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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction
2The Myth of Troy: Homer
3The Archaeology of Troy: Schliemann
4Discussion 1: Myth and History
5Homeric Society
6Dark Age Archaeology: Lefkandi
7Discussion 2: History before History -Homer and Hesiod
8The Polis
9Exploration and Colonization
10Discussion 3: Greeks and Barbarians -The Importance of Panhellenic Sanctuaries (Delphi)
11The Age of TyrannyFirst paper due
12Early Sparta
13Discussion 4: Lycurgus - Sparta's Legendary Lawgiver
14Early Athens and the Foundations of Democracy
15Archaic Art and Architecture
16Discussion 5: Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes
17Persia and the Greeks of Ionia
18The Persian Wars
19Discussion 6: Herodotus and Aeschylus, Persians
20From Delian League to Athenian Empire
215th Century Athens
22Discussion 7: Athenian Democratic Culture
23The Origins of the Peloponnesian WarSecond paper due
24The Peloponnesian War
25Discussion 8: Thucydides and the Rhetoric of History
26Effects of the Peloponnesian War
27Discussion 9: Philosophers and the City
28The New Spartan Order
29Classical Art and Architecture
30Discussion 10: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
31Boeotia and Fall of Spartan HegemonyOutline of final paper due
32The Rise of Macedon
33Alexander the Great
34Discussion 11: Plutarch's Alexander
35The Appeal of Alexander
36Ancient Greece TodayFinal paper due

 








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