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September 5 . Introduction |
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Athenian democracy and the birth
of historiography and oratory |
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Secondary Readings : (historical background)
M. Hansen : The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes, Oxford
1991
K. Raaflaub, The transformations of Athens in the Fifth Century in Democracy,
Empire and the Arts ed. D. Boedeker-K. Raaflaub, Cambridge Mass 1998:
15-41 |
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September 7 : Herodotus : Histories |
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Translation Herodotus I.1-33 and 7.1-21 |
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General introduction : the structure of the Histories |
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Explanation Prologue 1. 1-6 (1) 9 |
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Secondary Readings :
T. Krischer, ' Herodots Proomion' Hermes 93, 1965 159-167
J. Gould, Herodotus New York 198 |
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September 12 Herodotus : Histories
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Explanation The causes of the Persian wars : 7.8 : The
speech of Xerxes |
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September 14 : Histories |
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Causes of the Persian Wars 7.1-18
Explanation 3 : The causes of the Persian wars : 7.10-18 : Xerxes/Artabanus
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Secondary Readings :
H. Immerwahr ,'Aspects of Historical Causation in Herodotus' TAPA
LXXXVII, 1956 241-280
R. Van Lieshout "A Dream on a kairos of History' Mnemosyne XXIII
225-249 |
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September 19 Thucydides : History |
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Translation 1. 1-23 and 2. 35-46
General introduction : the structure of the History of Peloponnesian War
The aim and the method |
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Secondary Readings :
A. Andrewes 'Thucydides and the Causes of the War', CQ IX 1959 223
sq
A. Parry, 'Thucydides' Historical Perspective' YCS 22,1972: 47-61
P.J. Rhodes, 'Thucydides on the Causes of Peloponnesian War' Hermes
115, 1987: 145-165
J. de Romilly , 'L'utilit� de l'histoire selon Thucydide' in Histoire
et Historiens dans l'antiquit�, Fondation Hardt 4, 1956 : 41-81 |
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September 21 Thucydides : History |
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Explanation : the Prologue 1.1 and 22-23 |
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September 26 Thucydides : History |
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Explanation : Funeral oration 2. 37-41 |
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Secondary Readings :
H. Flashar, ' Der Epitaphios des Perikles' SBHAW (Heidelberg) 1969 |
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September 28 Isocrates: Panegyric |
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Translation 23-99
General introduction on Isocrates and the structure of the Panegyric |
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Explanation : Panegyric 23-29 |
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Secondary Readings :
N. Loraux, The Invention of Athens : The Funeral Oration in the Classical
City, Cambridge Mass 1986 |
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October 3 Isocrates : Panegyric |
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Explanation : 45-50 |
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October 5 Demosthenes : On the Crown (1) |
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Introduction, structure of the speech
Translation 1-16 and 188-210 |
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Explanation 10-15 |
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Secondary Readings :
Aeschines Against Ctesiphon
G. Rowe, ' The Portrait of Aeschines in the Oration On the Crown' TAPA
97, 1966 397-406
C. Wooten "A few observations on form and content in Demosthenes' Phoenix
1. 1977 258-261 |
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October 10 Demosthenes : On the Crown (2) |
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Explanation : 192-198 |
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October 12 Plato : Symposium (1) |
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Translation 201d-223d |
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Secondary Readings :
F.M. Cornford, 'The Doctrine of Eros in Plato's Symposium' repr. in Plato
II ed.
G. Vlastos, Garden City 1971 : 119-131
P. Friedlander, Plato, Princeton 1969, vol. III: 3-34
G,Vlastos 'The Individual as Object of Love in Plato' in Platonic Studies,
Princeton 1981 : 3-42 |
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October 17 Plato : Symposium (2) |
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October 19 Xenophon: Memorabilia
(1) |
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Translation 1.2 and 2.1 |
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Secondary Readings :
D.R Morrison ' Xenophon's Socrates as teacher' in The Socratic Movement
ed.
P. A. Vander Waerdt, Ithaca 1994 :181-208
W.H. Higgins Xenophon the Athenian Albany 1977 |
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October 24 Xenophon : Memorabilia (2) |
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October 26 Callimachus : Hymn V (1) |
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Translation Hymn 5 |
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Secondary Readings :
P. Parsons, 'Identities in Diversity' in Images and Ideologies ed
Bulloch etc, Berkeley 1993: 152-170
A.W. Bulloch, 'The Future of an Hellenistic Illusion: Some Observations
on Callimachus and Religion' MH 41, 1984 : 209-230
A.Cameron, Calimachus and his Critics, Princeton 1995 |
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October 31 Callimachus : Hymn V (2) |
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November
2 |
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November 9 Theocritus : Idyll VII (1) |
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Translation Idyll 7 |
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Secondary Readings :
N. Krevans 'Geography and the literary tradition in Theocritus VII' TAPA
113 1983 201-220
R. Hunter, Theocritus and the Archeology of Greek Poetry, Cambridge
1996 |
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November 14 Theocritus : Idyll VII (2) |
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November 16 Plutarch : Life of Alexander (1) |
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Translation 1-23 |
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Secondary Readings :
J.Mossman, "Tragedy and epic in Plutarch's Alexander' JHS 108, 1988
83-93 A.E.Wardman, "Plutarch and Alexander" CQ 5, 1955, 96-107 |
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November 21 Plutarch : Life of Alexander (2) |
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November 28 . Lucian : Icaromenippus (1) |
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Translation 1-34 (all) |
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Secondary Readings :
R. B. Branham, Unruly Eloquence: Lucian and the Comedy of Tradition,
Cambridge Mass. 1989 |
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November 30 : Lucian Icaromenippus (2) |
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December 5 Longus : Daphnis and Chloe (1) |
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Translation 1.1-10 and 2.1-10 |
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Secondary Readings :
L.R, Cresci, 'The Novel of Longus the Sophist and the Pastoral Tradition"
in Oxford Readings in Greek Novel ed.
S. Swain, Oxford 1999 : 210-242
T. Pandiri, 'Daphnis and Chloe. The Art of Pastoral play' Ramus 14, 1985,
116-141
S. Sa�d ' Rural Society in Greek novel ' in Oxford Readings in Greek
Novel ed.
S. Swain, Oxford 1999: 83-107 |
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December 7 Longus : Daphnis and Chloe (2) |
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