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Ancient Greece
HST 341, Spring 1999 - Southwest Missouri State University

Calendar 

Jan 14 Greek geography, Hatzfeld 1-10.
Jan 16 Minoan civilization, Hatzfeld 11-18.
Jan 21-23 Mycenaean civilization, Hatzfeld 25-31.
Jan 26 The Dark Age.
Jan 28-30 Epic literature, read Homer and Hesiod, on e-reserve.
Feb 2-4 The Greek Renaissance, Hatzfeld 32-61.
Feb 6-9 Lyric poetry, read Lyric Poets, on e-reserve.
Feb 11-13 The rise of Sparta, Hatzfeld 62-71, read Lycurgus.
Feb 18-20 Athens and the origins of democracy, Hatzfeld 71-80, read Solon.
Feb 23-25 Civilization in the sixth century, Hatzfeld 81-88.
Feb 27 1st Examination
Mar 2-4 The Persian Wars, Hatzfeld 89-111, read The Persians.
Mar 6-9 Herodotus as an historian, Herodotus in Finley 81-157.
Mar 11 Greece after the war, Hatzfeld 112-134.
Mar 23-25 Fifth century art, Hatzfeld 135-150.
Mar 27-31 The Periclean Age, Lind, The Agamemnon.
Apr 7-9  The Archidemian War, Hatzfeld 151-160, Lind, The Oedipus Rex.
Apr 12 The Archidamian War, Lind, The Suppliants.
Apr 14-16 The Peace of Nicias, Hatzfeld 161-165, Thucydides in Finley, 298-379.
Apr 19-21 The Fall of Athens, Hatzfeld 165-170, Lind The Lysistrata.
Apr 23 The Fall of Athens, Lind, The Bacchae.
Apr 26 2nd Examination
Apr 28 The Spartan Hegemony, Hatzfeld 170-179, Xenophon in Finley, 383-439.
Apr 30 Socrates and Plato, The Apology.
May 3 The socratic argument, Plato, The Crito.
May 5 The Theban hegemony, and the rise of Macedon, Hatzfeld 180-210.
Fourth century civilization, 258-265.
Alexander the Great, Hatzfeld 211-239, read Alexander.
May 10 Final Exam 8:45 am - 10:45 pm