February

CL200: THE CLASSICAL WORLD

**FEBRUARY**
1	GREEK HISTORY: THE PERSIAN WARS Arnush READ: Selections from Herodotus' Histories Persian War Preparations (7.176-7.187) Thermopylae (7.202-238) *READ: Kebric, Greek People, Chap. 5* An Abbreviated, Illustrated History of the Persian Wars (Prof. Janice Siegel, Temple University)
3	GREEK HISTORY: THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR & CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Arnush READ: Selections from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War Prologue (1.1.1-3) Historiography (1.20-1.23) Pericles' Funeral Oration (2.34-2.46) The Plague (2.47-2.55) Revolution in Corcyra (3.69-3.85) *READ: Kebric, Greek People, Chaps. 6-7; Murray, "Greek Historians," pp. 312-318* Chronological Table for the Classical Age (Prof. Janice Siegel, Temple University)
4	WEB AUTHORING TUTORIAL Phylise Banner, CITS Bibliographic Instruction Room (ground floor, Scribner Library), 12.30-2.00pm
5	GREEK ART: THE HOMERIC AGE MECHEM *READ: Homer, Odyssey* 1-4 PAPER ASSIGNED RSVP for Segal dinner**
8	GREEK ART: THE ARCHAIC AGE Mechem *READ: Homer, Odyssey* 5-8 CHATROOM QUESTION: Examine this example of a kouros (KOO-ross), or male nude statue, and explain how it embodies Greek notions of arete. WEB AUTHORING TUTORIAL Phylise Banner, CITS Bibliographic Instruction Room (ground floor, Scribner Library), 2.30-4.00pm**
9	WEB AUTHORING TUTORIAL Phylise Banner, CITS Bibliographic Instruction Room (ground floor, Scribner Library), 7-8.30pm
10	GREEK ART: THE CLASSICAL AGE Mechem READ: Homer, Odyssey 9-12 Archaic and Classical Greek Art CHATROOM FOR FRIDAY: Identify your favorite passage in the Odyssey (tell us the passage by book number and verses or "line numbers," such as 10.45-90 = book 10, lines 45-90) and tell us why you find it so rich and rewarding.
11	"Journey, Death, and Knowledge in the Classical Epic Tradition: From Gilgamesh to Ovid." Prof. Charles Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics, Harvard University Davis Auditorium, 8pm
12	"Textiles as Metaphors in the Middle Ages." Nancy Jones EN201, "Evolving Canon I," Palamountain 300, 9.05-10.00
12	HOMER'S ODYSSEY Segal *READ: Homer, Odyssey* 13-16** CHATROOM QUESTION FOR MONDAY: Given that the Odyssey centers around Odysseus, why do you think the first four books are devoted to the adventures of Telemachus? How does this arrangement color the reading experience?
15	HOMER'S ODYSSEY Curley *READ: Homer, Odyssey* 17-20**
17	HOMER'S ODYSSEY Curley *READ: Homer, Odyssey* 21-24** Odyssey images from Perseus
19	GREEK TRAGEDY: INTRODUCTION Arnush *Aristotle's Poetics* 1449a-1450b on tragedy and comedy Aristotle's Poetics 1453a on the "tragic flaw" Comic elements: Sample parabasis ("stepping forward"): Aristophanes' Frogs 686-737 Sample agon ("contest"): Aristophanes' Frogs830ff. An Illustrated Lecture on the Greek Theater; on Greek Drama (Dr. Janice Siegel, Temple University) Staging an Ancient Greek Play (Dr. Walter Englert, Reed College)** CHATROOM QUESTION FOR MONDAY: In the Agamemnon, at lines 957 or so, Clytemnestra has a great speech: "The sea is there...." What is she talking about? Think about what is happening onstage while she is speaking.
22	GREEK TRAGEDY: AESCHYLUS Curley READ: Aeschylus, Agamemnon
24	GREEK TRAGEDY: SOPHOCLES Curley READ: Sophocles, Oedipus the King
26	GREEK TRAGEDY: EURIPIDES Curley READ: Euripides, Bacchae PAPER DUE CHATROOM QUESTIONS FOR MONDAY: Why do the symposiasts choose to discuss the topic of love? What do you (the students) think can be gained or learned from discussing such a topic? And what are the different ways in which such a topic can be discussed?

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