Students in this course will explore the social, political, economic and artistic contributions of the Greeks to western civilization. Using literary, historical and archaeological methodologies, students will examine the history of the Greek world from the Bronze Age palaces on Crete and Mycenae to the spread of Hellenic culture throughout the Mediterranean world. Major themes and issues will include the elegance of Greek civilization, Greek relations with foreign nations, social and political institutions, the treatment of women and the role of slavery, the development of Socratic and Platonic philosophy, and the spread of Hellenism by Alexander the Great.


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