Tuesday Thursday
Aug 20

General Introduction
Aug 25 27
Early Greece to The Minoans, Pomeroy Ch. 1
 The Minoans and Mycenaeans, Pomeroy Ch. 1

Sept 1 3
The Mycenaeans, cont.

 The "Dark Age", Pomeroy Ch. 2
8 10
Iliad, Book 1 and Bk 2 to line 562 [483].
Discussion Questions--see review sheet for exam 1
 Iliad. Book 24.
Odyssey, Book 1 and Bk 2 to line [260]
15 17
Hancock Symposium

 Odyssey. all of Book 9, Book 21, & Book 23.
22 24
Archaic Greece: Kebric, Ch. 1.
Paper 1 due

 Archaic Greece, Kebric, Ch. 2 Also read the following:
   a poem of Tyrtaeus;
   selections from the Lyric Poets;
   Archilochus' Cologne Fragment.

29 Oct 1
The Olympics, Kebric, Ch. 3;
Modern Olympic Games (click here)

 Exam 1
6 8
Archaic Greece, Kebric, Ch. 4, 91-110. Also read Sappho's poetry

 Sparta. Pomeroy Ch. 4
13 15
Sparta, cont.
Athens, prior to the Persian Wars. Pomeroy Ch. 5
 Athens, cont.
Paper 2 due
20 22
Herodotus and the Persian Wars: Pomeroy Ch. 5, 136-150, and Ch. 7, 196-198; (Herodotus pdf in Moodle) Exam 2
27 29
Fifth Century Life; Intro. to Greek Drama. Pomeroy Ch. 6, 153-163 & 170-180, and Ch. 7, 200-206. Extra Herodotus pdf in Moodle. Sophocles' Antigone

Nov 3 5
Aristophanes' Lysistrata
Pomeroy, Ch 8, 228-231		 Thucydides (pdf in Moodle). The Peloponessian War. Pomeroy pp 198-200, 211-216, 218-228, & 231-245.
Paper 3 due
10 12
Fifth Century Art & Architecture. Pomeroy pp 163-170 & 185-194. Exam 3
17 19
Pomeroy, pp 210-211, 247-253, 260-266
The Fourth Century: Kebric, Ch. 7
Paper 4 due
24 26
No Class: Thanksgiving Break

 No Class: Thanksgiving Break

Dec 1 3
Movie; The Trial and Death of Socrates, Plato, The Apology


Movie, continued
Philip & Alexander, Pomeroy, pp 287-324
Paper 5 due
8
FYI: certain essay questions for the final will require extra readings from Pomeroy, Kebric, and/or a pdf in Moodle

A Taste of Ancient Greece



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Dec 7 8 9 10 11 12


Last day of classes




6:30 pm
Exam 4 & Paper 6