| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | The Myth of Troy: Homer | |
| 3 | The Archaeology of Troy: Schliemann | |
| 4 | Discussion 1: Myth and History | |
| 5 | Homeric Society | |
| 6 | Dark Age Archaeology: Lefkandi | |
| 7 | Discussion 2: History before History -Homer and Hesiod | |
| 8 | The Polis | |
| 9 | Exploration and Colonization | |
| 10 | Discussion 3: Greeks and Barbarians -The Importance of Panhellenic Sanctuaries (Delphi) | |
| 11 | The Age of Tyranny | First paper due |
| 12 | Early Sparta | |
| 13 | Discussion 4: Lycurgus - Sparta's Legendary Lawgiver | |
| 14 | Early Athens and the Foundations of Democracy | |
| 15 | Archaic Art and Architecture | |
| 16 | Discussion 5: Democracy - Solon and Cleisthenes | |
| 17 | Persia and the Greeks of Ionia | |
| 18 | The Persian Wars | |
| 19 | Discussion 6: Herodotus and Aeschylus, Persians | |
| 20 | From Delian League to Athenian Empire | |
| 21 | 5th Century Athens | |
| 22 | Discussion 7: Athenian Democratic Culture | |
| 23 | The Origins of the Peloponnesian War | Second paper due |
| 24 | The Peloponnesian War | |
| 25 | Discussion 8: Thucydides and the Rhetoric of History | |
| 26 | Effects of the Peloponnesian War | |
| 27 | Discussion 9: Philosophers and the City | |
| 28 | The New Spartan Order | |
| 29 | Classical Art and Architecture | |
| 30 | Discussion 10: Boston Museum of Fine Arts | |
| 31 | Boeotia and Fall of Spartan Hegemony | Outline of final paper due |
| 32 | The Rise of Macedon | |
| 33 | Alexander the Great | |
| 34 | Discussion 11: Plutarch's Alexander | |
| 35 | The Appeal of Alexander | |
| 36 | Ancient Greece Today | Final paper due |