The Archaic Period. What made it special?
Due Wednesday, October 03, 2012: Herodotus Histories Book 1: Persia vs. Greece: Origins of the East-West Conflict. Cyrus the Great and his bloody end.
Due Monday, October 08, 2012: Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 2 and 4. Herodotus the Anthropologist: Egyptians and Scythians!
Due Wednesday, October 10, 2012: Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 5 (sections 1-106) and 6 (94-131) The Greeks revolt from the Persian Empire and Xerxes marches with a massive army to Greece.
Due Wednesday, October 17, 2012: Herodotus Histories. Selections from books 7, 8 and 9. The 300 at Thermopylae. Greek naval victory in the Battle of Salamis; Greek land victory in the battle of Plataea.
Due Monday, October 22, 2012: Biers, Chapter 8: CLASSICAL GREECE.
Due Wednesday, October 24, 2012: Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Book 1.
Due Monday, October 29, 2012: Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Selections from books 2 and 3.
Due Wednesday, October 31, 2012: Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Selections from books 4 and 5.
Due Monday, November 5, 2012: Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Selections from books 6 and 7.
Due Monday, November 12, 2012: Tragedy: Aeschylus Agamemnon. The Returning Warrior’s Tragic Homecoming.
Due Wednesday, November 14, 2012: Two Plays: Aeschylus Libation Bearers [Matricide by the Serpent Son] and Aeschylus The Furies [Orestes’ Trial (with Apollo, Athena and an Athenian Jury)].
Due Monday, November 19, 2012: Comedy: Aristophanes Clouds. Socrates and a Bankrupt Athenian: A True Picture of Society?
Due Monday, November 26, 2012: Comedy: Aristophanes Wasps. Is this any way to run Athenian trial by jury?
Due Wednesday, November 28, 2012: Aristophanes Birds. Escape to Cloudcucooland (aka Nephelokokkygia).
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