LEC #
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TOPICS
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KEY DATES
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1
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Introduction
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2
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The Myth of Troy: Homer
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3
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The Archaeology of Troy: Schliemann
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4
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Discussion 1: Myth and History
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5
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Homeric Society
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6
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Dark Age Archaeology: Lefkandi
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7
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Discussion 2: History before History -Homer and Hesiod
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8
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The Polis
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9
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Exploration and Colonization
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10
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Discussion 3: Greeks and Barbarians -The Importance of Panhellenic Sanctuaries (Delphi)
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11
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The Age of Tyranny
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First paper due
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12
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Early Sparta
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13
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Discussion 4: Lycurgus - Sparta’s Legendary Lawgiver
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14
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Early Athens and the Foundations of Democracy
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15
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Archaic Art and Architecture
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16
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Discussion 5: Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes
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17
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Persia and the Greeks of Ionia
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18
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The Persian Wars
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19
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Discussion 6: Herodotus and Aeschylus, Persians
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20
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From Delian League to Athenian Empire
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21
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5th Century Athens
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22
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Discussion 7: Athenian Democratic Culture
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23
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The Origins of the Peloponnesian War
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Second paper due
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24
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The Peloponnesian War
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25
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Discussion 8: Thucydides and the Rhetoric of History
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26
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Effects of the Peloponnesian War
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27
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Discussion 9: Philosophers and the City
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28
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The New Spartan Order
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29
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Classical Art and Architecture
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30
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Discussion 10: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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31
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Boeotia and Fall of Spartan Hegemony
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Outline of final paper due
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32
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The Rise of Macedon
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33
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Alexander the Great
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34
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Discussion 11: Plutarch’s Alexander
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35
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The Appeal of Alexander
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36
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Ancient Greece Today
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Final paper due
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