History of Ancient Greece

Schedule of Readings and Assignments

For each meeting, please come into class having read and thought about the readings assigned for that class.

Readings listed with the book icon () are from the assigned textbook, Pomeroy, Ancient Greece 4th Edition.

Everything listed under each meeting—the textbook readings, the excerpts from the Reader, and Clouds—is fair game for the quizzes we’ll have at the start of some meetings.

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Week 1: Introduction and Evidence

Tuesday, August 30

  •  Introduction

Week 2: Dawn of the Aegean

Tuesday, September 6

  •  Chapter 1

Week 3: The Greek Dark Age

Tuesday, September 13

No Meeting

Tuesday, September 27

No Meeting

Tuesday, October 4

Week 5: Sparta and the Art of War

Tuesday, October 11

Week 6: Athens and the Art of Society

Tuesday, October 18

Week 7: The Legacy of the Persian Wars

Tuesday, October 25

Week 8: History, Tragedy, and Comedy

Tuesday, November 1

  •  Chapter 7 pp. 277-302
  •  CLOUDS Intro + First half

Week 9: Athens in the Classical Period

Tuesday, November 8

  •  Chapter 7 pp. 303-323
  •  CLOUDS Second Half

Week 10: Meeting Canceled

Tuesday, November 15

Week 11: War Between the GreeksREVISED

Tuesday, November 22

Week 12: The Fourth Century CrisisREVISED

Tuesday, November 29

Week 13: The Rise of MakedonREVISED

Tuesday, December 6

REVISEDWeek 14: Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World

Tuesday, December 13

Final Exam

Tuesday, December 20, 6:15–8:15 p.m.