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You should do all assigned reading before each lecture. Be AWARE that there are ca.80+ pages of reading assigned each and every week. This task should not be daunting if you ACTIVELY read ca.25+ before each class. The reading for this course comes in a number of forms — textbooks, primary sources, and a supplementary reader (CR) available on Blackboard and the course website.
- REQUIRED
- Cartledge
- P. Cartledge. 2002. The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0192803887]
- Hom.
- Homer. 2007. The Odyssey of Homer. R. Lattimore, translator. Harper Perennial.
[ISBN 978-0061244186] Online: The Odyssey of Homer
- Plat.
- Plato of Athens. 2009. Timaeus and Critias. R. Waterfield, translator. Oxford World’s Classics. Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0192807359]
- REQUIRED • ON-LINE
- CR
- Course Reader
- • posted weekly on Blackboard, with links in the extended outline
- NRSV
- Bible (New Revised Standard Version)
- • The Deuteronomistic Historian (DtrH) provides our earliest narrative history
- bible.oremus.org
- Hdt
- Herodotus of Halicarnassus Histories
- • “Father of History” and “Father of Lies”
- perseus.org
- Thuc
- Thucydides of Athens Histories
- earliest example of “scientific” history
- perseus.org
- Pol
- Polybius of Megalopolis Histories
- further example of “scientific” history
- perseus.org
- STYLE GUIDES
- Hacker Pocket Style Manual
- see also her related list of resources specific to Classical Studies
- The Economist
- Chicago Manual of Style
- RECOMMENDED
- NRSV
- M. D. Cogan, et al., eds (2010) New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha.
- New Revised Standard Version, 4th edition. Oxford University Press.
- [ISBN 978-0195289602]
- this edition has useful maps and notes (otherwise use bible.oremus.org)
- Hdt
- A. Purvis, trans. (2009) Herodotus. The Histories. Landmark/Anchor.
- [ISBN 978-1400031146]
- this edition has useful maps and notes (otherwise use perseus.org)
- Thuc
- R. Crawley, trans. (1998) Thucydides. The Histories. Landmark/Anchor.
- [ISBN 978-0684827902]
- this edition has useful maps and notes (otherwise use perseus.org)
- COURSE READER • SOURCES
The primary source course reader (CR) will be posted on-line weekly, collated from the following and other various sites, all of which have further resources:
- A. J. Atsma • Theoi
- R. Bagnall et al. • Pleiades
- S. Benner and S. Kershaw • Oremus Bible Browser
- G. R. Crane et al. • The Perseus Project
- P. Hallsal • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
- J. Lindering • Livius: Sources on Ancient History
- R. Scaife et al. • Stoa Consortium
- A. Smith • Attalus
- W. Thayer • Lacus Curtius
- In addition, an archive of the PowerPoint slides shown in lecture will be posted on this website, with notes on the readings.
- DIGITAL RESOURCES
Please avail yourself of the following whenever possible:
- H. Cancik and H. Schneider, eds. (2002- ) Brills New Pauly.
- S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth, eds. (1996) Oxford Classical Dictionary.
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