The Glory That Was Greece
CLA 2100 section 2370
Fall 2007
MWF 9th period (4:05-4:55pm) / CAR 0100
NOTE ROOM AND TIME CHANGE






instructor
Jim Marks
Department of Classics
jmarks@ufl.edu
office hours: Dauer 133, MWF 11-12:30, 2-2:45

course description
    The literature and art of Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman period offers a window on the formation of human societies generally, and on the emergence of concepts considered specific to  the Western tradition. Students will have the opportunity to become acquainted with such classics as Homer, Herodotos, Euripides, Plato and Aristotle in their cultural and historical contexts, and with Greek achievements in art and architecture. From democracy to slavery, we will explore the glorious, and not-so-glorious, aspects of ancient Greece and its enduring influence. This class fulfills General Education Requirement Categories H (Humanities) and I (International and Diversity Focus).

required texts
1) Ancient Greece: Social & Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates (2nd edition), by Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland, Routledge (ISBN-10: 0415217555, ISBN-13: 978-0415217552).

2) A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, by Sarah Pomeroy, Stanley Burstein, Walter Donlan and Jennifer Roberts, Oxford University Press USA (ISBN-10: 0195156811, ISBN-13: 978-0195156812).

syllabus
 click here to download syllabus

lecture note outlines
  Part I: The Earliest Greeks

    Part II: Archaic Greece

    Part III: Classical Greece

    Part IV: Hellenistic to Byzantine Greece

Downloads

  Download 1: Chronology

  Download 2: The Kypria

  Download 3: Herodotos
 
  Download 4: Thucydides

Download 5: Odyssey (selections from Books 3 and 6)

  Download 6: Iliad Book 1

  Download 7: Odyssey Book 2

  Download 8: Works and Days

  Download 9: Hipponax

  Download 10: Historians

  Download 11: Dramatists

  Download 12: Perikles' Funeral Oration

  Download 13: Lysias-On the Olive Tree

  Download 14: Plato Republic

  Download 15: Aristotle Politics

  Download 16: Herondas

  Download 17: Kallimachos
  

  Study Guide for Exam I (Quizzes 1-5)

  Study Guide for Exam II (Quizzes 6-10)

website
Students should consult the class website (web.clas.ufl.edu/users/marksj/glory) regularly for lecture outlines, study guides, review images and answers to quizzes.

evaluation
    10 quizzes (6% each = 60% of total grade).
         cover: material up to day of quiz; non-cumulative
         dates: 9/5, 9/12, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/29, 11/9, 11/19, 11/30

    2 exams (20% each = 40% of total grade)
         cover: non-cumulative
         dates: Wednesday October 10, Wednesday December 5 (last class day)

    class participation, though not strictly required, is highly encouraged,
        and will be taken into consideration when deciding grades that are borderline.

This course is conducted in compliance with all University of Florida policies regarding special needs, academic honesty, and absences for emergencies, religious holidays and extracurricular activities.  For details, see www.dso.ufl.edu/osd/ (special needs); www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/procedures/academicguide.php#3 (academic honesty).