Class Syllabus

2 × 12 weeks (or whatever)

Topics:

Sixweek 1: Mythology & Greek History
Sixweek 2: Philosophy of Socrates/Plato/Aristotle

1. (sep 4) Class introduction - socratic method - socratic discussions - assignments
   
   • (handout syllabus)
   • list of Ancient Classic Books, assignment: choose 3rd book
   • hand out Gods summary (copies)
2. (sep 18) Notetaking. keyword outline, Write like an author
   
   • Notetaking templates
   • Assignment: writing process assignment on greek god or hero - outline due next week
   • Handout Theseus from Hamilton (copies)
3. (sep 25) Read like a Lawyer - read Plutarch Theseus together, lookup words, places, compare with myth
   
   • look at recent law (http://www.le.state.ut.us/Documents/bills.htm)
   • assignment: outline due, draft for next week
   • read Bradbury story (the day it rained forever) for next week
4. (oct 2) timeline/history overview, Poetry vs Prose
   • write rough draft, using poetical devices
   • read Hercules for next week
5. (oct 23) Speak like a statesman, impact audience, know/feel/do, thesis/conclusion or attention getter
   • Discuss Odyssey 13-20
   • Discuss Hercules
   • assignment: draft due, final next week
   • read Lycurgus from Plutarch (on sparta) for next week
6. (oct 30) Literary analysis  (Remind about oral presentations)
   
   • discuss Odyssey, final Odyssey colloquium (literary analysis: plot, etal?)
   • discuss Lycurgus, sparta
   • final paper due
   • read about athenian democracy for next week, start reading Republic
7. (nov 6) "Let no one ignorant of Geometry enter here"
   calculate like an entrepreneur
   • discuss Republic 1-2
   • discuss athenian democracy, democracy vs republic, etc
   • assign Plutarch "on nature" for next week
   • decide on topic for dialog writing assignment
8. (nov 20)
   • discuss Republic 3-6
   • discuss Plutarch On Nature
   • dialog writing assignment
9. (dec 4)
   • discuss Republic 7-8
   • Nicomachean Ethics (see also 20 page excerpt)
   • dialog due
10. (dec 11)
    • discuss Republic 9-10, final Republic colloquium
    • oral presentations on 3rd book
    • Plato Apology
      

Term 2

Greek Tragedy
Plutarch, concentrating on the history of the Roman Republic

1. (jan 15) Roman History overview
   • more oral presentations
   • assign: read Oedipus Rex
   • assign Aristotle Poetics
2. (jan 22)
   
   • discuss Oedipus Rex
   • discuss Poetics
   • assign read Oedipus at Colonus
   • assign Pelopidas, Epaminondas (by Nepos)
3. (Feb 5)
   
   • discuss Oedipus at Colonus
   • discuss Pelopidas and Epaminondas
   • assign: Antigone
   • assign: Timoleon/Aemilius Paulus
4. (Feb 12)
   
   • discuss Antigone
   • discuss Timoleon/Aemilius Paulus
   • assign Romulus/Numa, Livy
5. (Feb 19 Romulus/Numa, Livy-Tarquins
   
   • Beginning and end of the Roman Monarchy
6. (Mar 5) Agis,Cleomenes/Gracchi
   • Compare Aristotle On a Good Wife with Proverbs 31:10-31
7. (Mar 12) Pericles, Fabius, Solon?
   • Pericles Funeral Oration, Gettyberg Address
   • Speak like a statesman
8. (Mar 26) Themistocles, Camillus, Aristides
   • write Comparison of Themistocles and Camillus
9. (Apr 2) Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Nicias
   (spring break)
10. (Apr 23) Crassus, Pompey, Sulla
    • Dictatorship of Sulla
11. (Apr 30) Alexander, Caesar
    • Caesar Simulation
12. (May 14) Demetrius, Antony, Cato
    • Read about the Late Republic and the Fall of the Republic at www.unrv.com
    • Outline or Draft of your Class Culmination Essay
13. (May 21) Dion, Brutus, Cicero
    • De Officiis (abridged)
    • Slavery in the ancient world
    • Class Culmination Essay due
14. (May 28) oral exams, Augustus