Rutgers University - Camden
Armitage Hall • 311 N. 5th Street • Camden, NJ 08102
Tel: (856)225-06538 • Fax: (856)225-6602
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Rutgers University - Camden Armitage Hall • 311 N. 5th Street • Camden, NJ 08102 Tel: (856)225-06538 • Fax: (856)225-6602 |
Instructor: Dr. Toth
Office: 310 BSB
Phone: 225-6538
E-Mail: gtoth@camden.rutgers.edu
Class: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00-7:20
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00-6:00 or by appointment
Trip to Greece: March 11-20
50:525:122:07 Honors Seminar
50:606:480:01 Special Topics in the Liberal Arts
56:606:501:01 Graduate Liberal Studies (Studies of the Ancient and Medieval Eras)
The course introduces the students to the early Aegean civilizations focusing on the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean. It includes a detailed study of the civilizations of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans, Greece during the Archaic Age, and the Persian invasions.
The literary masterpieces of the times, Homer's Iliad and the works of Hesiod, are also anylyzed.
Textbook:
Grading will be based on two in-class tests and a final exam.
Lecture Outline
I. The Age of Temple Cultures
Stone Age in the Mediterranean
Bronze Age in the Mediterranean
i. Origins
ii. The Minoan Temple Culture
iii. The Mycenaean Temple Culture
II. Homer
History of the Homeric Texts
The Homeric Question
The Iliad
Archeological Evidence
The Hero
III. The Dark Age and the Period of Migrations
First Excavations in Troy and Mycenaea
The Collapse of the Mycenaean Civilization and the Sea Peoples Controversy
Migrations
IV. The Greek Agriculture and Hesiod
Greek Landscape and Agriculture
Hesiods Works and Days
Hesiods Theogony
V. The Euboean Expansion and the Orientalizing Period
The Rise of the Assyrian Empire (910 B.C.)
The Euboean Expansion (825-730 B.C.)
The Formation of City-States
The Lelantine War
The Orientalizing Period
i. Corinth
ii. Colonization
iii. Hoplites
VI. Tyrannies before the Early Archaic Age
Tyranny
Corinth
Argos
Athens
Sparta
Tyrannies along the Coast of Asia Minor
VII. The Early Archaic Age
The Rise to Dominance of Sparta and Athens
VIII. The Late Archaic Age Further readings:
Persian Expeditions
i. The Rise of Persia
ii. King Darius
iii. The First Invasion
iv. The Second Invasion
v. Aftermath: Return to Disunity
[1] Burckhart, J., The Greeks and the Greek Civilization, St. Martins Griffin, 1998. Ancient Writers:
[2] Boardman, J., Griffin, J., Murray, O., The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic world, Oxford University Press, 1991.
[3] Chadwick, J., The Mycenaean World, Cambridge University Press, 1976.
[4] Dyfri Williams, Greek Vases, Harvard University Press, 1985.
[5] Freeman, Ch., The Greek achievement, Penguin Books, 2000.
[6] Hamilton, E., The Greek Way, Norton, 1948.
[7] Hamilton, E., Mythology, Little Brown and Co., 1969.
[8] Howatson, M.C.- Chilvers, Ian, The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Oxford University Press, 1993.
[9] Morkot, R., The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece, Penguin Books, 1996.
[2] Homer, Iliad and Odyssey.
[3] Herodotus, Histories.
[4] Plutarch, Lives, Vols. 1-2.
TRIP TO Greece (1 credit)
ATHENS AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS
As part of the International Studies Program, the course includes the trip to "Athens and the Aegean Islands" with a 2-day visit to Athens (Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Zeus), and a 5-day cruise in the Aegean sea visiting Crete (Knossos Palace), Santorini (Ancient Thera), Mykonos, Kudasai (Ancient Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World) and Rhodes.
Projected cost of the trip to Athens and the Aegean islands(Greece):
Estimated cost of the trip(Included Port and Airport Taxes):$1,655.00
For the Optional Tours as specified in the Itinerary:EUROS 218.00
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