Reading assignments must be completed by the time you attend class that day. You are responsible for all announcements and any additional assignments made in class. I reserve the right to adjust this syllabus as needed.

Consult the study questions and other study materials posted on this web site under Study Tools for review. All PowerPoint presentations are also posted on the web site under Archaeology.

Part 1: The Early Greece & Greek Heroism: Homer’s Iliad
(see study questions and date chart on web site)

Reading Assignments and Topics
By the end of this section, have read Pomeroy, 1-81 & literature assignments as listed below

Th, June 8: Introduction to Greek Geography & Chronology
                    Introduction to Homer & Epic Poetry
F, June 9:   read Iliad, books 1-3
                    Film: “In Search of Trojan War, part 3”
M, June 12: read Iliad, books 4-9, especially books 5, 6, and 9
                    PowerPt: Mycenae
T, June 13: read Iliad, books 10-18, esp. books 14, 16, and 18
                    Film: “In Search of Trojan War, part 6”
W, June 14: read Iliad, books 19-24

Part 2: The Greeks, their Gods, and Creation
(see study questions and date chart on web site)

Reading Assignments and Topics
By the end of this section, have read Pomeroy, 159-246 & literature assignments as listed below

Th, June 15: Introduction to Geometric and Early Archaic Greece
                  read Hesiod, “Theogony” (concentrating on role of poet
                  & Zeus’ rise to power)
F, June 16: re-read Hesiod, “Theogony” (concentrating on Zeus’                    reign)
                   PowerPt: The Problem with Anthropomorphism
M, June 19: read Hesiod, “Works and Days” (concentrating on                   Pandora in it and “Theogony”)
                  Film: “Pandora’s Box”
T, June 20: “Homeric Hymn to Demeter”
                  PowerPt: Eleusis
W, June 21: Introduction to Athens and Athenian tragedy
                  read Euripides’ “Bacchae”

Part 3: Rise of Athenian Democracy: Citizens, Heroes & Women in Literature
(see study questions and date chart on web site)

Reading Assignments and Topics
By the end of this section, have read Pomeroy, 246-329 & literature assignments as listed below

Th, June 22: Midterm Exam
F, June 23: PowerPt: Rise of Democracy
                 read poems of Tyrtaius and Solon and the Athenian                  Constitution (on website)
M, June 26: Sophocles’ “Philoctetes”
                 The Peloponnesian War
T, June 27: Sophocles’ “Oedipus at Colonus”
                 PowerPt: Athenian Akropolis
W, June 28: Euripides’ “Alcestis”
                  Greek Religion and Festivals

Part 4: The Decline of Athens & The Hellenistic Age
(see study questions and date chart on web site)

Reading Assignments and Topics
By the end of this section, have read Pomeroy, 395-470 & literature assignments as listed below

Th, June 29: Hellenistic Literature and the Library at Alexandria
                Apollonius, book 1
F, June 30: Apollonius, book 2
                 Film: “In the Footsteps of Alexander, I”
M, July 3: Apollonius, book 3
                 Athens: The Intellectual Capital of Hellenism
T, July 4: No Class
W, July 5: Apollonius, book 4
                  PowerPt: The Hellenistic World
Th, July 6 Final Exam