History 510:302  CLASSICAL GREECE            Prof. Jack Cargill                    Spring 2006

MW 4 (1:10-2:30 PM)   Frelinghuysen B4 (CAC)  Office: Van Dyck 103    Phone: (732) 932-6740

Office Hours:  Mondays 2:30-3:30 and by appointment   

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Website:  http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/jcargill

 

This is an upper-level, heavy-reading, paper-writing course, which will be taught on the assumption that students enrolled in it really want to work hard and learn a great deal. If you do NOT want to put forth such an effort, PLEASE drop this course, and save some unpleasantness for both of us; its standards will not be adjusted for you. The course will focus on the great watershed in Greek history known as the Peloponnesian War, which loomed as large in Greek experience as World War II loomed in 20th century history. Accordingly, we will read the entirety of Thucydides’ contemporary history of that war, using the heavily annotated and illustrated Landmark edition, and Xenophon’s continuation of Thucydides’ account where it breaks off unfinished. Other ancient sources, and our text (Rhodes), will support and expand this core reading. Most of the ancient sources (though not the modern literature) that you will need in writing your Research Paper should be among the assigned works. There will also be Mid-Term and Final Exams that will likely be entirely of essay type.

 

Paperbacks to buy at New Jersey Books (ordered ONLY there):

HB = J. Cargill, Handbook for Ancient History Classes (Paige Press)

Rhod. = P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC (Blackwell)

Thuc. = The Landmark Thucydides, R.B. Strassler, ed. (Free Press)

Forn. = C. Fornara, Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian War, ed.2 (Cambridge)

Hard. = P. Harding, From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Issus (Cambridge)

 

Rhod. is assigned below by pages (beginning or end points that are not at obvious breaks on the page are described: mid., bot., 1st break, etc.); the organization of this books is a bit capricious, so some assignments look odd. HB is assigned by Parts and/or Sections; Thuc. by books and chapters; Forn. and Hard. (which are both collections of inscriptions and other brief documents) by item numbers (#).

 

Assignments in Greek literary sources other than Thucydides are made online, in an effort to save students money. Online assignments refer to the entire oration, life, play, or dialogue, unless some shorter portion is indicated by the use of chapter numbers, etc.

Collections of ancient texts in translation may be found at the following websites:

http://classics.mit.edu (browse, select author, select title). These are older translations for many authors, including Homer, Herodotus, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes (some plays not included), Plato, and Plutarch. They are not subdivided into chapters, sections, etc., so they are generally useful only when an entire work is assigned. When I recommend using this site, I will include “(mit)” in assignments below, the first time the author is assigned.

http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Greco-Roman (browse, select author – specifying English rather than Greek text – and select title). These are newer, more scholarly translations of essentially all the classical authors (including those available on the other site); often this is the only place to find some authors online (Xenophon and the Greek orators, for example). But this site is more difficult to use (because of the scholarly detail) or to save to disk. Even authors whose works appear on the other site (e.g., Hdt.) should be accessed here, when only certain chapters or sections need to be read. I will specify the necessity to use this site by including “(pers)” the first time the author is assigned below.

 

Attendance and grading policies summarized: No one who takes tests as scheduled (on this syllabus, or, if some unexpected change becomes necessary, by explicit announcement via e-mail and in more than one class meeting) and gets in the research paper on time will be penalized for missing lectures – though everyone is equally responsible for knowing any and all information conveyed in class. Students who frequently miss class, however, will not be allowed to impose “overtime” work on the instructor. For example, although eligibility for ANY make-up test requires a medical excuse, a student who has failed to sign in for at least 2/3 of the class meetings becomes ineligible to take a make-up test, even with a medical excuse. Such a student must take the test as scheduled, with the rest of the class, or get a grade of Zero on the test.

            PLEASE TAKE THIS TO HEART: Demanding, or considering yourself entitled to, special treatment, rather than the equal treatment given to all students, constitutes hubris, as far as I am concerned. If you want special treatment and favoritism, go back to middle school; this is the University.

Mid-Term Exam, Research Paper, and Final Exam count 1/3 each in determining a student’s course grade.

 

Day Date Topic and Readings

 

W Jan. 18 INTRODUCTION:  BOOKS, EXPECTATIONS, GEOGRAPHY, LANGUAGE

Rhod. v-xiv (everything before Intro.), 7-11

Thuc.: Intro. & Ed.’s Note, pp. ix-xxxiii (and check materials at end)

HB Parts P, T, M, G          

Forn. #1           

Hard. #1

 

M Jan. 23 GREEK HISTORY THROUGH THE PERSIAN WAR(S)

Rhod. 1-6, 22-29, 31-35, 71-80      

Herodotus 7.139 (pers)      

Thuc. 1.1-23, 126-138

Plutarch, Themistocles (mit, but ignore statement he died in 365 BCE; it was 465)

Forn. #19, 34, 35, 41, 43, 44, 51, 52, 55, 57, 59, 65

 

W Jan. 25 ATHENIAN POWER GROWS

Rhod. 14-21, 41-52, 172-185    

Hdt. 9.114-121

Thuc. 1.89-118

[Aristotle], Athenian Constitution 23-26 (mit; listed under “Aristotle”, though authorship is doubtful, and divided into “Sections 1-3”; all assignments in this class fall in Section 2)     

Plut. Aristides; Cimon

Forn. #62, 67, 72, 76, 78, 79, 85, 86, 95, 97, 100, 107, 119

 

M Jan. 30 FIFTH-CENTURY GREECE & ENVIRONS

Rhod. 35-40, 54-70       

Plut. Pericles   

Forn. #17, 18, 24, 54, 81, 108, 124, 125, 165

 

W Feb. 1 THE EVE OF WAR     

Rhod. 81-88, 90-99   

Thuc. 1.23-88, 119-125, 139-145    

Forn. #122, 123

 

M Feb. 6 Video: Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War & Plato: Alcibiades (72 min.) 

 

W Feb. 8 EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR

Rhod. 101-109 mid.    

Thuc. Books 2 & 3  

Forn. #74, 96, 104, 109, 116, 127, 129, 130

 

M Feb. 13 WAR & DEMAGOGUERY

Rhod. 109 mid.-114, 116-123, 154-157

Thuc. Book 4;  Forn. #111, 131, 136    

Aristophanes, Acharnians; Knights (mit)

[Aristot.] Ath.Const. 28     

 

 

W Feb. 15 FALSE PEACE, MANEUVERING

Rhod. 124-132

Thuc. Book 5    

Euripides, Trojan Women (pers)

Andocides, Mysteries (pers)    

Plato, Symposium (mit)   

Plut. Alcibiades      

Forn. # 132

 

M Feb. 20 SICILIAN DISASTER      

Rhod. 157-160, 132-141 (yes, in this order!)

Thuc. Books 6 & 7

Plut. Nicias

Forn. # 37, 81, 124, 125, 145-147

 

W Feb. 22 DEFECTIONS, OLIGARCHY     

Rhod. 142-146, 160-165

Thuc. Book 8    

Aristoph. Lysistrata (pers, though his other plays are on mit)

[Aristot.] Ath.Const. 29-33 

Forn. #93, 139, 148-150

 

M Feb. 27 RECOVERY, THEN DEFEAT

Rhod. 165-170, 146-153 (sic!)

Xenophon, Hellenica, Book 1 &  Book 2 through chap. 2 (pers)

Plut. Lysander     

Forn. #155, 159, 164, 166-168

 

W Mar. 1 Review Session for Mid-Term Exam (bring HB to class)

 

M Mar. 6 *MID-TERM EXAM

HB Sections M1, G1-9, G14, Parts W and E, XT1.1-2

 

W Mar. 8 POST-WAR ABUSES: 30 TYRANTS, TRIAL OF SOCRATES

Rhod. 257-260, 267 middle paragraph

Xen. Hell. Book 2 (chap. 3 to end)

Lysias, Eratosthenes (pers)

[Aristot.] Ath.Const. 34-41    

Aristoph. Clouds

Aeschines, Timarchus 173 (pers)

Plato, 7th Epistle 324b-325c (pers); Meno 89e-95a (pers = Bantam pp. 217 end-223 top); Euthyphro (mit); Apology (mit); Phaedo 57a-60a, 116a-118a (pers = Bantam pp. 65-67, 130 end-133)

Forn. #170

Hard. #3-5, 7, 8

 

M Mar. 20 Video: Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (52 min.)         [Last day to drop class with “W”]

 

W Mar. 22 THE 4th-CENTURY GREEK WORLD      

Rhod. 260-271, 189-202, 273-293 (sic!)

Xen. Hell. Book 3; Anabasis     

Hard. #6, 9

 

 

 

M Mar. 27 CORINTHIAN WAR TO KING’S PEACE

Rhod. 204-212, 244-248

Xen. Hell. 4.1.1-5.1.36

Andoc. Peace      

Lysias, Funeral Oration      

Hard. #11-14, 17-20, 22, 23, 26

 

W Mar. 29 SPARTAN HEGEMONY

Rhod. 212-216

Xen. Hell. 5.2.1-5.4.33; Agesilaus   

Isocrates, Panegyricus (pers)  

Plut. Agesilaus   

Hard. #30, 32

 

M Apr. 3 THE SECOND ATHENIAN LEAGUE

Rhod. 185-187, 226-235

Xen. Hell. 5.4.34-6.3.20

Diodorus 15.29.5-15.30.5 (pers)     

Hard. #31, 33-39, 41, 42, 44, 83

 

W Apr. 5 THEBAN HEGEMONY    

Rhod. 216-221, 248-256

Xen. Hell. 6.4.1-7.5.27   

Plut. Pelopidas     

Hard. #15, 46, 48, 49, 57, 131

 

M Apr. 10 ATHENS TURNS NASTY AGAIN?

Rhod. 235-242, 328-336

Diod. 16.7.2-4; 16.21.1-16.22.2; 16.34.1-4    

Hard. #47, 52, 53, 55, 58, 65, 66, 68-72, 77, 89

 

W Apr. 12 RISE OF PHILIP

Rhod. 296-307

Demosthenes, 1st Philippic (pers)

Diod. 16.8.1-7; 16.14.1-2

Plut. Demosthenes     

Forn. # 128, 161      

Hard. #21, 43, 50, 61-64, 67, 73-76

 

M Apr. 17 PHILIP AS LEADER                   

Rhod. 307-313

Isocrates, To Philip

Demosth. 2nd Olynthiac; Crown 18-43   

Aeschines, Ctesiphon 54-81

Diod. 16.14.3-5; 16.22.3-16.33.4; 16.34.4-16.38.7; 16.52.9-16.64.3     

Hard. #80, 81

 

W Apr. 19 PHILIP AS MASTER

Rhod. 313-323, 336-339 (1st break)

Demosth. 3rd Philippic; [Letter of Philip]; Crown 60-324  

Aesch. Ctesiphon 82-158    

Hard. #79, 86-88, 90-101    

 

 

M Apr. 24 ALEXANDER & THE GREEKS                   

347-382, 339 (1st break) – 343 (last break) (sic!)

Aesch. Ctesiphon 159-260

Plut. Alexander    

Hard. #102, 104-107, 114, 115, 119-122

 

W Apr. 26 LAMIAN WAR, DEMOCRACY’S DOWNFALL

Rhod. 343 (last break) -345, 384-387

Hypereides, Funeral Oration (pers)

Diod. 18.9.1-18.18.6   

Plut. Phocion     

Hard. #85, 109, 123-125, 127, 128

 

M May 1 *RESEARCH PAPER due (Lateness penalized)      

HB: Section G14, Parts W and R

DEMETRIUS & FALSE HOPES

Diod. 20.45.1-20.53.4; 20.102.1; 20.106.1-20.113.5

Plut. Demetrius

Hard. #103, 130, 132-133, 136-140

 

Thurs. May 4 at Office (time TBA):  Absolute Deadline for turning in Research Papers (no

credit at all if received later than this)

 

TUESDAY May 9 Noon-1:30 (exam does not end at 3:00 PM!)   *FINAL EXAM

HB: As for Mid-Term Exam