CLAS1210 | Greek History 1: The history of Greece from
CLAS1210 | Greek History 1: The history of Greece from Archaic times to the death of Alexander Greek history and society, c . 750-479 BCE
Syllabus 2013 (ed. 2) M W F 10-10:50 AM Location: J. Walter Wilson 201 (corner of Brown and Waterman) Course leader: Prof. Graham Oliver; e-mail: [email protected] Office hour: Wednesday 2-4 pm and by appointment (Macfarlane 104) Office phone: 401-863-7836 TA: Keith Fairbank; office hour: Tuesday 10-11 am (Wilbour 005); e-mail: [email protected] TA: Joe McDonald; office hour: Monday 11-12 (Wilbour 005) ; e-mail: [email protected]
Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
GREEK HISTORY c . 750-479 BCE Required books Monographs
HotAGW = Hall, J. M. A history of the archaic Greek world: ca. 1200-479 BCE, Malden, MA, 2014, 2nd edition. ISBN 978-1118301272 GitM = Osborne, R. G. Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC, 2nd edition, London, 2009. ISBN 978-0415469920. Sources Herodotus = The Landmark Herodotus, ed. R. B. Strassler, New York, 2007. ISBN 978-1400031146.
D&G = Matthew Dillon & Lynda Garland, Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, 3rd edition, New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0415473309. [Will be used also for CLAS1220] GLP = M. West (ed. and transl.), Greek Lyric Poetry: A Selection, Oxford, 1995. Students will find frequent reference made to the following titles: Edited books Fisher, N. R. E. and van Wees, H., eds, Archaic Greece: new approaches and new evidence, London and Oakville CT, 1998. ISBN 978-0715628096.
Blackwell Companion = Raaflaub, K. A. and Van Wees, H., eds, A Companion to Archaic Greece, Oxford/Malden, MA, 2009. ISBN 978-1118451380. Cambridge Companion = Shapiro, A., ed., Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece, Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0521529297. Aims • • • • •
To enable students to understand the major historical debates of Archaic Greek history To provide students with an experience of the skills used by ancient historians to use a wide range of evidence in understanding Archaic Greek History To develop and enhance writing skills To facilitate the oral expression of ideas and complex arguments To enhance understanding of the spatial and temporal development of Greek history from the 8th to the early 5th centuries
Outcomes Students taking the course will gain a good understanding of the Greek world from the 8th to the early 5th centuries. The course will provide students with an opportunity to develop written skills in assignments and examinations. Students will enhance their understanding of the use of documentary evidence and gain an appreciation of the engagement of modern scholarship with Archaic Greek history.
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Assessment Papers and exams (undergraduates) 20% = Mid-term exam – Map test; short essay 35% = Final exam – two short essays and one commentary question 10% = Paper I: Commentary on a short text/document 15% = Paper II: Commentary on a short text/document 20% = Paper III: Essay Exams: • •
mid-term 10/21 (50 min.) final exam (December 13, 2 hours)
Midterm is worth 20%; final exam is worth 35% Specimen exams will be supplied. Short papers* I: Oct 2 (W week 5; 4-6 pp.) II: Oct 30 (W week 9; 4-6 pp.) III Nov. 27 (W week 13; 4-6 pp.) Paper (I) 10%, (II) 15%, (III) 20% *Deadlines for all short papers are by the start of class on the relevant Wednesday. Please note: Juniors and seniors (and sophomores by permission) have the choice of writing, instead of short papers II and III, a research paper on a topic of their choice (12-15 pp.). Those who do so must discuss their decision with the professor. The topic, a short abstract, and a research plan (including readings) are due no later than Wednesday, October 30th. The research paper itself is due no later than the start of class on Wednesday, November 27th. Attendance: is required. If students are absent for good cause, please contact the course organizer. Map test: details of the map used for the test will be published on CANVAS and presented in lectures.
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Schedule
Introduction
Week 1 1 2
W Sept 4 F Sept 6
Themes
Week 2 3 4 5
M Sept 9 W Sept 11 F Sept 13
The Greeks’ Early Histories: Memory-Building Directions: “Dark Ages” and “Regeneration”? Writing
Trends
Week 3 6 7 8
M Sept 16 W Sept 18
Mobility in the Mediterranean Identities in the Mediterranean
Th Sept 19
Last day to add course [11.59 pm]
F Sept 20
Settlements and Growth in the Mediterranean
Means
Week 4 9 10 11
M Sept 23 W Sept 25 F Sept 27
Commerce Conflict Cult
Connections
Week 5 12 13 14
M Sept 30
West to East/East to West
Tu Oct 1
Last day to change from audit to credit
W Oct 2 F Oct 4:
Magna Graecia and Beyond North Africa: Cyrene
Reaching out from Greece and the Aegean
Week 6 15 16 17
M Oct 7 W Oct 9 F Oct 11
Colonizing Communities: Miletus and Corinth Northern Aegean, Macedon, Thrace, Black Sea, Colony/Inter-City Relations
Society
Week 7 18 19
The Greeks and the Mediterranean Problems in Reading the Greeks
M Oct 14
Fall Break – No Class
W Oct 16 F Oct 18
Elite tastes Everyday Life?
F Oct 18
Last day to change from credit to audit
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Centripetal Cult
Week 8 20 21 22
M Oct 21 W Oct 23 F Oct 25
MID-SEMESTER EXAM Delphi Olympia
Ruling the Polis
Week 9 23 24 25
M Oct 28 W Oct 30 F Nov 1
Laws
Week 10 26 27 28
M Nov 4 W Nov 6 F Nov 8
M Nov 11 W Nov 13 F Nov 15
M Nov 18 W Nov 20 F Nov 22
M Nov 25 W Nov 27 F Nov 29
Interstate Relations and Persian Power Changing States: Archaic Economies Thanksgiving – No Class
The Problems of Archaic Greek History
Week 14 37 38 39
Persia in the 6th Century Panhellenism Before 480/79 BC ? First Persian Invasion – the 490s
The Emerging Powers
Week 13 35 36
Sparta and 6th Century Greece Pisistratid Visions of Athens and Beyond Democracies?
Persia and the Greeks
Week 12 32 33 34
Making Law: Sacred Law and Social Codes The Mirage? Sparta and Lycurgus Maquillage? Solonian Law
Sparta and Athens in the Sixth century
Week 11 29 30 31
Ruling and Governing the Polis The Argolid – Tyrant Families The Aegean – Tyrants and Song
M Dec 2 W Dec 4 F Dec 6
Writing Archaic Greece: Herodotus and Documents Mediterranean Fragilities Conclusion and Review
[Reading period Dec 8-12] [Exam period Dec 13-21]
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Syllabus 2013 (ed. 2) M W F 10-10:50 AM Location: J. Walter Wilson 201 (corner of Brown and Waterman) Course leader: Prof. Graham Oliver; e-mail: [email protected] Office hour: Wednesday 2-4 pm and by appointment (Macfarlane 104) Office phone: 401-863-7836 TA: Keith Fairbank; office hour: Tuesday 10-11 am (Wilbour 005); e-mail: [email protected] TA: Joe McDonald; office hour: Monday 11-12 (Wilbour 005) ; e-mail: [email protected]
Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
GREEK HISTORY c . 750-479 BCE Required books Monographs
HotAGW = Hall, J. M. A history of the archaic Greek world: ca. 1200-479 BCE, Malden, MA, 2014, 2nd edition. ISBN 978-1118301272 GitM = Osborne, R. G. Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC, 2nd edition, London, 2009. ISBN 978-0415469920. Sources Herodotus = The Landmark Herodotus, ed. R. B. Strassler, New York, 2007. ISBN 978-1400031146.
D&G = Matthew Dillon & Lynda Garland, Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, 3rd edition, New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0415473309. [Will be used also for CLAS1220] GLP = M. West (ed. and transl.), Greek Lyric Poetry: A Selection, Oxford, 1995. Students will find frequent reference made to the following titles: Edited books Fisher, N. R. E. and van Wees, H., eds, Archaic Greece: new approaches and new evidence, London and Oakville CT, 1998. ISBN 978-0715628096.
Blackwell Companion = Raaflaub, K. A. and Van Wees, H., eds, A Companion to Archaic Greece, Oxford/Malden, MA, 2009. ISBN 978-1118451380. Cambridge Companion = Shapiro, A., ed., Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece, Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0521529297. Aims • • • • •
To enable students to understand the major historical debates of Archaic Greek history To provide students with an experience of the skills used by ancient historians to use a wide range of evidence in understanding Archaic Greek History To develop and enhance writing skills To facilitate the oral expression of ideas and complex arguments To enhance understanding of the spatial and temporal development of Greek history from the 8th to the early 5th centuries
Outcomes Students taking the course will gain a good understanding of the Greek world from the 8th to the early 5th centuries. The course will provide students with an opportunity to develop written skills in assignments and examinations. Students will enhance their understanding of the use of documentary evidence and gain an appreciation of the engagement of modern scholarship with Archaic Greek history.
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Assessment Papers and exams (undergraduates) 20% = Mid-term exam – Map test; short essay 35% = Final exam – two short essays and one commentary question 10% = Paper I: Commentary on a short text/document 15% = Paper II: Commentary on a short text/document 20% = Paper III: Essay Exams: • •
mid-term 10/21 (50 min.) final exam (December 13, 2 hours)
Midterm is worth 20%; final exam is worth 35% Specimen exams will be supplied. Short papers* I: Oct 2 (W week 5; 4-6 pp.) II: Oct 30 (W week 9; 4-6 pp.) III Nov. 27 (W week 13; 4-6 pp.) Paper (I) 10%, (II) 15%, (III) 20% *Deadlines for all short papers are by the start of class on the relevant Wednesday. Please note: Juniors and seniors (and sophomores by permission) have the choice of writing, instead of short papers II and III, a research paper on a topic of their choice (12-15 pp.). Those who do so must discuss their decision with the professor. The topic, a short abstract, and a research plan (including readings) are due no later than Wednesday, October 30th. The research paper itself is due no later than the start of class on Wednesday, November 27th. Attendance: is required. If students are absent for good cause, please contact the course organizer. Map test: details of the map used for the test will be published on CANVAS and presented in lectures.
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Schedule
Introduction
Week 1 1 2
W Sept 4 F Sept 6
Themes
Week 2 3 4 5
M Sept 9 W Sept 11 F Sept 13
The Greeks’ Early Histories: Memory-Building Directions: “Dark Ages” and “Regeneration”? Writing
Trends
Week 3 6 7 8
M Sept 16 W Sept 18
Mobility in the Mediterranean Identities in the Mediterranean
Th Sept 19
Last day to add course [11.59 pm]
F Sept 20
Settlements and Growth in the Mediterranean
Means
Week 4 9 10 11
M Sept 23 W Sept 25 F Sept 27
Commerce Conflict Cult
Connections
Week 5 12 13 14
M Sept 30
West to East/East to West
Tu Oct 1
Last day to change from audit to credit
W Oct 2 F Oct 4:
Magna Graecia and Beyond North Africa: Cyrene
Reaching out from Greece and the Aegean
Week 6 15 16 17
M Oct 7 W Oct 9 F Oct 11
Colonizing Communities: Miletus and Corinth Northern Aegean, Macedon, Thrace, Black Sea, Colony/Inter-City Relations
Society
Week 7 18 19
The Greeks and the Mediterranean Problems in Reading the Greeks
M Oct 14
Fall Break – No Class
W Oct 16 F Oct 18
Elite tastes Everyday Life?
F Oct 18
Last day to change from credit to audit
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Semester 1 Fall 2013 | CLAS1210 | 15366 | Syllabus
Centripetal Cult
Week 8 20 21 22
M Oct 21 W Oct 23 F Oct 25
MID-SEMESTER EXAM Delphi Olympia
Ruling the Polis
Week 9 23 24 25
M Oct 28 W Oct 30 F Nov 1
Laws
Week 10 26 27 28
M Nov 4 W Nov 6 F Nov 8
M Nov 11 W Nov 13 F Nov 15
M Nov 18 W Nov 20 F Nov 22
M Nov 25 W Nov 27 F Nov 29
Interstate Relations and Persian Power Changing States: Archaic Economies Thanksgiving – No Class
The Problems of Archaic Greek History
Week 14 37 38 39
Persia in the 6th Century Panhellenism Before 480/79 BC ? First Persian Invasion – the 490s
The Emerging Powers
Week 13 35 36
Sparta and 6th Century Greece Pisistratid Visions of Athens and Beyond Democracies?
Persia and the Greeks
Week 12 32 33 34
Making Law: Sacred Law and Social Codes The Mirage? Sparta and Lycurgus Maquillage? Solonian Law
Sparta and Athens in the Sixth century
Week 11 29 30 31
Ruling and Governing the Polis The Argolid – Tyrant Families The Aegean – Tyrants and Song
M Dec 2 W Dec 4 F Dec 6
Writing Archaic Greece: Herodotus and Documents Mediterranean Fragilities Conclusion and Review
[Reading period Dec 8-12] [Exam period Dec 13-21]
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