Classics 227 - Ancient Greece

This course will trace the emergence and;expansion of Greek civilization in the;Mediterranean between the Bronze Age and;Alexander the Great. Among themes to be explored;are political structures, trade, slavery, gender;relations, and religion, as well as the;contributions of ancient Greeks to literary;genres (drama, rhetoric, historiography,;philosophy) and to the visual arts. Throughout we;will consider how the history of the ancient;Greeks can speak to modern concerns. Sources will;include works of ancient Greek literature and;history (e.g., Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides,;Aristophanes, Plutarch) as well as archaeological;and epigraphic evidence.