Louvre G397 Attic RF Amphora, c. 500-490 BC, att. to Myson
Friday September 24 First Class
Monday September 27 Read intro to Barbour and Book 1 "Title and Purpose" and "Origin of the Quarrel between the East and the West"; do North and Hillard Exercise 42, odd sentences only
Friday October 1 Keep after "Origin of the Quarrel"; no prose comp for today.
Monday October 4 Read "Story of Gyges"
Wednesday October 6 Continue "Story of Gyges"
Friday October 8 Catch-up
Monday October 11 Finish "Gyges," begin "Visit of Solon to Croesus. Stories of Happy Men"
Wednesday October 13 Continue "Visit of Solon to Croesus. Stories of Happy Men"
Friday October 15Test!
Monday October 18 Continue "Visit of Solon" and begin "The Fate of Croesus"
Wednesday October 20 Read "The Fate of Croesus"
Friday October 22 Catch-up
Monday October 25 Read "The Recognition of Cyrus by Astyages and the Punishment of Harpagus"
Wednesday October 27 Continue
Friday October 29 Continue; paper topics and abstracts due
Monday November 1 Continue
Wednesday November 3Second Test: covers everything we read from "Visit of Solon" through what we read on November 1. Read the rest of Book One in translation.
Friday November 5 Read "Amasis, the Last King of Independent Egypt"
Monday November 8 Continue
Wednesday November 10 Read "Bridging of the Hellespont" and passages from Aeschylus' Persians; full text of the play here. Also, if you are looking for a font to type Greek in, try the new, free, Gentium Plus: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Gentium_download#fd8a2cc4. If several of you install it, we can take a few minutes in class to learn how to type in Greek (we'll bring laptops!). If, after you've downloaded, you have trouble installing the fonts on your Mac, email me and I can help. If you're on a PC, you're on your own with the installation thing.
Friday November 12 Read "The Treachery of Ephialtes and the March of the Immortals over the Mountain Pass," begin "The Defending Force Receives the News of the Betrayal of the Pass"
Monday November 15 Rough drafts of papers due
Wednesday November 17 Finish "The Defending Force" and read "The Final Strugle at Thermopylae"
Friday November 19 Read "Fame of the Men Who Fell at Thermopylae"
Monday November 22 Read "The Battle of Salamis"; 6-9 pm 300 screening in Crown 104; rough drafts of papers distributed
Wednesday November 24 Holiday
Friday November 26Holiday
Monday November 29 Return of edited papers; discussion of 300
Wednesday December 1 Continue "The Battle of Salamis"
