DEVELOPMENT OF GREECE


CLSX 375 (26783) & 675 (26784, 5) / HWC 300 (26947)
(Spring 2004; TTh 9:30-10:50; Wescoe 4033)

Last update: 19 April 2004
The Athenian Treasury
Delphi (ca. 490 BCE)
to house spoils taken from the Battle of Marathon


JOHN G. YOUNGER

Professor, Classics, and Humanities & Western Civilization
2110 Wescoe
TEL 864-3263
email: jyounger@ku.edu
www: http://www.people.ku.edu/~jyounger/


Office Hours: BY APPOINTMENT
For appointments, please sign up for a time on the sign-up sheet on my office door (name and email address) at least TWO (2) days in advance.


Textbooks

Matthew Dillon & Lynda Garland, eds., Ancient Greece (2nd ed.), Routledge ISBN 0-415-21755-5 (paper) $29.95

Paul Cartledge, ed., Ancient Greece (Cambridge Illustrated History.) Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-52100-9 (paper), $35

Martin's Greek History Overview


Reserve Readings are listed at the end of the syllabus; they will be both hard copies on Watson Reserve, and E-Reserves.

Requirements
Tests (midterm 18 March; final 19 May [W] 7:30-10:00 am)
NOTE: on the midterm you will be asked to draw a map of Greece and to locate 10 important sites.
To do this, you should start practicing drawing a map and start looking at an ancient atlas.
On Reserve: Morkot, R., The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece, G1033 .M67 1996


Written Work = Term Paper. This term paper will be done in 4 stages.
  • 1. Select a topic from the short list;
  • 2. Prepare a physical outline of the paper with preliminary bibliography, due 16 Mar;
  • 3. Prepare a draft text, due 13 Apr.
  • 4. Prepare a final copy, due 13 May.


    • To do well in this course, you should attend all class sessions, do the readings, speak up in class, ask questions, and get me to know who you are. It's that simple.


    Table of Contents
    Syllabus
    Topic Suggestions & Requirements for Term Papers / Projects
    Requirements for the Exercises
    Books & Articles on Watson Reserves & E-Reserves
    Chronology of Greek History
    Kapatija: www sites for the Classical world
    Classical & Archaeological discussion lists


    Supplemental html-files
  • History of Athens' Political Organizations
  • History of Colonizations
  • Outlines of Important Tyrannies


    SYLLABUS


    Week 1 (27 & 29 Jan): Introduction to the Course. A Quick Run-through of Greek History



    Week 2 (3 & 5 Feb): Mycenaean Empire: Prelude & Continuity. The Dark Ages: A Slow Recovery

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland:
    Cartledge: chs.1-3
    Martin: Introduction and Dark Age
    Recommended Browsing
    Hood, Arts in Prehistoric Greece, N5310.5.G8 H66
    Graham, Palaces of Crete, DF221.C8 G7 1987
    Vermeule, Greece in the Bronze Age, 913.38 V591g 1964
    Lorimer, HL, Homer & Monuments, 883.1 D L89


    Week 3 (10 & 12 Feb): Eighth Century: writing, Homer & Hesiod, Olympics, early colonization

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 1
    Cartledge: ch. 4
    Martin: Remaking Civilization
    Recommended Browsing
    Yalouris, N., The Olympic Games, folio GV721.5 .H413
    Boardman, J., The Greeks Overseas, DF251 .B6 1999
    Murray, O, Early Greece, DF77 .M82 1993


    Week 4 (17 & 19 Feb): Seventh-Sixth Century: Later Colonization & Rise of the Middle Class

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 2
    Cartledge: ch. 8
    Martin:
    Recommended Browsing
    Austin & Naquet, Economic & Social History of Ancient Greece, HC37 .A8813
    Snodgrass, AM, Arms & Armour of the Greeks, U805 .S59


    Week 5 (24 & 26 Feb): Sixth Century: Tyrannies (Corinth & Athens) & Rise of Persia

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sects. 3, 4
    Cartledge: chs. 6, 11
    Martin: Archaic Age
    Recommended Browsing
    Andrewes, The Greek Tyrants, DF222 .A6 1963
    Dicks, Early Greek Astronomy, QB21 .D53
    Snell, Discovery of the Mind, 880.4 Sn27eN
    Clayton, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, N5333 .C58 1993


    Week 6 (2 & 4 Mar): Sparta: A Military Camp. Democracy in Athens

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garlands: sects. 5, 6
    Cartledge: ch. 7
    Martin: City-State and Intro to the 5th c.
    Recommended Browsing
    Cartledge, P., Sparta and Lakonia, DF261.S8 C37 2002
    Hignett, C., History of the Athenian Constitution, 342.38 H53
    Dover, K., Greek Homosexuality, HQ76.3.G8 D68 1989


    Week 7 (9 & 11 Mar): The Persian & Carthaginian Wars

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 7
    Cartledge:
    Martin: Clashes
    Recommended Browsing


    Week 8 (16 Mar): Women & Women's Lives.

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 11
    Cartledge: ch. 5
    Martin: Cultural Life
    Recommended Browsing
    Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, Wives & Slaves, HQ1134 .P64
    Keuls, E., Reign of the Phallus, HQ1134 .K48
    Kilmer, M., Greek Erotica on Attic Red-Figure Vases, N8217.E6 K55 1993
    Lacey, WK, Family in Classical Greece, 301.420938 L116f 1968
    Pomeroy, Women's History and Ancient History, HQ1127 .W6525 1991
    Pomeroy, Spartan Women, HQ1134 .P66 2002
    Pomeroy, Families in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, HQ510 .P66 1997
    Just, R, Women in Athenian Law and Life, HQ1134 .J87 1989
    Humphreys, S., Family, Women, & Death, DF275 .H86 1993


    16 Mar: Term Paper Stage 1 DUE


    18 Mar: MIDTERM


    20-28Mar: SPRING BREAK


    Week 9 (30 Mar & 1 Apr): Regaining Control: Athenian Confederacy -> Empire

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 8
    Cartledge: ch. 8
    Martin: Golden Age
    Recommended Browsing


    Week 10 (6 & 8 Apr): Periklean Athens & Early Peloponnesian Wars

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 9
    Cartledge: chs. 9, 10
    Martin: Peloponnesian Wars
    Recommended Browsing
    Meritt, B., Athenian Tribute Lists, folio 336.0938 M545a 1939
    Garnsey, P, Imperialism in the Ancient World, D60 .I56
    Meiggs, R., Athenian Empire, DF227 .M44 1979
    St Croix, GEM de, Origins of the Peloponnesian War, DF229.2 .D46 1972


    Week 11 (13 & 15 Apr): End of the Peloponnesian Wars & the Collapse of Athens

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sect. 10
    Cartledge: 12
    Recommended Browsing
    Connor, WR, New Politicians of Fifth Century Athens, DF285 .C67


    13 Apr: Term Paper Stage 2 DUE


    Week 12 (20 & 22 Apr): Early Fourth Century Hegemonies

    Required Readings
    Dillon & Garland: sects. 11, 12
    Martin: Intro to 4th c. and After the Peloponnesian War
    Recommended Browsing
    Stone, IF, Trial of Socrates, B317 .S76 1988


    Week 13 (27 & 29 Apr): Macedonia & Philip II

    Required Readings
    Martin: Macedon
    Recommended Browsing
    Connor, WR, Greek Orations, 885.08 C762g 1966
    Hansen, M, Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes, JC79.A8 H33 1991
    Guthrie, WKC, History of Greek Philosophy, B171 .G83


    Week 14 (4 & 6 May): Alexander the Great

    Required Readings
    Martin: Plato & Aristotle
    Recommended Browsing
    Hammond, NGL., Alexander the Great, DF234 .H323 1989
    Welles, CB, Alexander & the Hellenistic World, DE83 .W43


    Week 15 (11 & 13 May): Post-Classical Greece


    13 May: Term Paper Stage 3 DUE



    TERM PAPERS / PROJECTS


    PAPER TOPICS; select 1:
  • Athenian and American Foreign Policy
  • Professional Women in the 4th c. (including sex workers) seed bibliography:
    De Felice, John. 2001. Roman Hospitality. The Professional Women of Pompeii
    Treggiari, Susan, "Jobs for Women," American Journal of Ancient History 1 (1976) 76-104
  • The Economy of Athletics; or Athletics as Social Eventseed bibliography:
    Scanlon, Thomas F. (2002) Eros and Greek Athletics, esp. ch. 10
  • Children or Women in Aristophanes
  • Dogs on Classical Athenian Tombstones (in my office I have THE book that gives illustrations of ALL Athenian tombstones)
  • A History of (Corinth, Argos, Samos, Rhodes) in the 4th c.


    • The Term Paper is to be written in 3 stages:
  • 2. Prepare a physical outline of the paper with preliminary bibliography, due 16 Mar;
  • 3. Prepare a draft text, due 13 Apr.)
  • 4. Prepare a final copy, due 13 May.


    • Stage 1, the Physical Outline (due 16 Mar). For this exercise, I am more interested in the Paper as object than in its content (I do expect, however, some content, some idea of how you're going to approach this topic, how you're going to prepare for it).
    Format
  • length: 3 pages plus bibliography
  • footnotes: at least 4, 3 of which must come from journal articles
  • bibliography: at least 4 sources, 3 of which are journal articles

    • Organization:
  • Title (in 2 parts, a general Title with Subtitle that suggests your "take" on the subject; e.g., "Dogs in Ancient Greece: Hunters and Friends")
  • Abstract (1 short paragraph [no more than 50 words] at the beginning, single spaced; everything else double spaced)
  • Headings: divide your paper into clear sections, each given a title in bold
    Introduction
    texttexttextexttexttextexttexttextexttexttext

    The Problem
    texttexttextexttexttextexttexttextexttexttext

    The Evidence
    texttexttextexttexttextexttexttextexttexttext

    Methodology
    texttexttextexttexttextexttexttextexttexttext

    Conclusion
    texttexttextexttexttextexttexttextexttexttext
  • Footnotes -- see separate site on Footnote citations NOTES: NEVER have your footnotes document running citations from the same source (e.g., 1. Holbein 1982: 23. 2 Holbein 1982: 24. 3. Holbein 1982: 25). If, for a section, you rely on information culled from a single source, say so (e.g., fn. 12. For this section, I rely on Holbein 1982: 23-5.)
  • Bibliography -- see separate site on Bibliography citations


    • Stage 2: 1st draft of the Term Paper (due 13 Apr).
  • length: 8-10 pages plus supporting materials (illustrations, bibliography)
  • footnotes: at least 16, 6 of which must come from journal articles
  • bibliography: at least 10 sources, of which 4 are journal articles


    • Stage 3: 2nd draft of the Term Paper (due 13 May).
  • length: 6-8 pages plus supporting materials (illustrations, bibliography). Note: this final version of the paper will involve pruning the 1st draft, making it more concise.
  • footnotes: at least 12, 5 of which must come from journal articles
  • bibliography: at least 8 sources, of which 3 are journal articles


    Your grades for these 3 exercises will be based upon
    • adherence to the guidelines
    • vocabulary, grammar, spelling
    • inventiveness of approach (= creativity, not fictional exhuberence, limited humor)


    Books on Watson Reserve
    Andrewes, A.The Greek TyrantsDF222 .A6 1963
    Austin & NaquetEconomic & Social History of Ancient GreeceHC37 .A8813
    Boardman, J.The Greeks OverseasDF251 .B6 1999
    Cartledge, P.Sparta and LakoniaDF261.S8 C37 2002
    Clayton, Peter AThe Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldN5333 .C58 1993
    Connor, WRGreek Orations885.08 C762g 1966
    Connor, WRNew Politicians of Fifth Century AthensDF285 .C67
    Dicks, DREarly Greek Astronomy QB21 .D53
    Dover, K.Greek HomosexualityHQ76.3.G8 D68 1989
    Finley, MAncient SlaveryHT863 .F48 1980
    Finley, MIAncient SlaveryHT863 .F48 1980
    Finley, MIAncient EconomyHC31 .F5 1999
    Garnsey, PImperialism in the Ancient WorldD60 .I56
    Guthrie, WKCHistory of Greek PhilosophyB171 .G83
    Hammond, NGL History of Greece DF214 .H28 1986
    Hammond, NGL.Alexander the GreatDF234 .H323 1989
    Hansen, MAthenian Democracy in the Age of DemosthenesJC79.A8 H33 1991
    Harrison, A.Law of Athens KL4115.A75 H37 1968
    Hignett, C.History of the Athenian Constitution 342.38 H53
    Humphreys, S.Family, Women, & DeathDF275 .H86 1993
    Just, RWomen in Athenian Law and LifeHQ1134 .J87 1989
    Kagan, D.Outbreak of the Peloponnesian WarDF229.2 .K3
    Keuls, E.Reign of the PhallusHQ1134 .K48
    Kilmer, M.Greek Erotica on Attic Red-Figure VasesN8217.E6 K55 1993
    Kraay, C.Greek Coinsfolio CJ335 .K7
    Kurtz, D. & J. BoardmanGreek Burial CustomsDF101 .K87 1971
    Lacey, WKFamily in Classical Greece 301.420938 L116f 1968
    Lorimer, HLHomer & Monuments883.1 D L89
    MacDowell, D.Law in Classical Athens KBB .M148l 1978
    Meiggs, R.Athenian EmpireDF227 .M44 1979
    Meritt, B.Athenian Tribute Lists folio 336.0938 M545a 1939
    Morkot, R.The Penguin historical atlas of ancient GreeceG1033 .M67 1996
    Murray, OEarly GreeceDF77 .M82 1993
    Pomeroy, S.Women's History and Ancient HistoryHQ1127 .W6525 1991
    Pomeroy, S.Spartan WomenHQ1134 .P66 2002
    Pomeroy, S.Families in Classical and Hellenistic GreeceHQ510 .P66 1997
    Pomeroy, S.Goddesses, Whores, Wives & SlavesHQ1134 .P64
    PritchettW.K.Greek archives, cults,and topographyDF227 .P75 1996
    Snell, B.Discovery of the Mind880.4 Sn27eN
    Snodgrass, AMArms & Armour of the GreeksU805 .S59
    St Croix, GEM deOrigins of the Peloponnesian WarDF229.2 .D46 1972
    Stone, IFTrial of SocratesB317 .S76 1988
    Vermeule, ETGreece in the Bronze Age913.38 V591g 1964
    Welles, CBAlexander & the Hellenistic WorldDE83 .W43
    Wiedemann, T.Greek & Roman SlaveryHT863 .G73 1981
    Wycherley, REHow the Greeks Built CitiesNA9201 .W85 1976
    Yalouris, N.The Olympic Gamesfolio GV721.5 .H413


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