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First Semester |
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Reading before the second class: Theogony – Hesiod; Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus |
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Orientation: (Aug. 30, 31; Sept. 4,5) Intro to the Great Books & Socratic Discussion. The Great Conversation, Adler |
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Theogony – Hesiod Prometheus Bound – Aeschylus (Sept. 6,7.11.12) |
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The Iliad – Homer (Sept. 13,14,18,19) |
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The Iliad – Homer (Sept. 20,21,25,26) |
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The Odyssey – Homer (Sept. 27,28; Oct. 2,3) |
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The Odyssey – Homer (Oct. 4,5,9,10) |
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Agamemnon, Libation Bearers – Aeschylus Eumenides – Aeschylus (Oct. 11,12,16,17) |
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Trojan Women, Alcestis – Euripedes (Oct. 18,19,23,24) |
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Aesop’s Fables – Aesop (Oct. 25,26,30,31) |
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Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus – Sophocles (Nov. 1,2,6,7) |
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Antigone – Sophocles, Hippolytus - Euripides (Nov. 8,9,13,14) |
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Histories* – Herodotus (Nov. 15,16,20,21) |
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Histories* – Herodotus (Nov. 27,28,29,30) |
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Lycurgus, Solon, Pericles, Alcibiades – Plutarch (Dec. 4,5,6,7) |
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Medea, Bacchae – Euripedes (Dec. 11,12,13,14)
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| 16 |
Oral Exams (December 10 – 21) |
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Second Semester
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| 17 |
Peloponnesian War * Thucydides (Jan. 15,16,17,18) |
| 18 |
Peloponnesian War* – Thucydides (Jan. 22,23,24,25) |
| 19 |
Fragments* - Presocratic Philosophers (Jan. 29,30,31; Feb. 1) |
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Ion, Meno – Plato (Feb. 5,6,7,8) |
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Gorgias – Plato (Feb. 12,13,14,15) |
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Republic – Plato (Feb. 19,20,21,22) |
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Republic – Plato (Feb. 26,27,28; Mar. 1) |
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Symposium – Plato (Mar. 5,6,7,8) |
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Apology, Euthyphro - Plato (Mar. 12,13,14,15) |
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Crito, Phaedo – Plato (Mar. 19,20,21,22) |
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Spring Break, Mar. 24 – 30 |
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Spring Break Mar. 31 – Apr. 6 |
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Poetics, On the Heavens*, On the Soul* - Aristotle, (April 9,10,11,12) |
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Ethics*, Metaphysics* – Aristotle {April 16,17,18,19) |
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Aristides, Alexander – Plutarch (Apr. 23,24,25,26) |
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The Oath, On Ancient Medicine, On Airs, Waters, Places – Hippocrates (Apr. 30, May 1,2,3) |
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Elements, Euclid (May 7,8,9,10) |
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Oral Exams (May 13-31) |
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*Selections Only |