Homeric society pt. 1

• Ancient Greek Democracy 1-27
• Map of Mediterranean

• Susie: How are you coping with the first week? What are the challenges you have faced, and what strategies have worked?
• Ancient Greek Democracy 28-75
• Map of the Aegean Sea (iam.classics.unc.edu/map/download/area_a7_dload.pdf)
• Hoplites: Chigi Vase (ca. 660 BCE)
  (www.utexas.edu/courses/gciv/images/chigiaulos.jpg)
• Delphi: oracle at the Temple of Apollo (7th-5th centuries BCE)
  (www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/delptemp.jpg)

• Ancient Greek Democracy 76-81 = Athenian Constitution 45-54

Peisistratid Tyranny
and "The College Essay Assignment" (Prof. Phil Boshoff, director, and Peter Zogas, co-head tutor, Writing Center: 1.45pm)

• Herodotus 1.59-64 (link is to 1.59; be sure to continue to the remaining chapters); Thucydides 1.17 (one screen only). NOTE: if these links don't work, download this MSWord version.
• Ancient Greek Democracy 81-88 = Herodotus Histories 5.62-78 and Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War 6.53-59
• Essay 1 assignment: What are the principles that guided the evolution of democracy, from the Homeric community to the reforms of Kleisthenes? See the Requirements page for more details.

• Ancient Greek Democracy 88-92 = Athenian Constitution 59-62
• Ancient Greek Democracy 92-95
• Thucydides 1.20
• On Bob Dylan, Timrod and plagiarism: what does this have to do with writing a college essay?

• Ancient Greek Democracy 95-122
• Athenian Citizen 3-11, 14-18
• Athenian Constitution 62-65
• Are we set for a visit to NYC on November 11th?
• An update on Saratoga Springs' Charter Reform

• Athenian Citizen "Ostracism" (pp. 21-22 in my text)
• Athenian Constitution 64-65 (chapter 22)
• Marathon: Herodotus book 6, chapters 102-116 (start here with 6.102, and continue until you've read to 6.116)
• The growth of democracy: see Pres. Bush's speech to the UN on 9/19/06

• Athenian Citizen "Judiciary and Lawcourts" (pp. 23-27)
• Aeschylus Eumenides (handout) - focus on the trial before the Areopagus
• Essay 1 draft due
• See the Demos article on the "Areopagus"

• Athenian Citizen "Athenian Currency," and "Standard Weights and Measures" (pp. 28-32 in my text)
• Athenian Constitution 66-71
• Note: readings from Greek Art shifted to Wednesday

• Greek Art 27-35, 53-59, 78-88, 108-116 (.pdf online)
• Peer critiquing papers

• Saratogian lead article, 9.26.06
• City of Saratoga Springs, NY, Public Portal
• Notes for preparing to attend the City Council meeting
• Essay 1 final draft due