Assignments – Thucydides
Do not print this schedule. Subject to change at any time, up to the class meeting preceding that on which the assignment is due.
| Date | Purple patch | Chapters & readings | OCT page count | Class presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [all must read in Greek all passages marked by asterisk ] | ||||
| Th. Oct. 13 | Archaeology | 1.1-23 [*1.1-8] | 13 [*4.5] | |
| Tu. Oct. 18 | Corcyra | 1.24-55 [finish arch: *1.9-10,1.20-23, skipping 1.11-19] | 19 [*4.5] | |
| Conference at Sparta | 1.67-88 | 14 | ||
| Th. Oct. 20 | No Class (waj in Munich) | Work on project; create and add annotations to bibliography etc. Expect substantial progress. | ||
| Tu. Oct. 25 | Secondary Reading: Dewald 1999 = Carolyn Dewald, "The Figured Stage: Focalizing the Initial Narratives in H. and Th.," in Jeff Rusten, ed. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Thucydides , 2009. On reserve. Also, we will not discuss in class, but you will want to read the magisterial essay on the contours of Thuc. scholarship by Rusten in the same volume, "Thucydides and his Readers, pp. 1-28. | Tori Lee, Adrian High | ||
| Pentecontaetia: Rise of Athens | 1.88-97 [*88-93 in Greek, 94-97 in English] | 6 [*4] | ||
| Assembly of Peloponnesian League | 1.119-146 | 20 | ||
| Th. Oct. 27 | Invasion of Attica | 2.1-33 [*2.1-6] | 21 [*4.5] | |
| Secondary Reading: Rood 2009 | Alex Fowler, Alex Karsten | |||
| Tim Rood, "Thucydides' Persian Wars," in Rusten, ed. Oxford Readings , 2009. On reserve. | ||||
| Tu. Nov. 1 | Pericles' funeral oration; plague | 2.34-65 [*34-39] | 21 [*3.5] | |
| Rusten's Commentary on Funeral Oration Rusten 1990 | ||||
| Th. Nov. 3 | Mytilene | 3.1-50 [*finish the core of Pericles' oration, *2.40-41] | 30 [*2.5] | |
| Civil War in Corcyra | 3.68-84 | 10 | ||
| Tu. Nov. 8 | Sphacteria | 4.1-38 [*8-15] | 19 [*6] | |
| Th. Nov. 10 | Melian Dialogue | 5.84-116 [*84-105.2] | 8.5 [*4.5] | |
| Tu. Nov. 15 | Secondary Reading: Bosworth 2009 = Brian Bosworth, "Humanitarian Aspect of the Melian Dialogue," in Rusten, ed. Oxford Readings , 2009. On reserve. | Review Melian dialogue; work on projects | Erickson Bridges, Clinton Kinkade | |
| Preparations for Sicily | 6.1-41 | 28 | ||
| Alcibiades, Harmodius & Aristogeiton | 6.50-61, 6.88fin-93 | 13 | ||
| Th. Nov. 17 | Sicilian expedition underway | 7.1-18, 48-64, *7.65-71 | 24.5 [*6.5] | |
| Tu. Nov. 22 | No Class (waj in San Antonio) | Work on project; create and add annotations to bibliography etc. Expect substantial progress. | ||
| Th. Nov. 24 | Happy Thanksgiving | |||
| Tu. Nov. 29 | Sicilian expedition | *7.72-79 | *7 | |
| Th. Dec. 1 | Sicilian expedition | *7.80-87 | *7.5 | |
| Tu. Dec. 6 | Sicilian expedition | Secondary Reading. de Romilly 2009 Jacqueline de Romilly, "A Highly Complex Battle Account: Syracuse," in Rusten, ed. Oxford Readings , 2009. On reserve. | Also, if you did not do this earlier, be sure to read the magisterial essay on the contours of Thuc. scholarship by Rusten in the same volume, "Thucydides and his Readers, pp. 1-28. | First two round table presentations. |
| Th. Dec. 8 | Round Table presentation and discussion of projects | Last six round table presentations. | ||
| Friday Dec. 16 by 10 pm | Exam on Thucydides (take home) due by the scheduled time for the in-class exam | Strongly recommend that you take the exam earlier, but this is the time assigned by the Registrar | ||
| Friday Dec. 16 by 10 pm | Project paper due | |||
