DAILY ASSIGNMENTS: STUDY QUESTIONS

CLST 1003: INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL STUDIES, GREECE

Illustration: Silver didrachm of Eretria (Euboea). 500-490 BCE. Athens, Numismatic Museum. Eretria minted coins until 490 BCE, when the Persians invaded on their way to Marathon. On the other side of this coin was a cow, to stand for the island EUBOEA ("rich in oxen"). The octopus represents the seagoing nature of the people of Eretria, who sent colonies throughout the Mediterranean, including to Pithecussae, off the Bay of Naples, where these Euboeans also founded Cyme, from which they gave the Greek alphabet to the Latins. Thanks, Eretrians, for the alphabet we use today!

We will have class three days a week, and for each class there will be a reading assignment. For each reading assignment there will be a set of study questions.

Students are required to type answers to the study questions that end in the same number as the last digit of their student identification. For instance, if the last digit of my ID is "3", I would have to hand in answers to study questions #3, 13, 23, 33, etc. for each day's assignment.

The purpose of these questions is to ensure that everyone has read the assignment and therefore can get the most out of our meetings and can participate actively in class discussion. These written responses should be typed, and will be graded and returned in the next class meeting.

Please, come to class prepared with these written responses.

I will grade these daily written assignments with the following criteria:

1. Accuracy of Information (Be sure what you write is true.);

2. Completeness of Answer (Answer the whole question.);

3. Proper Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar (Proofread -- out loud.);

4. Clarity of Thought/Insight (What you write should makes sense and show understanding).

NOTE: You may add material to your typed answers during class, but students who write all their answers during class will not receive credit for the assignment, nor will students who often or habitually come to class with incomplete assignments. I WILL NOT ACCEPT LATE ANSWERS.

Helpful Hints on Daily Assignments (they're fun!):

• Your work must be your own. Students who turn in answers which another student has written will receive a 0. Do not copy the work of others.
• Your work must be in your own words. You may quote from our texbooks, but at least 75% of student answers must be in their own words (i.e. no more than 25% of your answer may consist of quotation).
• When quoting from a text, be sure to use QUOTATION MARKS to show what words you are copying, as opposed to your own words.

Study Questions

Due Wednesday, August 22: Biers Chapter 1: Archaeology in Greece

Due Friday, August 24: Biers Chapter 2: The Minoans

Due Monday, August 27: Biers Chapter 3: The Mycenaeans

Due Wednesday, August 29: Biers Chapter 4: The Dark Ages

Due Friday, August 31: Hesiod Works and Days

Due Monday, September 3: Labor Day Holiday. No Class. (Read Hesiod Theogony)

Due Wednesday, September 5: Hesiod Theogony

Due Friday, September 07: Review Hesiod and Biers. No Class. Get a head start on reading the Iliad.

Look Here for a description of the Iliad Essay Assignment, Due Monday, October 1, 2007 (not later).

Due Monday, September 10: Iliad 1-4. (Honors Section: turn in summary.)

Due Wednesday, September 12: Iliad 5-8

Due Friday, September 14: Iliad 9-12

Due Monday, September 17: Biers, Chapter 5: The Geometric Period

Look Here for a description of the Iliad Essay Assignment, Due Monday, October 1, 2007 (not later).

Due Wednesday, September 19: Iliad 13-16

Due Friday, September 21: Iliad 17-20.

Due Monday, September 24: Iliad 21-24.

Wednesday, September 26: Review for Examination, and work on papers. Only Honors Section meets.

Look Here for a description of the Iliad Essay Assignment, Due Monday, October 1, 2007 (not later).

Friday, September 28: Midterm Examination (Examination #1).

Monday, October 01: Hand in Iliad Essays. No late papers accepted. Only Honors Section meets.

Due Wednesday, October 3: Biers, Chapter 6: The Orientalizing Period

Due Friday, October 05: Biers, Chapter 7: The Archaic Period. (part 1)

Due Monday, October 08: Biers, Chapter 7: The Archaic Period. (part 2)

Due Wednesday, October 10: Herodotus, Book 1

Due Friday, October 12: Herodotus, Book 4 (sections 1-144 only)

Due Monday, October 15: Herodotus Book 5 (sections 49-125) and Book 6 (sections 94-140)

Due Wednesday, October 17: Herodotus Book 7

Due Friday, October 19: Herodotus Books 8 and 9 (part)

Due Monday, October 22: Only Honors Section meets.

Due Wednesday, October 24: Biers, Chapter 8 (first half): CLASSICAL GREECE

Due Friday, 26 October: Biers, Chapter 8 (second half): CLASSICAL GREECE

Due Monday, 29 October: Thucydides THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Book 1

Due Wednesday, 31 October: Thucydides THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Book 2

Due Friday, 2 November: Thucydides THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Book 3 (selections)

Due Monday, 5 November: Thucydides THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Book 4 (selections)

Due Wednesday, 07 November: Thucydides: THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Books 5, 6, 7 (selections)

Due Friday,09 November: Aeschylus, INTRODUCTION and AGAMEMNON

Due Monday, 12 November: Aeschylus, THE LIBATION BEARERS

Due Wednesday, 14 November: Aeschylus, THE FURIES

Due Friday, 16 November: Review. Only Honors Section meets.

Due Monday, 19 November: Aristophanes, CLOUDS.

For Dr. Levine's thoughts on Religion in Aristophanes' Clouds, read this page: http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/Clouds.html

Due Monday, 26 November: Aristophanes, WASPS

Due Wednesday, 28 November: Aristophanes, PEACE.

For Dr. Levine's ruminations on Religion in Aristophanes' Peace, read this page: http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/Peace.html

Friday, 30 November: Review for Examination. Postcard to Grandmother

Monday, December 03: Examination #2.

Monday, December 10: Deadline for Honors Section papers.

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