Tentative Schedule of Readings for CLST 1003:
Professor Daniel B. Levine
Illusration: Coin of the Delphic Amphictyony. Apollo seated on the Omphalos (Navel Stone), with laurel crown and laurel branch, kithahra, and tripod in the background.
Students will read the assignments and bring to class written answers to the appropriate questions, as outlined on the DAILY ASSIGNMENTS page.
Week 1
August 20 Monday. Introduction and Welcome to CLST 1003!
August 22 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 1: Archaeology in Greece.
August 24 Friday. Biers Chapter 2: Who were the Minoans?
Week 2
August 27 Monday. Biers Chapter 3: Who were the Mycenaeans?
August 29 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 4. What were the Dark Ages?
August 31 Friday. Hesiod. Works and Days. What is Important in Life? Why do we have to work?
Week 3
September 03 Monday. LABOR DAY. No class. Think about Labor, especially in light of Hesiod's WORKS and DAYS. Read Hesiod's Theogony.
September 05 Wednesday. Hesiod. Theogony. Where did the gods come from? How many Sea Nymphs are there, anyway?
September 07 Friday. Review. No class. Start reading the Iliad!
Look Here for a description of the Iliad Essay Assignment, Due Monday, October 1, 2007 (not later).
Week 4
September 10 Monday. Iliad 1-4. Achilles' Wrath, Zeus' Plan, Helen's Predicament, and Menelaus' wound. (Honors Section: turn in summary.)
September 12 Wednesday. Iliad 5-8. Diomedes' ARISTEIA, Trading Gold Armor for Bronze, Hector vs. Ajax, Hera and Athena try to interfere.
September 14 Friday. Iliad 9-12. Achilles rejects the embassy from Agamemnon; a night raid, more slaughter. Nestor's mighty wine cup!
Week 5
September 17 Monday. Biers, Chapter 5: The Geometric Period. What we can learn from stick figures on giant amphorae?
September 19 Wednesday. Iliad 13-16. Hera seduces Zeus, Zeus cries bloody tears, Hector kills Patroclus
.September 21 Friday. Iliad 17-20. Achilles' new armor, Agamemnon's confession, Aeneas escapes Achilles
Week 6
September 24 Monday. Iliad 21-24. Surreal river battle, god vs. god, Hector's death, Patroclus' funeral, Priam & Achilles.
September 26 Wednesday. Iliad Review. Only Honors Section meets.
Look Here for a description of the Iliad Essay Assignment, Due Monday, October 1, 2007 (not later).
September 28 Friday. Midterm Examination
Week 7
October 01 Monday. Iliad Essays Due. No late essays will be accepted. Only Honors Section meets.
October 03 Wednesday. Biers, Chapter 6: What was the "Orientalizing Period"? What does a Greek Temple look like?
October 05 Friday. Biers Chapter 7: Greek Art of the Archaic Period. What made it special? (part 1)
Week 8
October 08 Monday. Biers Chapter 7: Greek Art of the Archaic Period. What made it special? (part 2)
October 10 Wednesday. Herodotus, Histories Book 1. Persia vs. Greece: Origins of the East-West Conflict.
October 12 Friday. Herodotus Histories Book 4. Darius vs. the Scythians. Herodotus' Anthropology.
Week 9
October 15 Monday. Herodotus, Histories Book 5 (part) THE IONIAN REVOLT; Book 6 (part) THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
October 17 Wednesday. Herodotus Histories Book 7. The Spartans Die Defending the Pass at Thermopylae.
October 19 Friday. Herodotus Histories Book 8-9 (part). Persians burn Athens and lose their fleet at Salamis. Greeks Triumph at Plataia.
Week 10
October 22 Monday. Review Herodotus. Only Honors Section meets.
October 24 Wednesday. Biers Chapter 8: Greek Art of the Fifth Century. The Classical Period. (PART 1)
October 26 Friday. Biers Chapter 8: Greek Art of the Fifth Century. The Classical Period. (PART 2)
Week 11
October 29 Monday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 1: Origins of the Athens-Sparta Conflict.
October 31 Wednesday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 2: First War Years; Pericles' Funeral Oration; the Plague.
November 02 Friday Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 3, Revolt of Mytilene, Stasis on Corcyra
Week 12
November 05 Monday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War Book 4: Athenians capture Spartans alive on Pylos
November 07 Wednesday. Thucydides Peloponnesian War. Books 5, 6, 7: Athens crushes Melos; sends fleet to Sicily and loses it.
Friday, November 09 Friday. Aeschylus, INTRODUCTION and AGAMEMNON
Week 13
November 12 Monday. Aeschylus, THE LIBATION BEARERS
November 14 Wednesday. Aeschylus, THE FURIES
November 16 Friday. Review. Only Honors Section meets.
Week 14
November 19 Monday. Aristophanes, CLOUDS. How dangerous can education be? Father vs. Son.
For Dr. Levine's thoughts on Religion in Aristophanes' Clouds, read this page: http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/Clouds.html
November 21 Wednesday. NO CLASS. Fall Break
November 23 Friday. NO CLASS. Fall Break
Week 15
November 26 Monday. Aristophanes: WASPS. What is "addiction to jury service"? Father vs. Son.
November 28 Wednesday. Aristophanes, PEACE. Flying to Heaven on the back of a dung beetle is the key to success on earth.
For Dr. Levine's ruminations on Religion in Aristophanes' Peace, read this page: http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/Peace.html
November 30 Friday. Review. Postcard to Grandmother
Week 16
December 3 Monday. Examination #2.
Monday, 10 December, 2007. Deadline for Honors Section papers.