*PLEASE NOTE THAT LOGAN HALL HAS BEEN RENAMED CLAUDIA COHEN HALL *
Ancient Middle Eastern History and Civilization EDUC 200 |
A cultural history of Middle Eastern civilization from the invention of writing to the rise of Islam. |
Ancient Greece NEGB AUD |
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophocles' Oidipous when we are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece. The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, "Know Thyself. "For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time of Philip of Macedon, c.350 BC, concentrating on the two hundred year interval from 600-400 BC. RECITATION SECTIONS: Section 402 R 9-10 am Jones COHN 493 Section 414 R 9:30-10:30 Teuchtler MEYH B7 Section 415 F 10-11 am Jones WILL 218 |
Greek and Roman Religions |
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Splendor of Rome |
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Problems in Ancient History MCNB 582 |
This seminar is designed to introduce graduate students to a selection of the key problems traditionally viewed as central to Greek History in the Archaic and Classical periods, and to show some of the new directions taken in recent scholarship. We will focus on such issues as the historian’s use of Homer, the impact of colonization, and the development of Athenian democracy. In the second half of the semester, we will also examine areas of Greek life and culture that have attracted scholarly attention in the last generation: the significance of cult and territory in the formation of the state, the creation of democratic ideology and the interpretation of archaeological data and iconography. The class is designed for graduate students in fields such as classics and archaeology who have not systematically studied Greek history. |
Independent Study and Research |
(Permission required - Please complete attached permission form and see Department staff to register) registration form |
Independent Study and Research |
(Permission required - Please complete attached permission form and see Department staff to register) registration form |
Greek Sanctuaries (Cross List: AAMW 702 & CLST 702) Romano M 2:00-5:00 MCNB 409 Undergraduates need permission |
The formation and development of key religious sites, including Olympia, Delphi, Cyrene, Selinus, Cos and Lindos. |
| Independent Study and Research Ancient History 999.000 |
(Permission required - Please see Department staff to register) |