January

CL200: THE CLASSICAL WORLD

**JANUARY**
25	INTRODUCTION Arnush Define history and historiography art and archaeology epic poetry tragic and comic poetry athletics philosophy mathematics economics household citizenship Define "community" and what roles the above play in a community.
27	GREEK HISTORY: ARCHAIC GREECE, 750-500 BC Arnush READ: Selections from Herodotus' Histories Prooimion (Greek) or "Prologue" (English) Origins of the East-West Conflict (1.1.1-1.5.3) *Parody of Herodotus' "origins" of the conflict in the context of the Peloponnesian War (Aristophanes Acharnians* 513-539) Gyges and Lydia (1.6.1-1.15.1) Discourse on Egypt: sources of the Nile (2.28-2.34); cultural practices (2.35-2.40) On cultural identity (3.38.1-4; 8.144.2) READ: Kebric, Greek People, Chaps. 1-2 (skim pp. 13-29); Murray, "Greek Historians," pp. 306-312 (top) Terminology & Chronology Chronological Table for the Archaic Age (Prof. Janice Siegel, Temple University) Maps of the Mediterranean basin**
29	*GREEK HISTORY: ARETE* IN ATHLETICS AND SEXUALITY Prof. Jeffrey Segrave, Dept. of Exercise Science, Dance and Athletics READ: Kebric, Greek People, Chaps. 3-4 CHATROOM QUESTION FOR MONDAY: The year is 440 BC. You are 1) a 70 year-old Athenian veteran of the Persian Wars, or 2) a 70 year-old Athenian wife of a veteran of the Persian Wars. What are you going to tell your grandchildren about the Persian Wars? PLEASE RESPOND BY 9PM SUNDAY: Christina Anderson, Dom Benincasa, Kat Burns, Alex Carballo, Gillian Director, Andrew Cencini, Sandi Fong**

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