Sept. 5  Homer, ILIAD

Sept. 10 Homer, ILIAD
Sept. 12 Homer, ILIAD

Sept. 17 Homer, ILIAD (papers on ILIAD due)
Sept. 19 HYMN TO DEMETER (papers on DEMETER due)

Sept. 24 Homer, ODYSSEY
Sept. 26 Homer, ODYSSEY

Oct. 1  Homer, ODYSSEY (papers on ODYSSEY due)
Oct. 3  Herodotus, THE HISTORIES: I: ch. 1-140 (3-58); II: ch. 1-5 (86-88), ch. 33-51 (98-105), ch. 112-120 (124-128); III: ch. 17-38 (161-169); IV: ch. 1-5 (217-218), ch. 59-80 (233-241); ch. 168-197 (270-277) VII: ch. 1-239 (372-450)

Oct. 8  Herodotus, THE HISTORIES (papers on THE HISTORIES due)
Oct. 10 Aeschylus, ORESTEIA

Oct. 15 Aeschylus, ORESTEIA (papers on ORESTEIA due)
Oct. 17 Sophocles, OEDIPUS REX (papers on OEDIPUS THE KING due)

Oct. 22 Euripides, BACCHAE (papers on BACCHAE due)
Oct. 23 REVIEW SESSION (8pm)
Oct. 24 MIDTERM

Oct. 29 Thucydides, HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (Bk.I, 35-87; Bk.II, 124-164; Bk.III, 194-245; Bk.V, 382-388; 400-408; Bk. VI, 414-429, 447-449, 465-70; Bk.VII, 525-537)
Oct. 31 Thucydides, PELOPONNESIAN WAR (papers on THUCYDIDES due)

Nov. 5  NO CLASS (Election Day Holiday: Vote!)
Nov. 7  Aristophanes, THE FROGS (papers on THE FROGS due)

Nov. 12 Plato, SYMPOSIUM
Nov. 15 Plato, SYMPOSIUM (papers on SYMPOSIUM due)
Nov. 16 LH Tour of the Met: 1pm

Nov. 19 GENESIS
Nov. 21 NO CLASS

Nov. 26 GENESIS (papers on GENESIS due)
Nov. 28 EXODUS (papers on EXODUS due)

Dec. 3 JOB (papers on JOB due)
Dec. 5 MATTHEW (papers on MATTHEW due)

Dec. 10 JOHN (papers on JOHN due)
Dec. 12 REVIEW SESSION (Dinner at my house, 7.30pm)
Dec. 14 FINAL EXAM (12:30-3:30)
 

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