CAMS 1101 Greek Civilization, Fall 2011 Instructor: Email: Dept. Phone: Office Hours: Professor Nina C.
Coppolino [email protected] 860-486-3313 M 11-12, W 1-2, and by appointment, ARJ 242
Teaching Assistants Kathleen Balma, Kelsey Hagen, Travis Griffin, Kristina Reardon, Karen Zook Required Texts HOMER. The Essential Homer. Trans. Lombardo (Hackett, 2000) HESIOD. Works and Days and Theogony. Trans. Lombardo (Hackett, 1993) HERODOTUS. The Histories. Trans. de Slincourt (Penguin, 2003) AESCHYLUS. Oresteia. Trans. Meineck (Hackett, 1998) SOPHOCLES. Antigone. Trans. Woodruff (Hackett, 2001) EURIPIDES. Bacchae. Trans. Woodruff (Hackett, 1998) ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata. Trans. Sarah Ruden (Hackett, 2003) THUCYDIDES. History of the Peloponnesian War. Trans. Warner (Penguin, 1972) PLATO. Apology in The Trial and Death of Socrates. Trans. Grube, Rev. Cooper (Hackett, 2001); PLATO. Symposium. Trans. Woodruff and Nehamas (Hackett, 1989) Pomeroy, S., A Brief History of Ancient Greece (Oxford, 2009) Notes: We will use closely the assigned texts of ancient authors in class. Please be sure to read these editions and to bring them with you to lecture and to discussion. Pomeroys History is here to help clarify historical issues as you engage with the more culturally-oriented material of the ancient authors and lectures on them. It does not appear on the syllabus as required for specific lectures, but you are encouraged to read two or three pages at a time throughout the semester. Procedures From time to time, the syllabus may be updated. Discussion questions and paper assignments will be posted on Husky. Refer below to the schedule of readings, lectures, and assignments for the subject matter of each lecture. Make every effort to read the material before lecture. You are expected to attend lectures, and you are encouraged to ask and answer questions on the readings in lecture. Quizzes will consist of short-answer questions. The mid-term and final examination will also include IDs of reading passages and essay questions. Quizzes, which will be given in lecture, will cover the material since the previous test (including the mid-term), including the material assigned for the day of the quiz. The mid-term will cover the semester to that point; the final will cover everything after the mid-term. There will be one paper, 4 full pages in length, on a topic either chosen from a list you will be given or discussed with Professor Coppolino or with your section leader. The papers are based on an analysis of the texts we read in class. Specific requirements for papers, in content and format, will be posted on Husky. These requirements must be observed carefully for full credit on your work. Weekly questions for section discussion will be posted on HuskyCT, three per discussion. Brief answers to these questions are to be turned in at the beginning of section; these answers will be accepted at no other time and in no other form. Turning in answers for another student is a serious breach of rules of academic conduct. You are expected to participate in section discussions; effective participation in discussions will come from knowledge of both the completed readings and the lectures on them.
Grading is as follows: section participation 15%, two quizzes at 5% each, one paper 25%, mid-term examination 25%, final examination 25%. You are expected to take all quizzes and tests on the day scheduled, and to hand in your term paper on time. If you foresee a conflict with an exam or quiz, please tell your section leader as soon as possible. No make-ups will be given, but in cases of documented emergency students may be excused from exams and quizzes. All honesty policies of the University will be strictly enforced. Schedule of Readings, Lectures, and Tests Date of Monday 29 August (no discussion sections this week) 5 September 12 September 19 September 26 September 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 October 7 November 14 November (21 Nov., TG Recess) 28 November 5 December Introduction M W Homer, Iliad Books 1-3 (in Lombardo, Essential Homer) Iliad Books 6, 9, 16, 18 Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days (all) Hdt 3.27-43; 6.102-31 Aeschylus Agamemnon, lines1-854 Aeschylus Libation Bearers (all) Mid-term Sophocles Antigone lines 681-end Thuc. 2, pp. 143-64; Thuc. 5, pp. 400-408 Quiz 2, Thuc. 8, pp. 538-9, 568-78, 597-9 Euripides Bacchae lines 672-end Lysistrata 49-end. Paper Due in Lecture. Platos Symposium pp. 40-end Platos Apology wrap-up
Labor Day no class Iliad Books 20-24 Quiz 1, and Herodotus Book 1. chs.1-46 Hdt. 7.5-35, 206-28; 8.74-96 Agamemnon, lines 855-end Aeschylus The Furies (all) Sophocles Antigone, lines 1-680 Thucydides, Book 1, (Penguin, Warner trans.) pp. 35-53, 103-123 Thuc. 6, pp. 414-29 Thuc. 6, pp. 442-9; Thuc. 7, pp. 483-8, 525-37 Euripides Bacchae, lines 1-671 Aristophanes Lysistrata (Ruden) pp. 148 Platos Symposium (Nemas & Woodruff) pp. 1-39 Platos Apology (all)
