[H] = Hurwit, Jeffrey M. The Acropolis in the Age of Pericles. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780521527408.
[S] = Samons II, Loren J., ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521003896. [Preview with Google Books]
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Space and Society in Ancient Athens | No readings assigned |
| 2 | Pericles and the Polis |
[S] “Introduction: Athenian History and Society in the Age of Pericles.” Plutarch. “Pericles.” In Greek Lives. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN: 9780199540051. |
| 3 | The Rise of the Athenian Empire |
Herodotus. “Book 6: Sections 102–20,” “Book 7: Sections 138–48,” and “Book 8: Sections 21–112”. In The Histories. Translated by Aubrey de Selincourt. Revised with Introduction and Notes by John Marincola. Penguin Classics, 2003. ISBN: 9780140449082. Thucydides. “Book One: The Pentecontaetia.” In History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Rex Warner, with an Introduction and Notes by M. I. Finley. Penguin Classics, 1972. ISBN: 9780140440393. |
| 4 | The Democratic Revolution |
Aristotle. “The Constitution of the Athens.” In Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy. Translations with Introductions and Commentary by J. M. Moore. University of California Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780520266056. [S] Rhodes, P. J. Chapter 2: Democracy and Empire. |
| 5 | The Athenian Agora |
Millett, Paul. “Encounters in the Agora.” Chapter 12 in Kosmos: Essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens. Edited by Paul Cartledge, Paul Millett, and Sitta von Reden. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521525930. [Preview with Google Books] [S] Kallet, Lisa. Chapter 3: The Athenian Economy. |
| 6 | Democracy in Action |
Moore, J. M., ed. “The Constitution of the Athens: Commentary.” In Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy. University of California Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780520266056. [S] Sealey, R. Chapter 10: Democratic Theory and Practice. |
| 7 | The Athenians and their Gods |
[S] Boedeker, Deborah. Chapter 2: Athenian Religion in the Age of Pericles. |
| 8 | Panathenaea: Festival of Athena |
[H] Chapter 1: The Rock and the Goddess. Neils, Jenifer. “The Panathenaia: An Introduction.” In Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens. Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780691002231. |
| 9 | The Athenian Acropolis I |
[H] Chapter 3: Pericles, Athens, and the Building Program. [H] Chapter 4: The Parthenon. [H] Chapter 5: The Propylaia. |
| 10 | The Athenian Acropolis II |
[H] Chapter 6: The Erechtheion: The Classical Temple of Athena Polias. [H] Chapter 7: The Sanctuary of Athena Nike. [H] Chapter 8: The Rest of the Program. |
| 11 | Reading the Acropolis |
[H] Chapter 9: Conclusion. The Periclean Acropolis as a Whole. Neils, Jenifer. “Iconologia: Interpreting the Frieze.” Chapter 6 in The Parthenon Frieze. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521684026. |
| 12 | The City Dionysia: The Theater and Festival of Dionysus |
[S] Henderson, Jeffrey. Chapter 7: Drama and Democracy. Osborne, Robin. “Competitive Festivals and the Polis: A Context for Dramatic Festivals at Athens.” Chapter 8 in Athenian Democracy. Edited by P. J. Rhodes. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195221404. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 13 | Tragedy |
Sophocles. “Antigone.” In Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra. Translated by H. D. F. Kitto. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Edith Hall. Oxford’s Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN: 9780199537174. Hall, Edith, ed. “Explanatory Notes: Antigone.” In Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra. Translated by H. D. F. Kitto. Oxford’s Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN: 9780199537174. |
| 14 | Comedy |
Aristophanes. “Birds.” In Birds and Other Plays. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Halliwell. Oxford’s Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN: 9780199555673. Halliwell, Stephen. “Explanatory Notes: Birds.” In Birds and Other Plays. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stephen Halliwell. Oxford’s Paperbacks, 2009. ISBN: 9780199555673. |
| 15 | Gymnasia |
Wycherley, R. E. “Peripatos: The Athenian Philosophical Scene–II.” Greece & Rome 9, no. 1 (1962): 2–21. Fisher, Nick. “Gymnasia and the Democratic Values of Leisure.” Chapter 6 in Kosmos: Essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens. Edited by Paul Cartledge, Paul Millett, and Sitta von Reden. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780521525930. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 16 | Greek Domestic Space |
Tsakirgis, Barbara. “Living Near the Agora: Houses and Households in Central Athens.” In The Athenian Agora: New Perspectives on an Ancient Site. Edited by John McK. Camp II and Craig A. Mauzy. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2010. ISBN: 9783805340823. Jameson, Michael. “Private Space and the Greek City.” Chapter 7 in The Greek City: From Homer to Alexander. Edited by Oswyn Murray and Simon Price. Clarendon Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780198147916. [Preview with Google Books] Nevett, Lisa C. “A Space for ‘Hurling the Furniture’? Architecture and the Development of Greek Domestic Symposia.” Chapter 3 in Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521789455. [Preview with Google Books] |
| 17 | Symposium |
Plato. “Symposium: Translated by Seth Benardete.” In The Dialogues of Plato. Bantam Classics, 1986. ISBN: 9780553213713. |
| 18 | The Peloponnesian War |
Thucydides. “Book Two: Pericles’ Funeral Oration,” “Book Three: The Mytilenian Debate,” “Book Five: The Melian Dialogue,” and “Book Six: Launching of the Sicilian Expedition.” In History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Rex Warner, with an Introduction and Notes by M. I. Finley. Penguin Classics, 1972. ISBN: 9780140440393. [S] Lendon, J. E. Chapter 11: Athens and Sparta and the Coming of the Peloponnesian War. |
| 19 |
Panhellenic Athens I: Delphi |
No readings assigned; work on final project |
| 20 | Pythian Apollo and the Delphic Oracle |
Lloyd-Jones, Hugh. “The Delphic Oracle.” Greece & Rome 23, no. 1 (1976): 60–73. Scott, Michael. “Oracle.” Chapter 1 in Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World. Princeton University Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780691169842. |
| 21 | Class Test | No readings assigned; work on final project |
| 22 |
Panhellenic Athens II: Olympia and the Olympic Games |
No readings assigned; work on final project |
| 23 | The Legacy of Classical Athens | No readings Assigned; work on final project |
