Required Book List:
Aristophanes, Lysistrata and Other Plays (published by Penguin, Revised Edition)
Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader (ed. by Ackrill, published by Clarendon)
Cicero, The Republic/The Laws (Trans. by Rudd, Published by Oxford University Press)
Dutta (ed.), Greek Tragedy (published by Penguin)
Herodotus, The Histories (Norton Critical Editions, ed. Blanco)
Homer, The Essential Homer (Trans. and ed. by Lombardo)
Ovid, The Art of Love (trans. by Michie, published by The Modern Library)
Plato, The Republic (trans. by Reeve, published by Hackett)
Plato, The Symposium (Trans. by Gill, Published by Penguin)
Seneca, Dialogues and Letters (trans & ed. Costa, published by Penguin)
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (Norton Critical Editiions, ed. Blanco)
| Month | Date | Day | Assignment |
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| Aug | 24 | Mon | First Day of Class; No Assignment |
| 26 | Wed | The Essential Homer, pp. 1-82 |
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| 31 | Mon | The Essential Homer, pp. 83-153. | |
| Sept | 2 | Wed | The Essential Homer, pp. 153-240. |
| 7 | Mon | Labor Day—No Class | |
| 9 | Wed | The Essential Homer, pp. 241-298. |
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| 14 | Mon | The Essential Homer, pp. 298-365. | |
| 16 | Wed | The Essential Homer, pp. 366-377, 423-482. | |
| 21 | Mon | Herodotus, pp. 1-122 |
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| 23 | Wed | Herodotus, pp. 123-237 | |
| 28 | Mon | Thucydides, Book 1 (All), Book 2.1-24, 34-78 Book 3.2-50, 81-84 | |
| 30 | Wed | Thucydides, Book 4.117-119 Book 5.25-26, 42-48 Book 6 (All) Book 7 (All) |
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| Oct | 5 | Mon | Exam #1 "Study Guide" (Gives format of exam and some sample questions. Review your notes from class and use the reading questions to focus your review.) |
| 7 | Wed | Plato, The Republic, Books I-III |
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| 12 | Mon | Plato, The Republic, Books IV-VII | |
| 14 | Wed | Plato, The Republic, Books VIII-X | |
| 19 | Mon | Plato, The Symposium |
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| 21 | Wed | Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader, pp. 5-23 |
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| 26 | Mon | Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader, pp. 363-478 | |
| 28 | Wed | Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader, pp. 507-539 | |
| Nov | 2 | Mon | Cicero, pp. 17-33 |
| 4 | Wed | Cicero, pp. 97-135 | |
| 9 | Mon | Seneca, pp. 3-58 | |
| 11 | Wed | Seneca, pp. 59-104 | |
| 16 | Mon | Exam #2 | |
| 18 | Wed | Aeschylus, Agamemnon (In Greek Tragedy) Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader, pp. 540-556. | |
| 23 | Mon | Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (In Greek Tragedy) | |
| 25 | Wed | Euripides, Medea (In Greek Tragedy) | |
| 30 | Mon | Aristophanes, The Clouds Essay #2 Due |
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| Dec | 2 | Wed | Aristophanes, Lysistrata |
| 7 | Mon | Ovid, The Art of Love, Book I, II | |
| 9 | Wed | Ovid, The Art of Love, Book III | |
| 14 | Mon | Exam #3 12:45- 2:45 p.m. |