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)

Syllabus for Fall 09

Essay #1 (Homer)

Essay #2 (Philosophy)

Month	Date	Day	Assignment
Aug	24	Mon	First Day of Class; No Assignment PowerPoint Lecture on Ancient Sculpture
	26	Wed	The Essential Homer, pp. 1-82 Iliad Reading Questions (ALL)
	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. Odyssey Reading Questions
	14	Mon	The Essential Homer, pp. 298-365.
	16	Wed	The Essential Homer, pp. 366-377, 423-482.
	21	Mon	Herodotus, pp. 1-122 Herodotus Reading Guide Herodotus PowerPoint
	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) Thucydides Reading Questions
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 Citing/Numbering System in Plato
	12	Mon	Plato, The Republic, Books IV-VII
	14	Wed	Plato, The Republic, Books VIII-X
	19	Mon	Plato, The Symposium Essay #1 Due
	21	Wed	Aristotle, The New Aristotle Reader, pp. 5-23 Aristotle Intro PowerPoint
	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 Roman Politics PowerPoint
	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
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.