Monday through Thursday, 10:45 - 12:00, Eaton 333.
Dr. Anne Mahoney
Office: Eaton 331, 627-4643, office hours for students TBA for summer. I am frequently on campus and can always be reached by email: anne.mahoney@tufts.edu

Resources
Goals
Workload
Schedule
Policies
Assignments by class
Bibliography
Additional on-line resources

Required texts and suggested translations:
Iliad, Homer, translated by M. Reck
Lyric poetry by Sappho, Archilochus, and Pindar; new Hackett
Greek tragedy, translations edited by D. Grene and R. Lattimore. We will read Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides by Aeschylus; Ajax and Antigone by Sophocles; and Medea and Ion by Euripides.
History, Herodotus, translated by R. Waterfield
History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, translated by R. Warner
The Trials of Socrates, ed. S. Reeve, including Aristophanes' Clouds and Plato's and Xenophon's Apologies.
Aristophanes, Frogs, translated by D. Barrett.
Plato, Phaedrus, translated by S. Scully.
Lysias 1, 12, translated by S. C. Todd.
Demosthenes, On the Crown (Speech 18), translated by H. Yunis.
Menander, translated by N. Miller.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, translated by P. Green.
Selections from Hellenistic epigram, to be given out in class

Suggested translations are available in the bookstore. You may read any translation of these works, into English or any other language you can read fluently. Various translations are available in the library and, for most of the texts, in the Perseus Digital Library.

Other resources:
Course web page, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/~amahoney/cl31_sum07.html

Goals for the semester:
Ancient Greece is often called a "song culture." Poetry plays a significant part in the lives of the heroes of the Trojan War, the farmers and soldiers of the Archaic period, and the citizens of city-states developing new forms of government in the Classical period. For the Greeks, poetry was primarily an oral form, even after writing was re-invented and literacy became widespread. And literature was primarily poetry, even after prose genres developed.

We will survey the literature of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period, with particular emphasis on the functions of literature in society. Along the way we will observe the development of Western concepts of heroism, individualism, virtue, and law; the invention of the literary genres of epic, tragedy, comedy, history, and philosophy; and the evolution of theories of government, especially democracy.

The readings are primary texts, in English translation. Knowledge of Ancient Greek is neither required nor assumed, but students who have completed Greek 2 or equivalent are encouraged to read selected texts in their original language.

Students will use the resources of the Perseus Digital Library to supplement the texts.

Workload, grading, and schedule:

You will have reading assignments for each class, about 600 pages a week. You will write four short papers, of about 500 words. There will be a two-hour final exam.

The grades will be computed as follows:

The final exam will be given in the last class, Thursday 28 June.

Make-up exams will be given only in exceptional circumstances, and only if you make arrangements at least 24 hours before the scheduled time of the exam.

Written assignments are due in class on 31 May, 7 June, 14 June, and 21 June. All of these dates are Thursdays. Late papers will not be accepted. If you will not be in class on the day when an assignment is due, email it to me, in plain text format, to arrive by the end of class. Do not send your papers as word-processor documents, HTML, or other formatted files. The simplest way to send plain text is to paste the text into the body of an email.

General policies:
Complete the reading assigned for each class before that day's class. When there is no reading assigned, the class will be a lecture introducing new background material. You need not bring the text to class, though you may find it helpful; you probably will want to bring your notes on the reading assignments.

Attendance in class is required. Thoughtful discussion is part of the work of this class, and written assignments will build on class work. Moreover, since Ancient Greece is a foreign culture, despite its significant influence on the modern Western world, you will need the explanations and discussions in class to reach a full understanding of this culture's literature. Remember as well that each class meeting in Summer Term is equivalent to two class meetings during the regular academic year. On the other hand, if you must occasionally miss class for a legitimate reason, I will assume you can get notes from a classmate keep up with the work.

I call your attention to University policy against plagiarism and other forms of cheating. Please refer to the Bulletin of Tufts University, p. 40-41, for details.

I am happy to read drafts of papers as you work on them, or to answer questions about assignments. You may not re-write and re-submit assigned papers; the final copy is due on the scheduled due date, and will be graded.

Please note that except in the most extraordinary circumstances, I will not give "incomplete" grades.

No extra credit work is permitted, and grades in this course are not "curved."

Topics and reading assignments by class:
Links are to the assigned texts in Perseus, where available.
1. Wednesday, 23 May. Introduction; policies and procedures; overview of Greek literary history.
2. Thursday, 24 May. Singing the glories of men. Homer, Iliad, at least books 1-8.
3. Tuesday, 29 May. Iliad, complete.
4. Wednesday, 30 May. Archaic lyric: Sappho, Archilochus, Pindar.
5. Thursday, 31 May. Introduction to Greek theater. Aeschylus: Agamemnon. First assignment due.
6. Monday, 4 June. Libation Bearers, Eumenides.
7. Tuesday, 5 June. Sophocles: Ajax, Antigone.
8. Wednesday, 6 June. The problem of translation
9. Thursday, 7 June. Euripides: Medea, Ion. Second assignment due.
10. Monday, 11 June. Comedy. Aristophanes: Clouds, Frogs.
11. Tuesday, 12 June. History, historiography, and literary prose. Herodotus: book 1.
12. Wednesday, 13 June. Thucydides: book 1.
13. Thursday, 14 June. Philosophy: Socrates and followers. Xenophon: Apology. Plato: Apology. Third assignment due.
14. Monday, 18 June. Plato: Phaedrus.
15. Tuesday, 19 June. Oratory. Lysias: speech 1 and speech 12. Demosthenes, On the Crown.
16. Wednesday, 20 June. The Hellenistic period and its literature; readings from the Greek Anthology and the New Posidippus (handout).
17. Thursday, 21 June. Menander, Dyscolus. Fourth assignment due.
18. Monday, 25 June. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica.
19. Tuesday, 26 June. Argonautica.
20. Wednesday, 27 June. The rest of the story: authors and genres we have left out. Review and summary.
21. Thursday, 28 June. Final exam.

Selected bibliography:
All of these books are available in Tisch Library. You are encouraged to browse the stacks in the vicinity of any of these call numbers: there are many more useful and interesting books than can be listed here.

Texts and alternate translations:
Homer, Iliad, translated by Michael Reck. New York: 1994. PA4025.A2 R37 1994
---------------, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Garden City: 1974. PA4025.A2 F5
---------------, translated by Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: 1962. PA4025.A2 L35 1962
Archilochus, Sappho, Alcman, translated by Guy Davenport. Berkeley: 1980. PA3622 .D38
Sappho, translated by Mary Barnard. Berkeley: 1957. PA4408.E5 B3
Pindar, Selected Odes, translated by Carl A. P. Ruck and William H. Matheson. Ann Arbor: 1968. PA4275.E5 R8 Herodotus
Thucydides, translated by Rex Warner. Harmondsworth: 1975. DF229.T5 J6 1975
---------------, translated by Richard Crawley. New York: 1934. DF229.T5 C7
The Landmark Thucydides, translated by Richard Crawley, edited by Robert B. Strassler. New York: 1996. DF229.T55 C7 1996
Aeschylus, The Oresteia, translated by Peter Meineck. Indianapolis: 1998. PA3827.A7 M45 1998
---------------, translated by Ted Hughes. New York: 1999. PA3827.A7 H84 1999
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. New York: 1969. PA4414.A2 F5 1969
Sophocles, The Theban Plays, translated by David Grene. New York: 1994. PA4414.A2 1994
Sophocles, Ajax, translated by Herbert Golder and Richard Pevear. Oxford: 1999. PA4414.A5 G65 1999
Sophocles, translated by Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones. Cambridge: 1994. PA4414.A1 L56 1994
Euripides, Medea, Hippolytus, Electra, translated by James Morwood. Oxford: 1997. PA3975.A2 1997
Women on the Edge, plays by Euripides, translated by Ruby Blondell. New York: 1999. PA3975.A2 1998c (includes Medea)
Aristophanes, Acharnians, Clouds, Lysistrata, translated by Alan Sommerstein. Harmondsworth: 1973 PA3875.A28 S6 1973
The Frogs of Aristophanes, translated by Gilbert Murray. London: 1920. PA3877.R3 M8
Aristophanes, Frogs, translated by Alan Sommerstein. Warminster: 1996. PA3877.R3 1996
The Last Days of Socrates, translated by Hugh Tredennick. Harmondsworth: 1969. B358.T7 1969
Four Texts on Socrates, translated by Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. Ithaca: 1998 B316.F68 1998
Xenophon, The Shorter Socratic Writings, translated by Robert C. Bartlett. Ithaca: 1996. B316.X5 B37 1996
Lysias, Speeches, translated by W. R. M. Lamb. Cambridge: 1957. PA3612.L8
Demosthenes, On the Crown, translated by J. J. Murphy. New York: 1967. PA3950.C6 M8
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, translated by Peter Green. Berkeley: 1997. PA3872.E5 1997
------------, translated by E. V. Rieu. Baltimore: 1959. PA3872.E5 1959

Other books:
W. S. Allen, Vox Graeca. London: 1968. PA267.A4
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classics: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: 1995. PA3009.B4 1995
John Boardman, Greek Art. London: 1996. N5630.B58 1996
----------, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray, The Oxford History of the Classical World. Oxford: 1986. DE59.O94 1986
Eric Csapo and William Slater, The Context of Ancient Drama. Ann Arbor: 1995. PA3024.C75 1995
Andrew Dalby, Siren Feasts: a History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece. London: 1996. TX641.D34 1996
James Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes. New York: 1998. DF275.D23 1998
Kenneth Dover, The Greeks. Austin: 1981. DF77.D68 1981
John H. Finley, Pindar and Aeschylus. Cambridge: 1955. PA4276.F55
Moses Finley, The Ancient Economy. Berkeley: 1973. HC31.F5
Michael Grant, Atlas of Ancient History. New York: 1994. G1033.G65 1994 (reference)
Jasper Griffin, Homer on Life and Death. Oxford: 1980. PA4037.G74
Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath, Who Killed Homer? New York: 1998. PA78.U6 H36 1998
Gilbert Highet, The Classical Tradition. New York: 1949. PN883.H5
Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth, The Oxford Classical Dictionary. New York: 1966. DE5.O9 1996
John H. Huddliston, Greek Tragedy in the Light of Vase Paintings. New York: 1898. NK4645.H8
Albert Lord, The Singer of Tales. Cambridge: 1960. PN1303.L62
Douglas MacDowell, Aristophanes & Athens. New York, Oxford: 1995. PA3879.M23 1995
Thomas Martin, Ancient Greece from Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. New Haven: 1996. DF77.M3 1996
Gregory Nagy, The Best of the Achaeans. Baltimore: 1999. PA3015.H43 N34 1999
Leonard Palmer, The Greek Language. Atlantic Highlands: 1980. PA227.P3
J. J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge, UK: 1972. N5630.P54
Kenneth Reckford, Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy. Chapel Hill: 1987. PA3879.R4 1987
L. D. Reynolds and Nigel Wilson, Scribes and Scholars. Oxford: 1974. Z40.R4 1974
Stephen Scully, Homer and the Sacred City. Ithaca: 1990. PA4037.S4215 1990
George Steiner, Antigones. New York: 1984. PA4413.A7 S76 1984
----------, Homer in English. New York: 1996. PA4025.A15 S74 1996
Cedric Whitman, Aristophanes and the Comic Hero. Cambridge: 1964. PA3879.W5
----------, Homer and the Heroic Tradition. Cambridge: 1958. PA4037.W66
----------, Sophocles: a Study of Heroic Humanism. Cambridge: 1951. PA4417.W5
W. C. Wilkinson, Preparatory Greek Course in English. New York: 1887. PA3054.W57

On-line resources:
Introduction to the fifth century BC
How to cite ancient sources
Perseus: a digital library with an extensive collection on Ancient Greece
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Suda On Line: a 10th-century Greek encyclopedia of classical antiquity, being translated into English by a team of scholars
Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua: an extensive site on medicine in the ancient world
Ancient Greece in Fiction: a bibliography of novels and short stories set in the ancient world
American Philological Association (APA): the professional association for classicists in the US
Classical Association of New England (CANE): the professional association for classicists in New England
Tufts University Classics Department: course descriptions and faculty listing