Schedule

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, A Brief History of Ancient Greece, 5th Edition. All other readings are linked below.

To prepare for each meeting, you need to read:

  • The assigned chapter from the textbook (Pomeroy), and
  • At least one of the primary source for that week.
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Click on the highlighted days in the calendar to jump to that meeting.

 

Origins

 

1 Introduction and Evidence

Thursday, September 3

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

Introduction

 

2 Dawn of the Aegean

Thursday, September 10

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 1, “Early Greece and the Bronze Age”

 

3 The Greek Dark Age

Thursday, September 17

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 2, “The Early Iron Age (c. 1200-750/700 BC)”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The Dawn of Hellas

 

4 Archaic Greece

Thursday, September 24

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 3, “Archaic Greece (750/700-480 BC)”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

5 Sparta and the Art of War

Thursday, October 1

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 4, “Sparta”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

6 Athens and the Art of Society

Thursday, October 8

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 5, “The Growth of Athens and the Persian Wars”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The Classical Ferment

 

7 The Legacy of the Persian Wars

Thursday, October 15

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 6, “The Rivalries of the Greek City-States and the Growth of Democracy”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

8 History, Tragedy, and Comedy

Thursday, October 22

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

pp. 207-220, First half of ch. 7

Birds, intro + first half

The Proposal is due Monday, Oct. 19.

 

9 Athens in the Classical Period

Thursday, October 29

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

pp. 221-242, Second half of ch. 7

Birds, second half

 

10 War Between the Greeks

Thursday, November 5

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 8, “The Peloponnesian War”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The last day to withdraw from Fall 2026 courses is Friday, Nov. 6.

 

11 The Fourth Century Crisis

Thursday, November 12

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 9, “The Fourth Century BC: Changing Ideas, Continuing Warfare”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The Birds essay is due Monday, Nov. 9.

Hellenism and the World

 

12 The Rise of Makedon

Thursday, November 19

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 10, “Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

13 Alexander the Great

Thursday, December 3

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 11, “Alexander the Great”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

 

14 The Hellenistic World

Thursday, December 10

➊ Before the meeting, read all of the following:

ch. 12, “The New World of the Hellenistic Period”

➋ Before the meeting, read one of the following:

The Position Paper is due Monday, December 14.

 

15 Final Exam

Thursday, December 17

➊ Before the meeting:

Go to Exams page

The final exam will be held in-person on Thursday, December 17 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. in our normal meeting room.