Assignments – Herodotus

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 pages	Class presenter(s)
		[all must read in Greek all passages with asterisk ]
Tu. Aug. 30	Proem	*1.1-5 (proem), start a quick read of the Essential Herodotus	*3
Th. Sept. 1	No Class (waj in Calif.)	Finish reading Essential Herodotus; determine contracted readings for Herodotus and email to waj
Tu. Sept. 6	Book 1
	Lydian logos	1.6-95 [*70-78]	51 [*6 ]
Th. Sept. 8	Book 1 (ctd)
	Accession of Cyrus	1.96-130	20
	Massagetai	*1.201-216	*8
		Secondary reading: Dewald 1987. Carolyn Dewald, “Narrative Surface and Authorial Voice in Herodotus’ Histories,” Arethusa 20: 147-70.		Alex Karston, Adrian High
Tu. Sept. 13	Book 2
	Country and customs of Egypt	*2. 1-9 , *19-27.1, 35-36, 65-79, 82-88	20 [*8.5 ]
	Helen, Rhampsinitis, Cheops	2.112-128	14
Th. Sept. 15	Book 3
	Campaign of Cambyses	3.1-7, 9-15.2, 27-38	17
	Revolt of Magi and Constitutional Debate	3.61-75, *76-87	17 [ *8 ]
		Secondary reading: de Jong 2002		Tori Lee, Clinton Kinkade
		de Jong 2002. Irene J. F. de Jong, “Narrative Unity and Units.” in Bakker et al. 2002.
		Optional: de Jong 2001 . Irene J. F. de Jong, “The Anachronical Structure of Herodotus’ Histories,” in S. J. Harrison, Texts, Ideas, and the Classics (Oxford), 93-116.
Tu. Sept. 20	Book 4
	Scythia: people and customs	4.1-5, 8-11, 60-65.1, 68-80	18
	Scythian campaign	4.83-92, 97-102, 110-142 [*126-142]	22.5 [*7.5]
		Optional Secondary reading: Pelling 1997. C. B. R. Pelling, “East is east and west is west — or are they? National stereotypes in Herodotus,” Histos 1 (on line journal).
Th. Sept. 22	Books 5-6
	Ionian revolt	5.49-54, *97, *99-103, *105-107, 116-120, *122-126, 6.1-19, 25-32	17 [*6.5]
		Secondary reading: Boedeker 2000.		Alex Fowler, Erickson Bridges
		Boedeker 2000. Deborah Boedeker, “Herodotus’s Genre(s).” In M. Depew & Dirk Obbink, Matrices of Genre, Authors, Canons and Society (Cambridge MA) 97-114.
		Optional: The co-called Liar School: Fehling 1971 (trans 1989) excerpts (brief)
Tu. Sept. 27 & Th. Sept. 29	Books 6-7
	Marathon	6.94-120	13
	Invasion of Xerxes	7.*1-19, 20-35, 53-60, 100-105	30 [*15 (sic)]	Nota bene: spread over the full week
	Artemisium, Thermopylae	7.175-196, 201-239	28
Tu. Oct. 4	Books 8-9
	Salamis	8.40-102	29
	Plataea	9.28-85: read in Selincourt translation	28	From Selincourt's translation
	Coda	*9.114-122	*3.5 (sic)
		Secondary reading: Herington 1991a. C. John Herington, "The Closure of Herodotus’ Histories” ICS 16: 149-160.		Alex Fowler, Erickson Bridges
Th. Oct. 6	Herodotus' predecessors and contemporaries	Hecataeus, fragmenta	No assignment - we will read and study in class as a workshop
		Secondary reading (short): Fowler 2006 ("Herodotus and his prose contemporaries")
Examination 1: Take home, due by noon Wed. Oct. 12 (Oct. 7-11 is Fall Break). This exam will cover (1) mandatory Greek readings, (2) contracted Greek readings, (3) broad essay on content/interpretation.