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CLCS 380: AND THE HELLENISTIC WORLD SPRING, 2021 TTh 1:30-2:45 AM, VIRTUAL PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS

Prof. Nicholas K. Rauh SLC/SC 211 OFFICE HOURS: Tues. & Thurs. 10:00-11:30 AM, and by appt. Phone: 496-6079 email: [email protected]

The PURPOSE of this course is to examine the career of Alexander the Great and to explore the rise of and of Hellenistic Civilization in the fourth century B.C. The first third of the course, roughly, will focus on 1) the decline of in the 4th Cent; 2) the rise of Macedonia as a military power under Philip II; and 3) aspects of Greek warfare, particularly the development of the Macedonian ; 4) the assassination of Philip II. The second part of the course will focus on 1) the personality (changes) and achievements of Alexander the Great; 2) the path of his campaigns from Asia Minor to the Indus Valley and back to Babylon; 3) the power struggles which occurred within the Macedonian officer staff; and 4) his plans and accomplishments at the end. The remaining (2) weeks will focus on the tumultuous wars of succession that followed his demise, and on a general presentation of economic, social, cultural, and religious life of the times.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Required Readings in the Alexander text and four essential primary sources:

1. Rauh, CLCS 181 Website: Classical World Civilizations 2. A.B. Bosworth, Conquest and Empire. The Reign of Alexander the Great. Cambridge, 1988. 3. , The Life of Alexander. (on line text) 4. , The Campaigns of Alexander (on line text) 5. , The of Alexander. (on line text) 6. "Who Killed Philip II?" On Line Sourcepack and Related Materials

GRADING will be based on 2 exams (1 Take-Home Mid-Term Exam and 1 Final Exam, each worth 30% each of total grade), three online, multiple- choice quizzes based on the readings (10% each, dates QUIZ 1, FEB. 5; QUIZ 2, MAR. 12, QUIZ 3, APR 16), and class discussion (10%). [All three quizzes will be made available on a Friday and will be due before class the following Tuesday.] The assignment for the Mid-Term Take-Home exam is a 5-page paper on the assassination of King Philip II of Macedonia. MID-TERM TAKE- HOME EXAMINATIONS WILL BE DUE, FRIDAY MAR. 26, AT MIDNIGHT. The paper must address the questions, "Who did it and with what possible motives," and it must be based on, and rigorously documented with the primary source material assigned in class (i.e., Plutarch, Arrian, Quintus Curtius, and additional hand-out materials from and Justin). These are assembled in the "Who Killed Philip II?" On Line Sourcepack . For instructions for the paper, go here: https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rauhn/Hist303/Midterm%20Paper%20Assignment. htm

Students will work on this project as organized teams, and participate in an in- class debate (SEE BELOW). However, each student must write the final draft of his take-home exam independently. The Final Exam will be comprehensive and will comprise a combination of map test, multiple-choice section, and one long essay.

Make-up exams are possible under extraordinary circumstances, but they are also more difficult than the originals.

Late Mid-Term Take Home exams and Honors Papers will be penalized. Attendance policy will be determined according to the demand for review sheets for the quizzes and exam: for these to be made available, attendance must be required (4 absences = 4% deduction from final grade, and so on).

ORAL PRESENTATIONS (10%)

RAPID RESPONSE IN-CLASS PRESENTATION 2% - each student must present a brief (3 – 5 minute) presentation on an assigned topic in class. Each week the professor will post a list of possible presentations; students must volunteer to give one. 6 of the possible assignments are team presentations to diagram Macedonian battles (Battle of Chaeronea, Battle of the Granicus River; Battle of Issos; Siege of Tyre; Battle of Gaugamela; Battle of the Hydaspes). These presentations require at least two volunteers, one to diagram the movements of the Macedonian Army; one to diagram those of the adversaries. All others can be presented by one student. Assignments may also be delivered as powerpoint presentations which I can share with the class, but they must be made available at the required time. PLEASE NOTE: The professor will assign as many of these as there are students in the class. They will be posted throughout the semester, but if students delay in volunteering there will not be enough assignments at the end of the semester to accommodate all students. Volunteering proceeds on the basis of first-come first served. Those who do not volunteer for an assignment will receive a grade of 0 for 2% of their final grade. Volunteer early and get this assignment out of the way.

CLASS DEBATE: on MAR. 9-11 (8%), Students will participate in an in- class debate as organized teams. To prepare for this event, class time will be set aside for t e a m - b u i l d i n g preparation on MAR. 2 and 4. Failure to attend a practice session will result in a 2% reduction in your final grade; failure to attend the debate, MAR. 9-11, will result in a 4% reduction. CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES; if you have conflicts for these days, I recommend that you drop the course.

GRADE SCALE: All grades are based on a score out of 100%. Your scores are averaged according to their weight (quizzes 10%; exams 30%, etc.). Class presentations are either DONE or NOT DONE. When DONE you receive 100% for that part of your grade; when NOT DONE, you receive 0% for that portion of your grade. Your final grade is determined by that average out of 100%. 90% and above = A; 80% and above = B; 70% and above = C, etc. I do employ plus/minus grades. A+ = 97% and above, A = 93% and above; A- = 90% and above, etc. There is no curve.

LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE:

Jan. 19-Feb. 4: An Historical Review of Greece to the Mid-Fourth Century (401- 357 B.C.).

Assigned Readings: Lecture Notes: and the Rise of Tyranny, External Conflict in the Greek World, Political Trends of the Early Fourth Century BC, Map of Greece at the Time of the Peloponnesian War

Lecture notes: Peloponnesian War (431-401 BC) Further Note on 4th Century Greece

Primary Source Readings: Plutarch, Life of , Life of Pelopidas

OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED: Plutarch’s Lives of , Alcibiades, Agesilaus, and Pelopidas

Assigned Video lectures: 181: Archaic Greece, Particularism vs. Panhellenism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfM9p48KA9U

Classics 181: The Rise of Classical Greece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAfw50C0hE

Classics 181: External Conflict in : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqmQzEqXwo

The monuments of classical : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l- OOajA6Jn4

Periclean building program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWnF7Pvw7Wg

ONLINE QUIZ 1: TO BE RELEASED ON BRIGHTSPACE FRIDAY FEB. 5, DUE TUESDAY, FEB. 9.

FEB. 9-11: Early Macedonia and Philip II; the Evolution of the ; Philip and Greece to 336 B.C.

Lectures and Lecture Notes: Bosworth, Conquest and Empire, Prologue (*.pdf download - 17 megs); The Macedonian Royal Line and Constitution; The Macedonian Army; Reasons for Philip's Success; The Chronology of Philip's Conquests; The Authority of Philip II at his Death

Assigned Readings: , Book 16, Chapters 1-89. Plut. Life of , 188-251.

Assigned Videos – TBA

Feb. 16-18: The Early Years of Alexander the Great/Prelude to Assassination.

Lecture Notes: Images of Philip and Alexander; Alexander's Youth; Ancient Sources for Alexander;

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, chapters 1-15. Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp.1-64. Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, pp.19-22. Bosworth, Conquest, 1-35, 187-198.

FEB. 23-25, Greek Sexuality and Gender Relations, an Overview (class preps for debate) Lecture: Gender Relations and Sexual Behavior in Ancient Greece

Assigned Readings: Rauh, CLCS 181 Website: Classical World Civilizations, Greek Gender Relations and Sexuality

Assigned Video: Classics 181: Greek Gender Relations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzgWoAJzPoo

MAR. 2-4: THE ASSASSINATION OF PHILIP THE GREAT (MANDATORY PREP CLASSES) Materials: Who Killed Philip? Debate

MAR. 9-11: "WHO SHOT J.R.?" IN-CLASS DEBATE. Class will be divided into teams representing various suspects in the murder of Philip II. Professor will conduct an grand-jury inquest into the murder of Philip by cross-examining the legal counsel of each suspect.

Lecture Notes: Sequence of Events Leading to the Assassination; Who Killed Philip? Factsheet; Fine Points to the Assassination; Reliability of the Source Tradition for the Assassination

Assigned Readings: 6. "Who Killed Philip II?" On Line Sourcepack

RECOMMENDED: Diodorus Siculus, Book 16.90-17.5. And At Least ONE of the Following,

Download Published “Assassination Papers” (this material is copyrighted): N.G.L. Hammond, "The End of Philip." J. Rufus Fears, ", the Assassin of Philip II." A.B. Bosworth, "Philip II and Upper Macedonia." Class. Quart. 1971, 93-105. J.R. Ellis, "The Assassination of Philip II," in Ancient Macedonian Studies in Honor of Charles F. Edson, H.J. Dell, editor, pp. 99-137

ONLINE QUIZ 2: TO BE RELEASED ON BRIGHTSPACE FRIDAY MAR.12, DUE TUESDAY, FEB. 16.

MAR 16: The Campaigns of Alexander, Part I: Securing the Throne; Battle of the Granicus River

Lecture Notes: Summary for the Persian Empire; Textbook Chapter: Ancient Near Eastern Empires; Chronology of Alexander's Campaigns (334-323 BC); Battle of the Granicus River (334 BC)

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, pp. 268-285. Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp.65-154.

Assigned Video: Classics 181: Achaemenid Remains at Meydancik Kale

UNIVERSITY READING DAY, THURSDAY MAR. 18, NO CLASS

MAR. 23: GREEK RELIGION, AN OVERVIEW. Assigned Readings: Polytheistic World Views

Assigned Videos: Polytheistic Religious World Views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtV3B7juf9w

MID-TERM TAKE-HOME EXAMINATIONS DUE, FRIDAY MAR. 26, 5 PM

MAR. 25-30, The Campaigns of Alexander, Part I cont.: Issus - Tyre. Source Tradition, Logistics, Alexander and Parmenio.)

Lecture Notes: Battle of Issos (333 BC); Siege of Tyre (332 BC); Alexander's Conquest of Egypt

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, pp. 268-285. Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp.65-154. Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, pp.22-68. Bosworth, Conquest, 35-68, 250-266.

RECOMMENDED: Diodorus Siculus, Book 17.5-52 (Loeb vol. 8, to p.269)

Assigned Video: Remains of Bronze Age Egypt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8yS5cp_PD0

APRIL 1-6: The Campaigns of Alexander, Part II: Egypt, Siwah (and Divinity), the Battle of Gaugamela, the Death of Darius, and the Conquest of Persia.

Lecture Notes: Conquest of Egypt Notes; Battle of Gaugamela; Conquest of Iran Notes

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, pp. 285-301 (ch. 43). Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp. 154-200 (finish Bk. 3). Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, Books 4 and 5. Bosworth, Conquest, 68-100, 229-250, 266-290.

RECOMMENDED: Diodorus Siculus, Book 17.53-73 (Loeb vol. 8, to p.329)

Assigned Video: Classics 181: Monuments of Mesopotamia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmGtTcI-jOo

Classics 181: Iranian hegemony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k7AWITyixo

APR 8: The Campaigns of Alexander, Part III: The March into Bactria, Cabin Fever, Conspiracies (Parmenio again).

Lecture Notes: Afghanistan Notes Plots and Conspiracies

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, pp. 301-314 (ch. 63). Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp. 200-282. Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, pp. 117- 196. Bosworth, Conquest, 101-130

Recommended: Diodorus Siculus, Book 17.73-90.

Assigned Video: TBA UNIVERSITY READING DAY, TUESDAY, APR. 13, NO CLASS

APR. 15: The Campaigns of Alexander, Part IV: The Indian Campaign, Battle of the Hydaspes River, More Conspiracies, Mutiny.

Lecture Notes: Ancient India; India Campaigns

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, pp. 314-324. Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, pp. 282-328. Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, pp. 196-232. Bosworth, Conquest, 130-139.

RECOMMENDED: Diodorus Siculus, Book 17.86-105.

Assigned Video: Classics 181: Ancient India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72BNuCByd0I

Classics 181: The of India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_U9dsIiXwo

ONLINE QUIZ 3: TO BE RELEASED ON BRIGHTSPACE FRIDAY APR.16, DUE TUESDAY, APR. 20.

APR. 20-22: The Campaigns of Alexander, Part V: Return to Babylon, Reorganization of the Army, Unfinished Plans, Death of Alexander. Wars of Succession: the , Seleucids, and Antigonids.

Lecture Notes: Death of Alexander (323 BC); Hellenistic Successor Kingdoms; Hellenistic Successor Kingdoms

Assigned Readings: Plutarch, Life of Alexander, finish. Arrian, Campaigns of Alexander, finish. Quintus Curtius, The History of Alexander, finish. Bosworth, Conquest, 139-181.

Recommended: Diodorus Siculus, Book 17.106-118 (finish Loeb vol. 8).

Assigned Video: Classics 181: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOeExFCrIFw

APR. 27-29: Hellenistic Society -- Religion, , Art, Economy, Society, Culture.

Assigned Readings: Lecture Notes: Greek Philosophy Notes; Greek Rational Thought; Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion; Hellenistic Society and Emergence of

Assigned Video: Classics 181: Greek Intellectual Developments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zOO1Dvv7us

FINAL EXAM, TBA