Syllabus for Classics 0010


Classics 0010 - Greek Civilization (CRN 34508) Fall, 2002 (03-1)
TH 4:00 - 5:15 PM 203 David Lawrence Hall

Edwin D. Floyd
1518 C. L.
office hours: TWH 10:30-11:30 and by appointment
e-mail: edfloyd@pitt.edu
homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~edfloyd
office: (412)-624-4483
or (412)-624-4493
fax: (412)-624-4419
home: (412)-621-3429
Texts:

Starr, The Ancient Greeks
Aeschylus I (Oresteia), tr. Lattimore
Aeschylus II (Prometheus Bound, etc.), tr. Grene, et al.
Sophocles, Complete Plays, tr. Roche
Homer, Iliad, tr. Lattimore
The Trials of Socrates, ed. and tr., Reeve


Calendar (you will additionally be responsible for the material presented in lectures and for some material which is available on-line; also, as the term progresses, there may be some adjustments in the order in which material is covered):

Aug. 27 - Introduction
Aug. 29 - Starr, pp. 1-35
Sept. 3 - Starr, pp. 36-78
Sept. 5, 10 - Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Sept. 12 - Starr, pp. 79-139
Sept. 17 -Starr, pp. pp. 191-211
Sept. 19 - Aeschylus, Libation Bearers
Sept. 24 - Aeschylus, Eumenides
Sept. 26 - Sophocles, Oedipus the King
Oct. 1 - review
Oct. 3 - TEST
Oct. 8, 10 - Sophocles, Antigone
Oct. 15 - Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
Oct. 17 - Starr, pp. 140-190
Oct. 22 - review, etc.
Oct. 24 - PAPER due (750 to 1250 words, i.e., roughly 3 to 5 pages), introductory discussion of Homer
Oct. 29, 31 - Homer, Iliad, Book 1
Nov. 5, 7 - Homer, Iliad, Book 24
Nov. 12 - review
Nov. 14 - TEST
Nov. 19, 21 - Plato, Apology
Nov. 26, Dec. 3 - Aristophanes, Clouds
Dec. 5. - PAPER due (750 to 1250 words, i.e., roughly 3 to 5 pages), review

Friday, Dec. 13 - 4:00 - 5:50 PM EXAM

Grade will be based on 2 tests and 2 papers (15% each) and comprehensive final exam (40%).