2009 Fall CLST 153-01
Bulletin Course Description The political and intellectual history of the Greeks from earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great. Not open to students who have had, or are taking, Classical Studies 11S and/or Classical Studies 53. This course was previously taught as Classical Studies 53. Instructor: Sosin or staff
(Instructor named in bulletin description above may not be current. For current instructor, see listing below.)
Title GREEK HISTORY Department CLST Course Number 2009 Fall 153 Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Sosin,Joshua D Prerequisites Course Homepage www.duke.edu/~jds15/clst-053/syllabus.html
Synopsis of course content
This course is a survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the 4th
century B.C. We will focus on primary sources, reading Homer's Iliad, the
histories of Thucydides and Herodotus, and Plato's Republic--four
monuments of western lit. The course is a built around a running meditation
on cooperative vs competitive virtue, the relationship between individual and
state, the function of religion and law in the Greek society.
Textbooks
Homer, Iliad, translated by R. Fagles (New York 1990). ISBN: 0140275363.
Landmark Herodotus. ISBN: 1400031141.
Thucydides, R. B. Strassler, editor, The Landmark Thucydides: A
Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War (New York 1998). ISBN:
0684827905.
Plato, Great Dialogues of Plato, translated by W. H. D. Rouse (1999). ISBN:
0451527453.
S. B. Pomeroy et al., Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History
(2nd ed. Oxford 1998). ISBN: 9780195308006.
Assignments
three *short* essays
Exams
midterm; final
Term Papers
nope
Grade to be based on
participation; short essays; midterm; final
