Gorgon's head on a silver coin of Naples
permission to use image granted
Classics 227

Greek Civilization:
Unit II

Fall 2011


The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse
image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803

TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS (tentative)
Sept. 15 Th Archaic Greece: Kebric, Ch. 1. Also web sites: (Poem of Tyrtaeus; translation of  some Lyric Poets; Archilochus' Cologne Fragment) Discussion Questions
20 Tu No Class: go to Symposium on Democracy instead
22 Th EXAM I: Review Sheet for Exam (click here). Take-home exam (click here)
27 Tu Archaic Greece, Kebric, Ch. 2 (Discussion Questions)
29
Th The Olympics, Kebric, Ch. 3;  2004 Olympics at Athens (click here)
 Oct. 4
Tu
NO  CLASS. School Holiday
6
Th
Archaic Greece, Kebric, Ch. 4, 91-110; (Sappho's poetry--part of larger work)
11
Tu
Sparta. Pomeroy Ch. 4; Paper #2 due: (Topic.)
13
Th
Athens, prior to the Persian Wars. Pomeroy Ch. 5
18
Tu
EXAM II: Review Sheet for Exam (click here). Take-home exam (click here)

 
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