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Introduction |
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The Myth of Troy: Homer |
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The Archaeology of Troy: Schliemann |
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Discussion 1: Myth and History |
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Homeric Society |
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Dark Age Archaeology: Lefkandi |
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Discussion 2: History before History -Homer and Hesiod |
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The Polis |
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Exploration and Colonization |
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Discussion 3: Greeks and Barbarians -The Importance of Panhellenic Sanctuaries (Delphi) |
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The Age of Tyranny |
First paper due |
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Early Sparta |
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Discussion 4: Lycurgus - Sparta's Legendary Lawgiver |
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Early Athens and the Foundations of Democracy |
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Archaic Art and Architecture |
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Discussion 5: Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes |
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Persia and the Greeks of Ionia |
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The Persian Wars |
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Discussion 6: Herodotus and Aeschylus, Persians |
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From Delian League to Athenian Empire |
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5th Century Athens |
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Discussion 7: Athenian Democratic Culture |
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The Origins of the Peloponnesian War |
Second paper due |
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The Peloponnesian War |
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Discussion 8: Thucydides and the Rhetoric of History |
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Effects of the Peloponnesian War |
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Discussion 9: Philosophers and the City |
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The New Spartan Order |
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Classical Art and Architecture |
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Discussion 10: Boston Museum of Fine Arts |
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Boeotia and Fall of Spartan Hegemony |
Outline of final paper due |
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The Rise of Macedon |
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Alexander the Great |
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Discussion 11: Plutarch's Alexander |
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The Appeal of Alexander |
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Ancient Greece Today |
Final paper due |
