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The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies

CLASSICAL STUDIES 1000 – 001: ANCIENT AND

Proto-Attic , 7th cent. BC Odysseus’ blinding of the Cyclops Lupa Capitolina she- suckling Romulus and Remus

Instructor: Dr. Bernd Steinbock Email: [email protected] Office: Lawson Hall 3210 Office : M 2:30-3:30 pm or by appointment Course Website: .uwo.ca

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TIME AND PLACE OF CLASS: M W F 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.; University College 3110

PREREQUISITES: There are no prerequisites for this course

REQUIRED TEXTS: Pomeroy, Sarah (et. al.): A Brief of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture. 4th edition. Oxford 2019 (ISBN 9780190925307). Boatwright, Mary (et. al.): A Brief History of the Romans. 2nd edition. Oxford 2013 (ISBN 0199987556).

The Book Store at Western sells both together for ca. 115 $ (ISBN for the bundle: 9780199038770)

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will improve your understanding of who we are today by exploring the foundational cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Contemporary discussions about justice, beauty, and nature are all rooted in antiquity. Although CS 1000 will include a basic historical outline, it is less concerned with battles and politics than with the cultural and social life and achievements of ancient Greece and Rome. Among the topics to be considered are: myth, , and ; the aesthetic principles of the art and of the and Romans and their masterpieces of , and , poetry and prose; the structure of society and the position of women; ; everyday life; ; warfare; and medicine. 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 1 - Classical Studies 1000-001 The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies EVALUATION: Midterm 1: 20% (4 October 2019) Midterm 2: 25% (22 Nov 2019) Midterm 3: 25% (7 February 2020) Final Exam: 30% (April exam period, as scheduled by the Registrar’s Office)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: On successful completion of this course students are expected to • have acquired a basic knowledge of the political and social history of ancient Greece and Rome. • be able to identify both iconography and subject of and architecture. • address the possible symbolism of ancient art and architecture within its social/historical context. • understand the important contribution archaeological evidence makes in examining and reconstructing the history of ancient Greece and Rome. • understand the character and dominant themes of .

LEARNING OUTCOMES / TRANSFERABLE SKILLS: On successful completion of this course students will be able to • appreciate the importance of historical perspective and explain how social norms and customs are a product of , events and historical context. • understand the limits of primary evidence as actual historical fact.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

I am Dr. Bernd Steinbock and will be your instructor In May 2019, my colleague Dr. Pratt and I led 22 for this section of CS 1000. After studying Latin, Western students on an adventure-packed study tour Greek and History in Germany, my native country, I to the most fascinating sites of the earned my PhD at the University of Michigan in Ann world. We explored , , and Mycenae, Arbor. I have been at Western since 2005 and raced at Olympia, consulted the at and currently serve as Undergraduate Chair in the walked over the battlefields at and Department of Classical Studies. If you have any . If you have been to any of these places questions about the courses and programs we offer, or are planning to join the next Study Tours to please come and talk to me either after class or (2020) and Greece (2021), come and chat with me. during my office hours.

I teach Classical Studies and ancient Greek courses on all levels. My teaching reflects my research interests, which lie at the point where history and literary texts intersect. I am particularly interested in how people in the ancient world viewed their own past, what this past meant to them, and how it affected their political decision-making. My book Social Memory in Athenian Public Discourse: Uses and Meanings of the Past engages these issues.

CLASS COMMUNICATION: Class will be notified of any class cancellations, room changes and other special announcements via the course website on OWL.

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 2 - Classical Studies 1000-001 The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE : It is of paramount importance that every student can follow the lectures with the least distraction possible. For this , please abide by the following basic rules of classroom etiquette. 1. Do not carry on conversations during lectures. If you have a question, raise your hand and I’ll answer it. 2. Arrive on time. If you arrive late, take your seat quietly. 3. Turn your cell-phone off during lectures. 4. Use your laptop ONLY for note-taking (if you must). Other screen activities are very distracting to the people sitting around you.

NOTES TO STUDENTS: 1. Students seeking academic accommodation for any missed tests or exams must either complete a Self- Reported Absence Form (provided the conditions for submission are met) or apply to the Office of the Dean of their home faculty and provide documentation (see note on Policy on Accommodation for Student Absences below). Make-up exams CANNOT be granted by the instructor. 2. If you miss a test, you must – in to completing a Self-Reported Absence Form or applying to the Office of the Dean of your home faculty – contact me no later than 24 hours after the end of the period covered by either the self-reported absence or Student Medical Certificate, or immediately upon your return following a documented absence. If you do not, the grade of F will stand. 3. Those who miss classes or parts of classes remain responsible for the material they have missed. Attendance is essential for success in this course. The instructor will not review the contents of lectures, repeat announcements, or retain handouts for those who arrive late or miss classes. 4. Both the Midterm tests and the Final Exam are multiple choice tests and not cumulative. The questions will be based on lectures and assigned readings. 5. The final grade is calculated on the basis of your performance on the tests and final examination only. You cannot do an extra assignment to make up for a poor performance on a test or the final exam.

NOTE FROM THE DEAN OF ARTS and : You are responsible for ensuring that you have successfully completed all course prerequisites and that you have not taken an antirequisite course. Lack of prerequisites may not be used as basis of appeal. If you are not eligible for a course, you may be removed from it at any time, and you will receive no adjustment to your fees. These decisions cannot be appealed.

PLAGIARISM: Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever students take an idea, or a passage of text from another author, they must acknowledge their debt both by using quotation marks where appropriate and by proper referencing such as footnotes or citations. Plagiarism is a major academic offence (see Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar).

POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENT ABSENCES: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/Academic_Consideration_for_absences.pdf Students seeking academic accommodation for any missed tests, exams and/or assignments worth 10% or more of their final grade must either complete a Self-Reported Absence Form (provided the conditions for submission are met) or apply to the Office of the Dean of their home faculty and provide documentation. ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATION CANNOT BE GRANTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR OR DEPARTMENT.

UWO ACCESSIBILITY POLICY: Western has many services and programs that support the personal, physical, social and academic needs of students with disabilities. For more information and links to these services: http://accessibility.uwo.ca/

MENTAL HEALTH: Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Mental Health@Western http://www.health.uwo.ca/mental_health/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help.

SYLLABUS: for a detailed syllabus visit the course website at: http://owl.uwo.ca

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 3 - Classical Studies 1000-001 The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies SYLLABUS

Textbook Readings: Pomeroy 1-21 = Pomeroy, Sarah (et. al.), A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture. 4th edition. Oxford 2019, p. 1-21 Boatwright 1-12 = Boatwright, Mary (et. al.), A Brief History of the Romans. 2nd edition (Oxford 2013), p. 1-12

OWL = course website at http://owl.uwo.ca Week Date # Topic Reading Assignment F Sept 6 1 Introduction Week 1 M Sept 9 2 Sources Pomeroy 1-13 W Sept 11 3 Prehistoric Greece Pomeroy 14-22 F Sept 13 4 Age: The Minoans Pomeroy 22-26; Akrotiri Frescoes (OWL) Week 2 M Sept 16 5 Bronze Age: The Mycenaeans Pomeroy 26-37 W Sept 18 6 , the Mycenaeans and the Pomeroy 37-42, 51-53 F Sept 20 7 The Dark Age in Greece Pomeroy 43-50 Week 3 M Sept 23 8 Greek Epic: Homer’s and Odyssey Pomeroy 53-61; Homer Iliad 1.1- 350 and 6.370-500 (OWL) W Sept 25 9 Archaic Age: Rise of the I Pomeroy 62-70; Nestor’s Cup (OWL) F Sept 27 10 Archaic Age: Rise of the Polis II Pomeroy 71-89 Week 4 M Sept 30 11 Myth and Religion I Pomeroy 36-37, 60-61 W Oct 2 12 Myth and Religion II Pomeroy 67-68, 99-100 F Oct 4 Midterm 1 Week 5 M Oct 7 13 Archaic Art and Architecture Pomeroy 64-66, 89-91 W Oct 9 14 Greek Philosophy I: The Pre-Socratics; Pomeroy 97-99, 207-209 and Pomeroy 89-97, 173-174; Selection (OWL) F Oct 11 15 Sparta Pomeroy 105-126; Lycurgus 8-19 (OWL) Week 6 M Oct 14 Thanksgiving Holiday, W Oct 16 16 Athens: Origins of Democracy Pomeroy 127-143; 5.66, 78 (OWL) F Oct 18 17 Greek Warfare Pomeroy 37-39, 85-87 Week 7 M Oct 21 18 The Persian Wars I Pomeroy 143-154; Herodotus 6.102-116, 7.138-143 (OWL) W Oct 23 19 The Persian Wars II Pomeroy 154-160; Herodotus 7.176, 202-234 (OWL) F Oct 25 20 From the to the Athenian Pomeroy 161-169, 194-197; Empire 1.89-102, 1.76 (OWL) Week 8 M Oct 28 21 Pomeroy 170-172 W Oct 30 22 Classical and Architecture I Pomeroy 175-180 F Nov 1 23 Classical Greek Art and Architecture II Pomeroy 197-206 Week 9 M Nov 4 FALL READING WEEK W Nov 6 FALL READING WEEK F Nov 8 FALL READING WEEK Week 10 M Nov 11 24 Greek : Herodotus and Pomeroy 209-213; Herodotus’ & Thucydides Thucydides’ Prefaces (OWL)

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 4 - Classical Studies 1000-001 The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies W Nov 13 25 The I Pomeroy 225-241, 244-247; Thucydides 1.23 (OWL) F Nov 15 26 The Peloponnesian War II Pomeroy 247-260 Week 11 M Nov 18 27 Greek Slavery Pomeroy 35, 81-82, 161, 187- 190, 282-283 W Nov 20 28 Women and the Family in Greek Society Pomeroy 112-116, 170, 181-187; 1 (OWL) F Nov 22 Midterm 2 Week 12 M Nov 25 29 Greek Sexuality Pomeroy 116-117, 133-134, 222 W Nov 27 30 Greek Theater; Greek Pomeroy 213-214; 214-219 F Nov 29 31 Greek Pomeroy 241-244; Acharnians (OWL) Week 13 M Dec 2 32 Greek Philosophy II: The , Pomeroy 220-224, 263-267, 284- , , 295; Plato (OWL); Aristophanes Clouds (OWL) W Dec 4 33 Greek and Athenian Legal Procedure Pomeroy 274-280

CHRISTMAS BREAK

Week 14 M Jan 6 34 Struggle for in 4th-Century Pomeroy 261-263, 267-273 Greece W Jan 8 35 The Rise of Philip II of Macedon Pomeroy 297-317 F Jan 10 36 the Great I Pomeroy 318-333 Week 15 M Jan 13 37 II Pomeroy 333-345 W Jan 15 38 The Hellenistic World I Pomeroy 346-356 F Jan 17 39 The Hellenistic World II Pomeroy 356-380 Week 16 M Jan 20 40 Greek Sport and Athletics Pomeroy 68, 99-100 W Jan 22 41 Greek Medicine Pomeroy 207-209, 375, 388 F Jan 24 42 Italy before the Romans Boatwright 1-19 Week 17 M Jan 27 43 Rome during the Regal Period Boatwright 19-23; Livy 1.1-17, 57-59 (OWL) W Jan 29 44 Social Structure and Value System Boatwright 50-54; Nagle 2010: 99-104 (OWL) F Jan 31 45 Roman Religion Boatwright 19-20, 29, 39-41; Nagle 2010: 95-99 (OWL) Week 18 M Feb 3 46 The Roman Boatwright 24-41 W Feb 5 47 Roman Warfare Boatwright 41-45 F Feb 7 Midterm 3 Week 19 M Feb 10 48 The I Boatwright 54-61 W Feb 12 49 The Punic Wars II Boatwright 61-64 F Feb 14 50 The Establishment of a Mediterranean Boatwright 64-84, 104-106 Empire Week 20 M Feb 17 READING WEEK W Feb 19 READING WEEK F Feb 21 READING WEEK Week 21 M Feb 24 51 Rome and the Greeks: Roman Literature & Philosophy W Feb 26 52 Crisis of the Republic: Gracchi, Marius and Boatwright 84-128

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 5 - Classical Studies 1000-001 The University of Western Ontario Department of Classical Studies F Feb 28 53 Roman Slavery Boatwright 82-84, 124 Week 22 M Mar 2 54 The Rise and Fall of Caesar Boatwright 128-159 W Mar 4 55 ’ Rise to Power Boatwright 160-173 F Mar 6 56 The Augustan Principate I Boatwright 173-192; Res Gestae Divi Augusti; Tacitus Annals 1.2- 4 (OWL) Week 23 M Mar 9 57 The Augustan Principate II W Mar 11 58 and Architecture I Boatwright 155-57 F Mar 13 59 Art and Literature in the Age of Augustus Boatwright 189-91, Vergil Aeneid 1,6, 8 (OWL) Week 24 M Mar 16 60 The Julio-Claudian Emperors Boatwright 178-180, 193-205 W Mar 18 61 Women and Family in Roman Society Boatwright 94-98, 168-69, 176- 79, 207-209 F Mar 20 62 Roman Sexuality Olson 2014: 164-188 (OWL) Week 25 M Mar 23 63 Roman Popular Entertainment: Boatwright 228-236 Races and W Mar 25 64 Roman History: AD 68-284 Boatwright 213-228, 238-251 F Mar 27 65 Life in the Provinces of the Boatwright 206-209, 225-228, 233-35 Week 26 M Mar 30 66 Roman Law; Rome and Boatwright 251-252; 209-212, 256-260, Tacitus & Pliny (OWL) W Apr 1 67 Diocletian, Constantine, and the Rise of Boatwright 209-211, 256-285, Christianity 298-301 F Apr 3 68 Transformation of the Roman World Boatwright 285-298, 302-322 Exam Period Final Exam NOTE: This schedule is subject to revision if necessary. Additional readings of short primary sources will be posted on OWL to accompany the lectures.

Course Outline: 2019-20 - 6 - Classical Studies 1000-001